page_title: Okayama Prefecture
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Okayama Prefecture / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: The scenery of Okayama Korakuen Garden. (Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Pref, JPN) Okayama Korakuen Garden is one of famous Japanese garden, built in 1700 by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of the Okayama Clan. The black building is the dungeon of Okayama castle. 日本語: 岡山後楽園（岡山市北区） 沢の池畔から唯心山（ゆいしんざん）と岡山城天守を望む
context_page_description: Okayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 and has a geographic area of 7,114 km². Okayama Prefecture borders Tottori Prefecture to the north, Hyogo Prefecture to the east, and Hiroshima Prefecture to the west.
  Okayama is the capital and largest city of Okayama Prefecture, with other major cities including Kurashiki, Tsuyama, and Sōja. Okayama Prefecture's south is located on the Seto Inland Sea coast across from Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, which are connected by the Great Seto Bridge, while the north is characterized by the Chūgoku Mountains.
context_section_description: Some tourist attractions are:
  Koraku-en Japanese garden in Okayama
  Okayama Castle, Okayama
  Ki Castle, Sōja
  Shizutani School, Bizen
  Bikan Historical Area (倉敷美観地区, Kurashiki Bikan Chiku), Kurashiki
  Bitchu Matsuyama Castle, Takahashi
  Kakuzan Park, Tsuyama
  Bisei Astronomical Observatory (美星天文台, Bisei Tenmondai), Ibara Town (following dissolution of Bisei Town)
  Maki-do Cave, in Niimi
caption: Okayama Korakuen Park and Okayama Castle
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