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Takahashi City
Okayama Prefecture · City
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Takahashi City was the castle town of the Bitchu Matsuyama Domain. Bitchu Matsuyama Castle, the only mountain castle with an original keep, seems to float on a sea of clouds. With samurai houses and the Raikyu-ji Temple garden, the town is called the "Little Kyoto of Bitchu." Fukiya keeps red streets that prospered from copper and bengara (red pigment).
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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.
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Places to visit
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Mountains in this city
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Neighboring municipalities
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Other municipalities in Okayama Prefecture
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