Kurashiki
倉敷市

Kurashiki's location in Okayama, Japan. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshū For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku
Prefecture	Okayama
Physical characteristics
Area	354. In Political geography and International politics, a country is a Political division of a geographical entity For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Regions of Japan are not official administrative units but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts The or is the westernmost region of Honshū, the largest Island of Japan. The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national Jurisdictions one "metropolis" (都 to) Tokyo; one " circuit WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshū Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 71 km² (136. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 95 sq mi)
Population (as of Feb. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology 2008)
Total	478,176
Location	34°35′N, 133°46′E
Symbols
Tree	Camphor
Flower	Wysteria
Bird	Kingfisher
Flag
Kurashiki Government Office
Mayor	Ms. In Geography, location is a position or point in Physical space that something occupies on Earths' surface A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Kaori Ito
Address	〒710-8565 640 Nishinakashinden, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama-ken JAPAN
Phone number	086-426-3030 (inside Japan); +81-86-426-3030 (international)
Official website: City of Kurashiki

Kurashiki (倉敷市, Kurashiki-shi^?) is a historic city located to the west of Okayama, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea. An address is a Code and abstract concept expressing the fixed location of a home business or other building on the earth's surface is the Service mark of the postal system in Japan. It is also used as a Japanese Postal code mark A telephone number or phone number is a sequence of numbers used to call from one Telephone line to another in a Telephone network. |||} A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and, with the difference that they are not a component of. is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The is a major river in the western part of Okayama Prefecture, and acts as the main drainage for the Takahashi River Drainage System and is one of the three main drainage rivers in Okayama An inland sea is a shallow Sea that covers central areas of continents during high stands of Sea level that result in marine transgressions In modern days

As of February 2008, the city has a population of 478,176. The total area is 354. 71 square kilometers (136. 95 sq mi).

History

The modern city of Kurashiki was founded on April 1, 1928. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Previously, it was the site of clashes between the Heike and Genji clans during the Heian period. For other uses of the word Taira see Taira (disambiguation The was a major Japanese clan in historical Japan was one of the honorary surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan of the Heian Period ( 794 – 1185 AD on those of their sons and grandsons who were not The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It gradually developed as a riverport; during the Edo period, it became an area directly controlled by the Shogunate. The, also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai) is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 is a military rank and historical title in Japan. The Japanese word for "general" it is made up of two Kanji words sho, meaning "commander" Distinctive white-walled, black-tiled warehouses were built to store goods. During the Meiji Restoration (Japan's Industrial Revolution period), factories were built, including the Ohara Spinning Mill which still stands as the nostalgic tourist attraction Ivy Square. The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan 's political and social structure The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture manufacturing and transportation had a profound effect on the ^[1]

In August 2006, the neighboring towns Mabi and Funao merged with Kurashiki.

Attractions

The main canal in the Bikan district of Kurashiki.

Kurashiki is the home to Japan's first Western art museum, the Ohara Museum of Art. An art gallery or art museum is a space for the exhibition of art, usually Visual art. Established in 1930 by Magosaburu Ohara, it contains masterpieces by El Greco, Monet, Matisse, Gauguin, and Renoir. El Greco' ("The Greek " 1541 &ndash April 7 1614 was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance Claude Monet ( French klod mɔnɛ also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (14 November 1840 &ndash 5 December 1926 was a founder Henri Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954 was a French Artist, known for his use of Colour and his fluid brilliant and original draughtsmanship Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903 was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. Pierre-Auguste Renoir ( February 25, 1841 &ndash December 3, 1919) was a French Artist who was a leading painter in The collection also has fine examples of Asian and contemporary art. The museum itself is housed in a neo-Classical building.

19th-century warehouses line this quay in the Bikan district of Kurashiki. Nowadays, many of them host merchants of artisanal local wares.

The ancient merchant quarter, called the Bikan historical area. This area of the city is surrounded by almost unique examples of 17th century wooden warehouses called kura (倉) painted white with traditional black tiles, along a canal framed with weeping willows and filled with koi. (kɔɪ or more specifically (niɕikigoi literally " brocaded carp" are ornamental domesticated varieties of the Common carp Cyprinus carpio. The area has no electric poles in order to make the area more closely resemble the look of the Meiji period. The nearby AEON Shopping Center is a popular destination for the locals. One of the city's former town halls was located in the Kurashiki Kan, a European style building constructed in 1917.

The Tivoli theme park was built in 1998, based on the theme park of the same name in Copenhagen, and is not popular with local Japanese or tourists as having lost money every year it has been in operation would indicate. Tivoli Gardens is a famous Amusement park and Pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city

The Great Seto Bridge connects the city to Sakaide in Kagawa Prefecture across the Inland Sea. The, or Seto-Ohashi Bridge, is a series of double deck Bridges connecting Okayama and Kagawa prefectures in Japan across a series of five small is a city located in Kagawa, Japan. As of 2008 the city has an estimated Population of 56365 and the density of 610 persons per An inland sea is a shallow Sea that covers central areas of continents during high stands of Sea level that result in marine transgressions In modern days

Colleges and Universities

• Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts
• Kurashiki Sakuyo University

Sister/Friendship Cities

More information about Kurashiki's Sister/Friendship Cities can be found at the following site

Kurashiki's Sister/Friendship Cities

• Kansas City, Missouri, United States,

• Christchurch, New Zealand

• Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria
• Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China

References

1. ^ Kurashiki's History. is a Private university in Kurashiki Okayama, Japan, established in 1995 is a Private university in Kurashiki Okayama, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1930 and it was chartered as a junior college in 1951 Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Christchurch (Ōtautahi The largest City in the South Island, it is also the second largest city and third largest urban area of New Zealand Sankt Pölten ( St Pölten) is the capital city of the Austrian State of Lower Austria. Lower Austria (Niederösterreich is one of the nine states or Bundesländer in Austria. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Administration The Prefecture-level city of Zhenjiang administers 6 county-level divisions, including 3 districts and 3 county-level cities Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES City of Kurashiki (August 7, 2006).

External links

• Kurashiki's official homepage
• Ohara Museum of Art website
• Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts website
• Ryokan Kurashiki's website (English)
• Kurashiki's Sister/Friendship Cities
• Kurashiki Sakuyo University (Japanese Only)

Okayama Prefecture
Cities
Akaiwa | Asakuchi | Bizen | Ibara | Kasaoka | Kurashiki | Maniwa | Mimasaka | Niimi | Okayama (capital) | Setouchi | Soja | Takahashi | Tamano | Tsuyama
Districts
Aida | Asakuchi | Kaga | Katsuta | Kume | Maniwa | Oda | Tomata | Tsukubo | Wake
See also: Towns and villages by district edit