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Kamo (加茂町, Kamo-chō) was a town located in Tomata District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

Kamo 加茂町
Former municipality
Former Kamo town hall
Kamo Location in Japan
Coordinates: 35°10′41.4″N 134°3′14.5″E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku
Prefecture	Okayama Prefecture
District	Tomata
Merged	February 28, 2005 (now part of Tsuyama)
Area
• Total	159.27 km2 (61.49 sq mi)
Population  (2003)
• Total	5,311
• Density	33.35/km2 (86.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Symbols
Bird	Japanese bush-warbler
Flower	Satsuki azalea
Tree	Chamaecyparis obtusa

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,311 and a density of 33.35 persons per km². The total area was 159.27 km².

On February 28, 2005, Kamo, along with the village of Aba (also from Tomata District), the town of Shōboku (from Katsuta District), and the town of Kume (from Kume District), was merged into the expanded city of Tsuyama and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Massacre

On 21 May 1938, the town became the scene of the deadliest shooting by a lone gunman in Japanese history. A 21-year-old man murdered 30 people (including his own grandmother) and wounded three others before killing himself.[1]

Geography

Adjoining municipalities

• Okayama Prefecture
  • Tsuyama
  • Kagamino
  • Kamisaibara
  • Aba
  • Shōboku
• Tottori Prefecture
  • Tottori
  • Chizu

Education

• Kamo Elementary School
• Kamo Junior High School

Transportation

Railways

• West Japan Railway Company
  • Imbi Line
    • Mimasaka-Kamo Station - Chiwa Station - Mimasaka-Kawai Station

Road

• Prefectural roads:
  • Okayama Prefectural Route 6 (Tsuyama-Chizu-Hattō)
  • Okayama Prefectural Route 68 (Tsuyama-Kamo)
  • Okayama Prefectural Route 75 (Kamo-Okutsu)
  • Okayama Prefectural Route 118 (Kamo-Mochigase)
  • Okayama Prefectural Route 336 (Kurami-Sainotani)

References

External links

• Official website of Tsuyama in Japanese (some English content)

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