Okayama (disambiguation)
Appearance
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Okayama is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.
Okayama may also refer to:
Locations
[edit]- Okayama Castle, a castle in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Okayama Domain, a Japanese feudal domain of the Edo period, located in modern-day Okayama Prefecture
- Okayama Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan
- 2084 Okayama, a Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1935 by S. Arend
People
[edit]- Amane Okayama (岡山 天音, Okayama Amane, born 1994), Japanese actor
- Kazunari Okayama (born 1978), a Japanese soccer football player
- Saeko Okayama (岡山 沙英子, Okayama Saeko, born 1982), Japanese long jumper
- Tomoki Okayama (岡山 智樹, Okayama Tomoki, born 1996), Japanese actor
Education
[edit]- Okayama Gakuin University, a private university in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Okayama Prefectural University, a public university in Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Okayama Shoka University, a private university in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Okayama University, a national university located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Okayama University of Science, a private university in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Okayama College, a private junior college in Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
Sports
[edit]- Fagiano Okayama F.C., a football (soccer) club from Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Okayama General and Cultural Gymnasium, an indoor sporting arena located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Okayama International Circuit, a private motorsport race track in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Okayama Seagulls, a women's volleyball team based in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Transportation
[edit]- Okayama Airport, an airport in Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Okayama Electric Tramway, a private transportation company operating tram and bus lines in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Okayama Expressway, a national highway in Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Okayama Freight Terminal, a JR Freight rail station
- Okayama Station, a JR West railway station located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Ōokayama Station, a railway station on the Ōimachi and Meguro Lines in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Other
[edit]- Okayama (dance), a Japanese Muromachi-period kōwakamai
- Okayama at-large district, a constituency
- Okayama Broadcasting, a TV station broadcasting in Okayama and Kagawa Prefectures, Japan
- Okayama Planet Search Program, a project started in 2001 to spectroscopically search for planetary systems around stars
See also
[edit]Search for "Okayama" on Wikipedia.