world.wikisort.org - Japan Okayama Prefecture (岡山県 , Okayama-ken ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu .[1] Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefecture borders Tottori Prefecture to the north, Hyōgo Prefecture to the east, and Hiroshima Prefecture to the west.
Prefecture of Japan
Prefecture in Chūgoku, Japan
Okayama Prefecture
岡山県
• Japanese 岡山県 • RōmajiOkayama-ken A street in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture at night
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Anthem: Okayama-ken no uta Country JapanRegion Chūgoku (Sanyō)Island Honshu Capital Okayama Subdivisions Districts: 10, Municipalities: 27 • GovernorRyūta Ibaragi • Total7,114.50 km2 (2,746.92 sq mi) • Rank17th • Total1,906,464 • Rank21st • Density270/km2 (690/sq mi) ISO 3166 code JP-33 Website www.pref.okayama.jp Bird Lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus ) Flower Peach blossom (Prunus persica var. vulgaris )Tree Red pine (Pinus densiflora )
Okayama is the capital and largest city of Okayama Prefecture, with other major cities including Kurashiki , Tsuyama , and Sōja .[2] [3] [4] Okayama Prefecture's south is located on the Seto Inland Sea coast across from Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku , which are connected by the Great Seto Bridge, while the north is characterized by the Chūgoku Mountains .
History
See also: Historic Sites of Okayama Prefecture
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
Map of Okayama Prefecture Government Ordinance Designated City City Town Village
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 prefecture's 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
See also: List of cities in Okayama Prefecture by population
Okayama City
Tsuyama
Takahashi
Niimi
Fifteen cities are located in Okayama Prefecture:
Name
Area (km2 )
Population
Map
Rōmaji
Kanji
Akaiwa
赤磐市
209.43
44,498
Asakuchi
浅口市
66.46
35,022
Bizen
備前市
258.23
35,610
Ibara
井原市
243.36
41,460
Kasaoka
笠岡市
136.03
50,160
Kurashiki
倉敷市
355.63
483,576
Maniwa
真庭市
828.43
44,265
Mimasaka
美作市
429.19
28,502
Niimi
新見市
793.27
30,583
Okayama (capital)
岡山市
789.92
720,841
Setouchi
瀬戸内市
125.51
37,934
Sōja
総社市
212
67,059
Takahashi
高梁市
547.01
31,556
Tamano
玉野市
103.61
60,101
Tsuyama
津山市
506.36
102,294
Towns and villages
These are the towns and villages in each district:
Name
Area (km2 )
Population
District
Type
Map
Rōmaji
Kanji
Hayashima
早島町
7.62
12,671
Tsukubo District
Town
Kagamino
鏡野町
419.69
14,651
Tomata District
Town
Kibichūō
吉備中央町
268.73
11,989
Kaga District
Town
Kumenan
久米南町
78.65
4,962
Kume District
Town
Misaki
美咲町
232.15
17,776
Kume District
Town
Nagi
奈義町
69.54
5,861
Katsuta District
Town
Nishiawakura
西粟倉村
57.93
1,437
Aida District
Village
Satoshō
里庄町
12.23
11,204
Asakuchi District
Town
Shinjō
新庄村
67.1
951
Maniwa District
Village
Shōō
勝央町
54.09
11,237
Katsuta District
Town
Wake
和気町
144.21
14,191
Wake District
Town
Yakage
矢掛町
90.62
14,041
Oda District
Town
Mergers
Main article: List of mergers in Okayama Prefecture
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[8] and,[9] Okayama prefecture has had continual negative population growth since 2005
Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1920 1,218,000 — 1930 1,284,000 +5.4% 1940 1,329,000 +3.5% 1950 1,661,000 +25.0% 1960 1,670,000 +0.5% 1970 1,707,000 +2.2% 1980 1,871,000 +9.6% 1990 1,926,000 +2.9% 2000 1,950,828 +1.3% 2010 1,945,276 −0.3% 2020 1,920,739 −1.3%
Education
Universities
Okayama
Okayama University
Notre Dame Seishin 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
Niimi
High schools
Okayama
Okayama Ichinomiya Senior High School
Okayama Asahi Senior High School
Okayama Sozan Senior High School
Okayama Hosen Senior High School
Okayama Joto Senior High School
Okayama Sakuyo High School[10]
Kurashiki High School
Transportation
JR Okayama Station
Okayama Momotarō Airport
Rail
JR West
Sanyo Shinkansen
Sanyo Line
Hakubi Line
Tsuyama Line
Kibi Line
Ako Line
Uno Line
Kishin Line
Geibi Line
Imbi Line
JR West and JR Shikoku
Seto-Ōhashi Line
Honshi-bisan Line
Chizu Express
Ibara Railway
Mizushima Rinkai Railway
Tramways
Roads
Expressways
Sanyo Expressway
Chugoku Expressway
Seto Central Expressway
Yonago Expressway
Okayama Expressway
Tottori Expressway
National highways
Airport
Culture
Bizen-yaki (Bizen pottery)
Bizen Osafune/Bitchu Aoe swords
Association with Momotarō legend
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] [11]
Sports
City Light Stadium .
The sports teams listed below are based in Okayama.
Volleyball
Basketball
Tryhoop Okayama (B3 League, Okayama city)[citation needed ]
Tourism
Okayama Korakuen Park and Okayama Castle
Hiruzen Plateau and Hiruzen Joyful Park in Maniwa
Hinase Island and Seto Inlandsea in Bizen
Bitchu Matsuyama Castle in Takahashi
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
Yuko Arimori (born 1996), marathon runner[12]
Kenji Doihara (1883-1948), army officer
Tesshō Genda (born 1948), voice actor
Morihiro Hashimoto (1977-2017), darts player
Naoki Hoshino (1892-1978), politician
Masaki Kajishima (born 1962), creator of Tenchi Muyo!
Shiro Kawase (1889-1946), admiral
Shin Koyamada (born 1982), Hollywood actor[13]
Sadahiko Miyake (1891-1956), general
Chiura Obata (1885-1975), artist
Mori Takashi, former member of Gentouki
Yōji Takikawa (born 1949), pedagogist
Mutsuo Toi (1917-1938), perpetrator of the Tsuyama massacre
Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855-1932), former Prime Minister of Japan
Jiro Watanabe (born 1955), boxer
Takeo Yasuda (1889-1964), lieutenant general
Eisuke Yoshiyuki (1906-1940), author
Notes
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. "Okayama Prefecture" . Encyclopedia of Japan . Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036 . Archived from the original on August 25, 2007. Retrieved 2012-08-01 . "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 . "Okayama (Japan): Prefecture, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information" . www.citypopulation.de . "Japan Prefectures Population from 1920 and Area" . www.demographia.com . "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 . "Yuko Arimori's profile" . "Shin Koyamada's IMDB Biography" . Archived from the original on 2013-03-27.
References
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth (2005). Japan Encyclopedia . Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128 .
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На других языках [de] Präfektur Okayama Die Präfektur Okayama (jap. 岡山県, Okayama-ken) ist eine der Präfekturen Japans. Sie liegt in der Region Chūgoku auf der Insel Honshū und über 80 weiteren Inseln. Sitz der Präfekturverwaltung ist die gleichnamige Stadt Okayama. Okayama wurde in den Provinzen Bitchū, Bizen und Mimasaka gebildet. - [en] Okayama Prefecture [ru] Окаяма (префектура) Окаяма (яп. 岡山県 Окаяма-кэн) — префектура, расположенная в регионе Тюгоку на острове Хонсю, Япония. Площадь префектуры составляет 8479,70 км²[1], население — 2 834 241 человек (1 июля 2014)[2], плотность населения — 334,24 чел./км². Административный центр префектуры — город Окаяма. До реставрации Мейдзи (1868) территория нынешней префектуры Окаяма, была разделена между провинциями Биттю, Бидзен и Мимасака. Префектура сформировалась и получила название в 1871 году, как часть крупномасштабных административных реформ раннего периода Мейдзи (1868-1912). Окончательно границы были установлены в 1876 году.
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