Okayama (岡山県, okayamaken ) is a prefecture Japan located at the west of the area of Chūgoku, on the island of Honshū.

History

Geography

It is surrounded of the prefectures of Hyogo, Tottori, Hiroshima and Kagawa.

The historical city Kurashiki is there.

Economy

Demography

Culture

The area of Okayama has a dialect called Okayama-Ben.

Tourism

A garden of Japanese traditional style is in the center of the town of Okayama. This garden, named Koraku (後楽園), is regarded as one of the three more beautiful Japanese gardens.

Other

External bonds

• Official site of the prefecture of Okayama
• the site of 2 French living with Okayama http://okayama.over-blog.com/
• Official site of Korakuen

Zh-yue: 岡山縣

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