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[[Image:Bitchu-matsuyama-jo.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Fourteenth-century Bitchu-Matsuyama<ref>''Bitchu'' (備中 ''Bitchuu'') was the name of an old Japanese province.</ref> Castle (備中松山城 ''Bitchuu-Matsuyama-joo'') in Okayama prefecture is the highest castle above sea level in [[Japan]]. It sits at 1,575 feet (480m), above the town of Takahashi (高梁).<ref>''Guide to Japanese Castles'': '[http://www.jcastle.info/castle/profile/23-Bitchu-Matsuyama-Castle Bitchu Matsuyama Castle]'.</ref>]] | [[Image:Bitchu-matsuyama-jo.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Fourteenth-century Bitchu-Matsuyama<ref>''Bitchu'' (備中 ''Bitchuu'') was the name of an old Japanese province.</ref> Castle (備中松山城 ''Bitchuu-Matsuyama-joo'') in Okayama prefecture is the highest castle above sea level in [[Japan]]. It sits at 1,575 feet (480m), above the town of Takahashi (高梁).<ref>''Guide to Japanese Castles'': '[http://www.jcastle.info/castle/profile/23-Bitchu-Matsuyama-Castle Bitchu Matsuyama Castle]'.</ref>]] | ||
'''Okayama prefecture''' (岡山県 ''Okayama-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Chugoku]] region of [[Honshu]] island, within the southerly | '''Okayama prefecture''' (岡山県 ''Okayama-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Chugoku]] region of [[Honshu]] island, within the southerly San-yo area. Its population was 1,955,000 in 2006.<ref>''Japan Statistical Yearbook'': '[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/zuhyou/y0203000.xls Population by Prefecture 1920-2006]'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.</ref> | ||
Okayama prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, [[Okayama (city)|Okayama]] (岡山市 ''Okayama-shi''). | Okayama prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, [[Okayama (city)|Okayama]] (岡山市 ''Okayama-shi''). | ||
Latest revision as of 09:53, 12 December 2010
Okayama prefecture (岡山県 Okayama-ken) is an area of Japan located in the Chugoku region of Honshu island, within the southerly San-yo area. Its population was 1,955,000 in 2006.[3]
Okayama prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, Okayama (岡山市 Okayama-shi).
Footnotes
- ↑ Bitchu (備中 Bitchuu) was the name of an old Japanese province.
- ↑ Guide to Japanese Castles: 'Bitchu Matsuyama Castle'.
- ↑ Japan Statistical Yearbook: 'Population by Prefecture 1920-2006'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.