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Okayama
is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889. , the city has an estimated population of 720,841 and a population density of 910 persons per km2. The total area is .
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Okayama Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefectur ...
, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.
The museum, by architects
Okada & Associates, opened in 1988 and has a collection of around two thousand works.
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Okayama Prefectural Museum
is a museum in Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan. It was built to house important artifacts from the prefecture dating from prehistory through modern times.
Notable exhibits
The museum houses one National Treasure, red-laced '' yoroi'' armor from the 12th ...
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Okayama Orient Museum
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Hayashibara Museum of Art
The is an art museum owned by the Hayashibara Group, and located at 2-7-15 Marunouchi, Kita-ku, Okayama, the site of a former guesthouse beside the inner moat of Okayama Castle. Its 6,832 square meter interior was designed by Kunio Maekawa. ...
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Okayama Symphony Hall
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Kōraku-en
is a Japanese garden located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture. It is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kenroku-en and Kairaku-en. Korakuen was built in 1700 by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of Okayama. The garden reached its modern for ...
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Prefectural museum
A prefectural museum is a museum that specializes in collections local to a prefecture of Japan.
Prefectural museums emerged in postwar Japan, and since these institutions are of recent origin their collections tend not to contain older Japan ar ...
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External links
Homepage
Okayama
Museums in Okayama Prefecture
Art museums and galleries in Japan
Prefectural museums
Art museums established in 1988
1988 establishments in Japan
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