Katsuyama, Okayama
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This article is about the town in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. For the Japanese city, see Katsuyama, Fukui. There is also another town with the same name in Fukuoka Prefecture, see Katsuyama, Fukuoka.
Katsuyama (勝山町; Katsuyama-chō) is a town located in Maniwa District, Okayama, Japan.
In 2003 the town had an estimatedof 9,027 and a density of 65.04 persons per km². The total area is 138.79 km².
As of April 2004, under the Japanese government's gappei (town merging) scheme, Katsuyama joined with many other local towns and villages to form Maniwa shi, or Maniwa city. Katsuyama residents were given a book commemorating the last 50 years of Katsuyama's existence as a town and a special purple cloth with the town logo imprinted on it.
Local to Katsuyama is the Kanba waterfall (kanba no taki) which is home to wild monkeys.
[edit] External links
- http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2006/12/izumo-kaido-katsuyama.html
- Katsuyama official website (in Japanese)
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