Kurashiki, Okayama
is a city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 478,651 and a population density of 1300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kurashiki is located in the south-central part of Okayama Prefecture, and the Takahashi River flows through the midwestern part of the city from north to south and empties into the Seto Inland Sea. Most of the plains are occupied by reclaimed land and alluvial plains, and are relatively flat except for the Kojima area. Kojima, Kameshimayama, Tamashima, and Tsurajima are many places in the city that have the ''kanji'' 'island' in their names; these areas were originally islands and were connected by land reclamation to form the current city limits. Okayama City, which is the prefectural capital, is adjacent to the east, and Kurashiki forms part of the Greater Okayama metropolitan area. Adjoining municipalities Okayama Prefecture * Asakuchi * Hayashima *Kita-ku, Okayama * Minami-ku, Okayama *S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Core Cities Of Japan
A is a class or category of cities of Japan, Japanese cities. It is a local administrative division created by the national government.Web-Japan.org"Local self-government", p. 3 retrieved 2012-11-28. Core cities are delegated many functions normally carried out by Prefectures of Japan, prefectural governments, but not as many as Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated cities. To become a candidate for core city status, a city must have a population greater than 300,000 and an area greater than 100 square kilometers, although special exceptions may be made by order of the cabinet for cities with populations under 300,000 but over 200,000. After the abolition of Special cities of Japan, special city status on April 1, 2015, any city with a population above 200,000 may apply for core city status. Application for designation is made by a city with the approval of both the city and prefectural assemblies. History The term "core city" was created by the first c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, Race (human categorization), race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of Sexual reproduction, interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Yakage, Okayama
270px, Yakage Town Hall is a town located in Oda District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 13,418 in 5445 households and a population density of 150 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Yakage is located in southwestern Okayama. About half of the town's area(in the north) is occupied by hills and mountains; most of the population is concentrated in the plains in the south. Neighbouring municipalities Okayama Prefecture * Asakuchi * Ibara * Kasaoka * Kurashiki * Sōja Climate Yakage has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with moderate snowfall. The average annual temperature in Yakage is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1493 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in January, at around 27.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.9 °C. Demography Per Japanese census data, the population ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Tamano, Okayama
Tamano City Hall Aerial view of Tamano city center Shibukawa beach in Tamano is a city located in southern Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 55,889 in 27087 households, and a population density of 540 persons per km2 . Its total area is Geography Tamano is located in southern Okayama Prefecture. It faces the Seto Inland Sea to the south, and parts of the city are within the borders of the Setonaikai National Park. Adjoining municipalities Okayama Prefecture * Kurashiki *Okayama Climate Tamano has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Tamano is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Tamano was on 19 August 1995; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 26 February 1981. Demographics Per Japanese censu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Sōja
file:Bitchu Kokubunji, zenkei.jpg, 270px, Bitchū Kokubun-ji is a Cities of Japan, city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 69,428 and a population density of 330 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Sōja is located ancestral Okayama Prefecture. The Takahashi River runs through the city from northwest to south. The northern and western parts are located in the southern part of the Kibi plateau, and the southern part also forms a hilly area. The central area, which is the urban area, originally formed a small basin in the floodplain of the Takahashi River. Adjacent municipalities Okayama Prefecture *Ibara, Okayama, Ibara *Kibichūō, Okayama, Kibichūō *Kita-ku, Okayama *Kurashiki, Okayama, Kurashiki *Takahashi, Okayama, Takahashi *Yakage, Okayama, Yakage Rivers * Makidani River * Shinpon River * Takahashi River Mountains * Ki castle, Kijōyama * Mount Fuku * Mount Karube Climate Sōja has a humid subtropical ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Minami-ku, Okayama
is one of four wards of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.https://www.google.com/maps/place//@34.543889,133.865278,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0!5m1!1e4?hl=en The ward has an area of 127.36 km2 and a population of 165,193. The population density is 1,297 per km2. The name means "South Ward." The wards of Okayama were established when Okayama became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2009. References External links 岡山市南区役所(Ward office official home page) Wards of Okayama {{Okayama-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Kita-ku, Okayama
is one of four Wards of Japan, wards of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 451.03 km2 and a population of 295,312. The population density is 655 per square kilometer. The name means "North Ward." The wards of Okayama were established when Okayama became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2009. The city has its municipal headquarters in kita-ku. The South Korean government maintains the Korea Education Institution (, ) in Kita-ku. Geography Climate Kurashiki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Kurashiki is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Kurashiki was on 16 July 1994; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 9 January 2021. References External links 岡山市北区役所 [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Hayashima, Okayama
is a town located in Tsukubo District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 12,772 in 5261 households and a population density of 1700 persons per km2. The total area of the town is , making it the smallest municipality in Okayama in terms of area, but also the most densely populated. Geography Hayashima is located in south-central Okayama Prefecture, and belongs to the Okayama metropolitan employment zone. Surrounded by Okayama city, the prefectural capital, and Kurashiki city, the second largest city in the prefecture, it is a commuter town for both. As the town name suggests, it used to be an island before the Muromachi period, but due to land reclamation, it was connected to land. The southern part is reclaimed land that forms part of the Okayama Plain, and in the center there are hills that were once islands. Neighboring municipalities Okayama Prefecture * Kita-ku, Okayama * Kurashiki * Minami-ku, Okayama Climate Hayashima has a Humid s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Asakuchi, Okayama
270px, Konkokyo Headquarters Central Worship Hall 270px, Aerial view of Asakuchi city center is a city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 33,322 in 14,409 households and a population density of 500 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . The headquarters of the Konkokyo religion is in Asakuchi. Geography Asakuchi is in the southwestern Okayama Prefecture, bordered by the Seto Inland Sea to the south. It is mostly hilly, with Mount Yosho and Mount Chikurinji in the north, Mount Abe in the northwest, and Mount Ryuo in the center. The southern part of the city is close to the Mizushima industrial area (approximately 10 km kilometers and the Fukuyama industrial area (approximately 20 kilometers). Adjoining municipalities Okayama Prefecture * Kasaoka *Kurashiki * Satoshō * Yakage Climate Asakuchi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with very warm summers and cool winters. The average annual ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived Syllabary, syllabic scripts of and . The characters have Japanese pronunciations; most have two, with one based on the Chinese sound. A few characters were invented in Japan by constructing character components derived from other Chinese characters. After the Meiji Restoration, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as , by a process similar to China's simplified Chinese characters, simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the general public. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct the education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characters that exist. There are nearly 3 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Alluvial Plain
An alluvial plain is a plain (an essentially flat landform) created by the deposition of sediment over a long period by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A ''floodplain'' is part of the process, being the smaller area over which the rivers flood at a particular time. In contrast, the alluvial plain is the larger area representing the region over which the floodplains have shifted over geological time. As the highlands erode due to weathering and water flow, the sediment from the hills is transported to the lower plain. Various creeks will carry the water further to a river, lake, bay, or ocean. As the sediments are deposited during flood conditions in the floodplain of a creek, the elevation of the floodplain will be raised. As this reduces the channel floodwater capacity, the creek will, over time, seek new, lower paths, forming a meander (a curved path). The leftover higher locations, typically natural levees at the margins of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Reclaimed Land
Land reclamation, often known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new land from oceans, seas, riverbeds or lake beds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamation ground, reclaimed land, or land fill. History In ancient Egypt, the rulers of the Twelfth Dynasty (c. 2000–1800 BC) undertook a far-sighted land reclamation scheme to increase agricultural output. They constructed levees and canals to connect the Faiyum with the Bahr Yussef waterway, diverting water that would have flowed into Lake Moeris and causing gradual evaporation around the lake's edges, creating new farmland from the reclaimed land. A similar land reclamation system using dams and drainage canals was used in the Greek Copaic Basin during the Middle Helladic Period (c. 1900–1600 BC). Another early large-scale project was the Beemster Polder in the Netherlands, adding of land in 1612. In Hong Kong, the Praya Reclamation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |