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Tahun
Versi
: N0572/Image of Japan
: 2006
: versi revisi
Pertemuan ke 6
Pref. Okayama dan Tottori
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Learning Outcomes
Pada akhir pertemuan ini, diharapkan mahasiswa
akan mampu :
• Mengembangkan pengetahuan mengenai
Pref. Okayama dan Pref. Tottori
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Okayama
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Okayama
• Okayama (ōkä`yämä), city (1990 pop. 593,730),
capital of Okayama prefecture, SW Honshu,
Japan, on an inlet of the Inland Sea. It is a
railroad hub and industrial and marketing center.
Machinery, cotton textiles, chemicals, and rubber
goods are produced in Okayama. The city has a
16th-century feudal castle, an 18th-century park,
and Okayama Univ., which has a famous
medical college. Okayama prefecture (1990 pop.
1,925,913), 2,721 sq mi (7,047 sq km), which
relies mainly on agriculture.
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Okayama
• Okayama is where the story of Momotarou (Peach Boy)
takes place! This is one of the most popular Japanese
stories, and everyone in Japan knows Momotarou!
Everywhere in Okayama, you will find Momotarou and
peach-themed souvenirs. Momotarou can also be found
on buildings, small statues/monuments, and just about
anywhere else all over the prefecture. Since Momotarou
is "peach boy", Okayama has also become the best
place to buy peaches in Japan. Even the peaches you
buy in other regions are likely to come from Okayama. If
you're in Okayama, you must try the peaches! They
really are delicious and juicy! Thank you, Okayama, for
Momotarou!
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Okayama
Okayama City, the capital of Okayama
Prefecture, is famous for Korakuen Garden
and Okayama Castle and the legend of
Momotarou (Peach Boy). It is located about
halfway between Hiroshima and Osaka on
Honshu and it is a little over half the size of
Hiroshima with a population of over
637,000 people.
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Okayama
Okayama's most famous
festival, Saidai-ji Eyo (Naked
Festival), is celebrated on
the 3rd Saturday of February.
Held at the Kannon-in
Temple in the southeast of
the city, the main event is a
mad scramble by men
wearing only a traditional
loin cloth for possession of
two sacred rods (shingi) that
are tossed out by the priests
at midnight.
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Okayama
Okayama Castle or Crow Castle is a
shadow of its former self but it's still worth
a look. The reformist Meiji government
(1868-1912) authorized the demolition of
the outer castle buildings with great cries
of poverty in 1882. With outer walls and
buildings demolished, allied bombing raids
on June 29th, 1945 burned all but one
turret to the ground. The moon-viewing
turret (Tsukimi Yagura) is the only building
which survives from before modernization.
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