Okayama Prefecture
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Okayama Prefecture 岡山県 | |||
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Prefecture | |||
| Japanese transcription(s) | |||
| • Japanese | 岡山県 | ||
| • Rōmaji | Okayama-ken | ||
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| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Chūgoku (Sanyō) | ||
| Island | Honshu | ||
| Capital | Okayama | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor | Ryūta Ibaragi | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 7,113.21 km2 (2,746.43 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 15th | ||
| Population (February 1, 2018) | |||
| • Total | 1,906,464 | ||
| • Rank | 21st | ||
| • Density | 270/km2 (690/sq mi) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | JP-33 | ||
| Districts | 10 | ||
| Municipalities | 27 | ||
| Flower | Peach blossom (Prunus persica var. vulgaris) | ||
| Tree | Red pine (Pinus densiflora) | ||
| Bird | Lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) | ||
| Website | www.pref.okayama.jp | ||
Okayama Prefecture (岡山県, Okayama-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on the main island of Honshu.[1] The capital is the city of Okayama.[2][3][4]
Contents
1 History
2 Geography
2.1 Cities
2.2 Towns and villages
2.3 Mergers
3 Education
3.1 Universities
3.2 High schools
4 Transportation
4.1 Rail
4.2 Tramways
4.3 Roads
4.3.1 Expressways
4.3.2 National highways
4.4 Airport
5 Culture
5.1 Association with Momotarō legend
6 Sports
6.1 Soccer
6.2 Volleyball
7 Tourism
8 Notable people
9 Notes
10 References
11 External links
History[edit]
Prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the area of present-day Okayama Prefecture was divided between Bitchū, Bizen and Mimasaka Provinces. Okayama Prefecture was formed and named in 1871 as part of the large-scale administrative reforms of the early Meiji period (1868–1912), and the borders of the prefecture were set in 1876.[3][5]
Geography[edit]
Map of Okayama Prefecture
Government Ordinance Designated City City Town
Okayama Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, and Hiroshima Prefecture.[3] It faces Kagawa Prefecture in Shikoku across the Seto Inland Sea and includes 90 islands in the sea.
Okayama Prefecture is home to the historic town of Kurashiki. Most of the population is concentrated around Kurashiki and Okayama. The small villages in the northern mountain region are aging and declining in population - more than half of the prefectures municipalities are officially designated as depopulated.[6]
As of 1 April 2014, 11% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks, namely the Daisen-Oki and Setonaikai National Parks; the Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park; and seven Prefectural Natural Parks.[7]
Cities[edit]
Fifteen cities are located in Okayama Prefecture:
Okayama City
Tsuyama
Takahashi
Niimi
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Towns and villages[edit]
These are the towns and villages in each district:
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Mergers[edit]
Education[edit]
Universities[edit]
- Okayama
- Okayama University
- Okayama University of Science
- Okayama Shoka University
- Sanyo Gakuen University
- Shujitsu University
- Kurashiki
- Okayama Gakuin University
- Kurashiki Sakuyo University
- Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
- Soja
- Okayama Prefectural University
- Tsuyama
- Mimasaka University
- Niimi
- Niimi Public University
High schools[edit]
- Okayama
- Okayama Ichinomiya Senior High School
- Okayama Asahi Senior High School
- Okayama Sozan Senior High School
- Hosen Senior High School
- Okayama Joto Senior High School
- Okayama Sakuyo High School[8]
- Kurashiki High School
Transportation[edit]
Rail[edit]
JR West- Sanyo Shinkansen
- Sanyo Line
- Hakubi Line
- Kibi Line
- Ako Line
- Uno Line
- Kishin Line
- Geibi Line
- Imbi Line
- JR West and JR Shikoku
- Honshi-bisan Line
- Chizu Express
- Ibara Railway
- Mizushima Rinkai Railway
Tramways[edit]
- Okayama Electric Tramway
Roads[edit]
Expressways[edit]
- Sanyo Expressway
- Chugoku Expressway
- Seto Central Expressway
- Yonago Expressway
- Okayama Expressway
- Tottori Expressway
National highways[edit]
- Route 2 (Osaka-Kobe-Himeji-Bizen-Okayama-Kurashiki-Asakuchi-Onomichi-Hiroshima-Shunan-Shimonoseki-Kitakyushu)
- Route 30 (Okayama-Uno-Takamatsu
- Route 53 (Okayama-Tsuyama-Tottori)
- Route 179
- Route 180 (Okayama-Takahashi-Niimi)
- Route 181 (Tsuyama-Maniwa-Yonago-Yasugi-Matsue)
- Route 182
- Route 183
- Route 250 (Okayama-Setouchi-Ako-Aioi-Takasago-Akashi)
- Route 313 (Fukuyama-Takahashi-Maniwa-Kurayoshi)
- Route 373
- Route 374
- Route 429
- Route 430
- Route 482 (Kyotango-Toyooka-Wakasa-Kagamino-Maniwa-Kofu of Tottori
- Route 484
Airport[edit]
- Okayama Airport
Culture[edit]
Bizen-yaki (Bizen pottery)- Bizen Osafune/Bitchu Aoe swords
Association with Momotarō legend[edit]
Okayama Prefecture is closely associated with the folklore hero, Momotarō. This tale is said to have roots in the legendary story of Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto and Ura which explains that the Prince Ura of Kudara used to live in Kinojo (castle of the devil) and was a cause of trouble for the people living in the village. The emperor's government sent Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto(Momotarō) to defeat Ura. The city of Okayama holds an annual Momotarō-matsuri, or Momotarō Festival.[4][9]
Sports[edit]
The sports teams listed below are based in Okayama.
Soccer[edit]
Fagiano Okayama F.C. (Okayama city)
Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima F.C. (Kurashiki)
Volleyball[edit]
Okayama Seagulls (Okayama city)
Tourism[edit]
Okayama Korakuen Park and Okayama Castle
Hiruzen Plateau and Hiruzen Joyful Park in Maniwa
Hinase Island and Seto Inlandsea in Bizen
Some tourist attractions are:
Koraku-en Japanese garden in Okayama
Okayama Castle, Okayama
Ki Castle, Sōja
Shizutani School, Bizen- Bikan Historical Area (倉敷美観地区, Kurashiki Bikan Chiku), Kurashiki
Bitchu Matsuyama Castle, Takahashi
Kakuzan Park, Tsuyama- Bisei Astronomical Observatory (美星天文台, Bisei Tenmondai), Ibara Town (following dissolution of Bisei Town)
Maki-do Cave, in Niimi
Notable people[edit]
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Shin Koyamada, Hollywood actor from The Last Samurai
Shin Koyamada, Hollywood actor[10]
Yuko Arimori, marathon runner[11]
Tesshō Genda, voice actor
Ryutaro Hashimoto, Kiichiro Hiranuma, Inukai Tsuyoshi, former Prime Ministers of Japan
Sen'ichi Hoshino, baseball manager
Koshi Inaba, singer
Ichiyo Izawa, pianist and former member of Tokyo Jihen
Yoshio Nishina, known as the Father of Physics in Japan
Yumeji Takehisa, famous and influential early 20th century artist
Sesshu Toyo, suiboku master
Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, boxer
Haruka Fukushima, manga artist
Masashi Kishimoto, manga artist and creator of Naruto[12]
Seishi Kishimoto, manga artist
Daisuke Takahashi, Olympic figure skater
Dorlis, jazz musician
Miyamoto Musashi, samurai
Megumi Fujii, MMA Fighter
Masaki Kajishima, creator of Tenchi Muyo!
Morihiro Hashimoto, darts player
Notes[edit]
^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Okayama-ken" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 745, p. 745, at Google Books; "Chūgoku" at p. 127, p. 127, at Google Books.
^ Nussbaum, "Okayama" at p. 745, p. 745, at Google Books.
^ abc "Okayama Prefecture". Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on August 25, 2007. Retrieved 2012-08-01..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ ab "岡山（県）" [Okayama Prefecture]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 153301537. Archived from the original on August 25, 2007. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
^ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780, p. 780, at Google Books.
^ Okayama official website Archived 2013-01-02 at the Wayback Machine. accessed Nov. 2007
^ "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. 1 April 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
^ "岡山県作陽高等学校". www.sakuyo-h.ed.jp. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
^ "Okayama History". Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ "Shin Koyamada's IMDB Biography". Archived from the original on 2013-03-27.
^ "Yuko Arimori's profile".
^ "Masashi Kishimoto's Biography on TV.com". Archived from the original on 2013-08-17.
References[edit]
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5;
OCLC 58053128.
External links[edit]
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Okayama prefecture. |
 | Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Okayama prefecture. |
- Official website
- Official tourism site
Official account's channel on YouTube
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Okayama (capital) | ||
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Coordinates: 34°42′N 133°51′E / 34.700°N 133.850°E / 34.700; 133.850
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