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Okayama City
Okayama Prefecture · City
- Designated city
- Prefectural capital
Official websiteOkayama Prefecture page
Okayama City, the prefectural capital and a designated city (a major city with special status), grew as the Ikeda clan's Okayama Domain castle town. Black Okayama Castle stands beside Koraku-en, one of Japan's three great gardens. Kibitsu Shrine, of the Momotaro legend, has a National Treasure main hall. White peaches and Muscat grapes grow here; two-row barley ranks 3rd nationally.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
GardenKoraku-enpark
CastleOkayama CastleJapanese castle in Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
Shinto shrineKibitsu ShrineShinto shrine in Kibitsu, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
CastleTakamatsu Castlecastle in Okayama prefecture, Japan
IslandInujimaisland in Seto Inland Sea, Japan
Shinto shrineKibitsuhiko ShrineShinto shrine in Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan
Buddhist templeSaijo Inaribouddhist temple in Okayama, Japan- Burial mound (kofun)Tsukuriyama Ancient Burial Moundmound in Okayama, Japan
Shopping centerAEON MALL Okayama
Buddhist templeSaidai-ji TempleBuddhist temple in Okayama, Japan
ZooIkeda Zoo
Shinto shrineIsonokamifutsumitama ShrineShinto shrine in Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
National parks in this city
- Setonaikai National ParkTotal park area 673 km²Spans Hyogo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Oita
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Okayama Prefecture
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