was a

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located in Maniwa District,

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. As of 2003, the village had an estimated

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of 2,372 and a

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of 30.43 persons per km². The total area was 77.94 km². On March 31, 2005, Kawakami, along with the town of Hokubō (from Jōbō District), and towns of Katsuyama, Kuse,

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and Yubara, and the villages of Chūka, Mikamo and Yatsuka (all from Maniwa District) were merged to create the city of Maniwa.

Geography

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: *

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s: Asahi River (The big-3 river through Okayama Prefecture)

Adjoining municipalities

** Yubara ** Yatsuka ** Shinjō *

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(Former Sekigane town)

Education

*Kawakami Elementary School *Hiruzen Junior High School (Yatsuka)

Transportation

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: ** Yonago Expressway ***Hiruzen Kōgen Service Area - Hiruzen Interchange *

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: ** Route 482 * Prefectural roads: **Okayama Prefectural Route 58 ( Hokubō - Kawakami) **Okayama Prefectural Route 113 (Kamitokuyama-Matano-

) **Okayama Prefectural Route 114 (Daisen-Kamifukuda) **Okayama Prefectural Route 322 (Nakafukuda- Yubara) **Okayama Prefectural Route 324 (Higashikayabe-Shimofukuda) **Okayama Prefectural Route 422 (Hiruzen Kōgen) **Okayama Prefectural Route 702 (Yatsuka-Kawakami cycling road) * Roadside Station **

Notable places and events

*Mount Hiruzen * *Hiruzen Kōgen Center / Joyful Park (

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) *Hiruzen Bear Valley

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File:Hiruzen 02.jpg, Hiruzen mountains and Hiruzen plateau File:Hiruzen Kogen Center.jpg, Hiruzen Kōgen Center

External links

Official website of Maniwa
in Japanese Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture Maniwa {{Okayama-geo-stub