Okayama

This article is about the city in Japan. For the prefecture with the same name where this city is located, see Okayama Prefecture. For other uses, see Okayama (disambiguation).

Okayama 岡山市
Prefecture capital and Designated city
Okayama City
(From top, left to right : Okayama Castle • Okayama Kōraku-en Garden • Kibitsu Jinja • Kibidango • Omote-chō shopping arcade • Nishigawa Green Park)
Flag Seal
Location of Okayama in Okayama Prefecture
Okayama Location in Japan Okayama Okayama (Okayama Prefecture)
Coordinates: 34°39′N 133°55′E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku (San'yō)
Prefecture	Okayama
Government
• Mayor	Masao Omori
Area
• Total	789.95 km2 (305.00 sq mi)
Population  (February 1, 2023)
• Total	700,940
• Density	887.32/km2 (2,298.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	1-1-1 Daitomo, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 700-8544
Website	Official website
Symbols
Bird	Red-crowned crane
Flower	Chrysanthemum
Tree	Ilex rotunda; Lagerstroemia indica

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Okayama (岡山市, Okayama-shi; Japanese: [okaꜜjama]) is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area, centered around the city, has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region of western Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889. As of February 2023, the city has an estimated population of 700,940 and a population density of 890 people per km². The total area is 789.95 square kilometres (305.00 square miles).

The city is the site of Kōraku-en, known as one of the top three traditional gardens in Japan, and Okayama Castle, which is ranked among the best 100 Japanese castles. The city is famous as the setting of the Japanese fable Momotarō. Okayama joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016.