Okayama Prefecture’s claims to fame include the venerated garden Kōrakuen, the well-preserved Bitchū Matsuyama Castle, and the popular folktale Momotarō. Okayama Prefecture is in the Chūgoku region in ...

Boasting the fewest number of rainy days in Japan, Okayama is known as the land of sunshine. Located in the Chugoku region at the westernmost end of Honshu, on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, ...

After more than 75 years, the Okayama PTA Association, which includes parent-teacher associations in Okayama Prefecture, will dissolve at the end of this fiscal year due to a significant drop in ...

The Okayama Prefectural Government building is seen in this file photo taken in Okayama's Kita Ward on Feb. 22, 2019. (Mainichi/Ryohei Masukawa) OKAYAMA -- The Okayama Prefectural Government in west ...

At Korakuen Garden in Okayama Prefecture, one of the three great gardens of Japan, two types of lotus are grown. The Oga lotus, named after a botanist from Okayama, began to bloom in early June and ...