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	SJSU -- Study Abroad Programs - Bilateral, Okayama
		Okayama City is the capital of Okayama Prefecture and is located in the southwest region of the largest island, Honshu.
		Okayama, one of the major educational and cultural centers of the Chugoku-Shikoku area, has a population of approximately 630,000.
		Okayama University has 11 faculties, 7 graduate schools, 1 attached research institute, 3 university libraries, 1 national joint-use research institute, 6 campus-wide facilities for education and academic studies, 7 joint-use facilities, a health and medical center and various research and educational institutions belonging to each faculty.
	www.sjsu.edu /depts/studyabroad/students/bi_okayama.htm (834 words)

	OKAYAMA HOTELS & TRAVEL GUIDE
		Okayama (岡山) is a city in the Chugoku region of Japan, on the southern coast of the island of Honshu.
		Okayama's main sights are all clustered in a large park on the eastern side of the side.
		Okayama is a good place to launch day-trips to most of western Honshu and even Shikoku as it is the regional transportation hub.
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /travel/okayama.htm (494 words)

	Okayama thumbnails
		Okayama is a pleasant and very livable-seeming (well, I had just come from Tokyo) city in the Kansai on the way from Osaka to Hiroshima.After I left Ushimado, I spent a night in Okayama before heading back to the wilds of Tokyo.
		Okayama is the prefectural capital of the like-named prefecture, and that government was the sponsor of the International Villas at Hattoji and Ushimado.
		Okayama prefecture clearly has a bunch of powerful Dietmen, because the evidence of rampant government spending is all over the prefecture -- whether it's the International Villas, the incredible number of nearly-unused highways crisscrossing the area, or the museums, they've got the funding.
	www.stoneschool.com /Japan/Okayama/index.html (487 words)

	Study Abroad Bilateral Program in Japan, Cal State East Bay Center for International Education
		Okayama City is the capital of Okayama Prefecture populated by approximately 610,000 people.
		The city lies on one of Japan's famous bullet-train (Shinkansen) lines and cities such as Osaka (1 hr), Kyoto (1 hr), Tokyo (4 hrs), and Fukuoka (2 hrs) are accessible via this transport.
		Okayama is also a hop to Shikoku, one of Japan's main islands.
	www.csuhayward.edu /CIE/studyabroad/bilateral/japan.html (762 words)

	Okayama, Okayama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Okayama (岡山市; -shi) is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.
		Okayama is one of few Japanese cities to have kept an operational tram system.
		After the merger of March 22, 2005, Okayama is scheduled to become a designated city somewhere around in the 2000s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okayama,_Okayama (199 words)

	Construction of Okayama information highway
		The Okayama information highway project is the first case where the prefecture government constructed the optical fiber cables for the Internet communication in Japan.
		In this paper, the Okayama information highway project is shown as a case with Japan where the prefecture government handled the construction of the optical fiber infrastructure to their region.
		The Okayama prefecture is construction of the optical fiber from the Route 2 to the Kurashiki promotion bureau and the prefecture public office building.
	www.isoc.org /inet99/proceedings/posters/401/index.htm (3754 words)

	Okayama News
		Section of Tsuyama Line in Okayama has history of debris hitting tracks OKAYAMA A two-car train derailed and landed on its side early Sunday on West Japan Railway Co.'s Tsuyama Line in Okayama, injuring 24 of...
		A two-car train derailed and fell on its side early Sunday on West Japan Railway Co.'s Tsuyama Line in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, injuring 25 of 26 people on board including the driver, fire department...
		The Okayama District Court on Tuesday decided that an opera troupe affiliated to the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan be permitted to use a public hall in Kurashiki, Okayama...
	www.topix.net /jp/okayama (651 words)

	Okayama, Japan. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		The main reason for stopping off in the capital of Okayama-ken, OKAYAMA, 730km west of Tokyo, is to stretch your legs in its famous garden, Korakuen, considered one of Japan's top three.
		The main districts to head for are immediately east of Okayama Station, where you'll find all the usual fast-food outlets and many other restaurants, and along Omotecho-shotengai, the covered shopping street closer to the river.
		The gardens and the Okayama Prefectural Museum ticket is ¥440; the gardens and castle ticket costs ¥520; and the gardens, castle and Hayashibara Art Museum ticket is the best value, at ¥670.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/japan/okayama (295 words)

	Okayama Hotels: Okayama International Hotel Okayama Hotel Official Site
		Okayama International Hotel is a luxury urban resort hotel located on the eastern side of Okayama City.
		Situated on the top of Higashiyama Hill, the hotel offers panoramic views of Okayama by day and night and is surrounded by the beauty of nature, yet close to the city center.
		Okayama International Hotel offers a wide choice of rooms and suites including Japanese-styled rooms complemented by a host of amenities that include pay TV, international direct dial, a minibar, and a daily newspaper.
	okayama.okura.com (256 words)

	Okayama, Japan hotel near the JR Okayama Station - Comfort Hotel Okayama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Okayama is ideally situated in the second largest city of the Chugoku Region, the southwestern part of Honshu in Japan.
		Okayama is blessed with a mild climate and is prominent for the Bizenyaki, a reddish-brown pottery also called Inbe-yaki.
		This hotel is located in the Okayama Cultural Zone and is within walking distance from, the Okayama Prefectural Museum, Okayama Symphony Hall, Okayama Castle, built in the 16th century and the Okayama Korakeun, one of three major gardens in Japan.
	g.msn.com /9SE/1?http://www.choicehotels.com/ires/en-EN/html/HotelInfo?hotel=JP048&sid=&&DI=6244&IG=4045c62507594e69a484c2d9667377e4&POS=10&CM=WPU&CE=7&CS=AWP&SR=7 (309 words)

	Travel guide to Western Japan(Hiroshima,Okayama,Yamaguchi,Tottori,Shimane)
		While many foreigners know of the central areas of Japan that encompass Tokyo and Osaka, fewer are familiar with Western Japan.
		But Western Japan, otherwise known as the Chuugoku Region, is in a real sense responsible for the shape of Japan today.
		The Meiji Restoration of 1867, which saw the emperor placed back on the throne after centuries of rule by the shoguns, was largely created in Yamaguchi Prefecture on the western tip of the main island of Honshu.
	www.west-japan-travel.com (269 words)

	KORAKUEN GARDEN
		Korakuen Garden (後楽園) is one of Japan's official Three Great Gardens and hence Okayama's number one attraction.
		The name means "Garden of Pleasure After", a reference to a famous Confucian quote stating that a wise ruler must attend to his subjects' needs first and only then attend to his own.
		But the interesting stuff is lurking on the sides: waterfalls, tiny shrines, miniature maple forests, a lotus pond, even a greenhouse filled with orchids and cacti.
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /travel/okayama_korakuen_garden.htm (209 words)

	Okayama Travel Guide
		Okayama is the capital of Okayama Prefecture and a major transportation hub of the Chugoku Region.
		The city is most famous for Korakuen, known as one of Japan's three most beautiful landscape gardens.
		Okayama is a major station on the Sanyo Shinkansen, about four hours from Tokyo (16,160 Yen) and 50 minutes from Osaka (5,660 Yen) by hikari shinkansen.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e5700.html (103 words)

	Okayama, Japan
		Japan > Chugoku > Japan > Western Region
		The town of Okayama lies in western Honshu on both banks of the River Asahi, which flows into the Inland Sea in Kojima Bay.
		It is the chief town of the prefecture and its economic and cultural center.
	www.planetware.com /japan/okayama-jpn-cg-oka.htm (102 words)

	Osaka Intl. to Okayama :: Japan Tour 2004, Flight Simulator
		In the event, the problem was not lining up with the runway, but once again managing the descent.
		This was admittedly somewhat tricky, since the area around Okayama is quite hilly: a shallow descent simply will not work.
		But that's to be expected, I suppose, when travelling in Japan during the monsoon season.
	virgil.org /dswo/fs/japantour/okayama.htm (143 words)

	People to People --- San Jose, CA - Okayama, Japan
		Okayama committee chair and PN President King meet with International affairs of San Jose Giants baseball team to consider possible 50th anniversary activities.
		Okayama sends coordinator to visit San José an meet with many groups about the 50th anniversary visit, April 2007.
		Okayama Committee starts planning for visit of 200+ from Japan.
	www.sj-okayama.org (93 words)

	Scientists illuminate cancer cells, Okayama University, Japan
		Japan - A company established by Okayama University researchers has developed a method to make cancer cells fluorescent when irradiated by special light after injecting harmless, virus-implanted fluorescent jellyfish genes around the cells.
		The achievement, which is expected to help combat metastatic cancer--an advanced form of cancer spread from one part of the body to another--will be published in the September issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal published by the American Association for Cancer Research.
		Toshiyoshi Fujiwara of Okayama University Hospital Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, Okayama Prefecture, among its directors.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=12627 (258 words)

	Kurashiki, Okayama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kurashiki (倉敷市; -shi) is an historic city located to the west of Okayama, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea.
		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.
		Kurashiki is the home to Japan's first Western art museum, the Ohara Museum of Art.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kurashiki,_Okayama (381 words)

	NewsOnJapan.com - Japan Directory - Regional Websites/Chugoku Region/Okayama Prefecture
		The Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts is a private University that was established in April 1995 by Kake Educational Institution with the support of Kurashiki City and Okayama Prefecture.
		Okayama is a pleasant city in the Kansai on the way from Osaka to Hiroshima.
		Located in western Japan, Okayama University provides online information concerning the school, its faculties and campuses, as well as information pertaining to international student exchanges.
	www.newsonjapan.com /html/linkbase/Regional_Websites/Chugoku_Region/Okayama_Prefecture (161 words)

	City of San José - Economic Development - Okayama, Japan Sister City
		Members of the Okayama City Council met Randy Turner and Sharon Russell with the City of San Jose Public Works Department to receive a briefing on San Jose's new city hall currently under construction.
		Tadashi Kusunoki, Vice Chairman of the Okayama City Council joins San Jose officials and members of the community in the dedication of the new gate at the Japanese Friendship Garden on May 11, 2004.
		Citizens of Okayama donated over $25,000 to the City of San Jose to enhance the Japanese Friendship Garden, an enduring symbol of the San Jose-Okayama Sister City relationship.
	www.sjeconomy.com /sistercities/okayama.asp (460 words)

	Teaching English in Japan
		The co-op position is a paid internship for those with an established background in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) or an interest in and willingness to complete TESOL course work.
		Participants are housed in international student housing adjacent to Okayama University of Science (OUS), Wright State’s sister university in Okayama, Japan.
		WSU Co-op participants may go on weekend excursions to neighboring towns of cultural interest, attend and participate in local and international festivals, and participate in many cultural-education activities at little or no expense to the students.
	www.wright.edu /ucie/studyabroad/japancoop.html (453 words)

	Acta Home Page
		Acta Medica Okayama was first published in 1928 as Arbeiten aus der Medizinischen Universitat zu Okayama.
		Acta Medica Okayama publishes papers relating to all areas of basic and clinical medicine.
		Authors should bear in mind the page size of Acta Medica Okayama (82 mm in width for a single column and 170 mm in width for double columns).
	www.okayama-u.ac.jp /user/med/acta/acta_home.html (1394 words)

	Kifuno-sato \| Okayama, Japan \| Onsen Japanese inn Ryokan \| hot springs \| Yunogo Onsen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kifuno-sato is a Ryokan, or a Japanese traditional inn, located in the Yunogo Onsen hot springs resort area in the Okayama prefecture of Japan.
		The Okayama prefecture is known as the birthplace of Miyamoto Musashi, a famous Samurai (swordsman) and Yunogo, a small, rustic town surrounded by majestic mountains.
		The Kifuno-sato Ryokan was built in harmony with the scenic nature of the area and maintains the warm atmosphere of the Yunogo Onsen town.
	www.kifunosato.com /eng (734 words)

	Hotels in Okayama, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Okayama Ko-rakuen Garden is one of the three largest gardens in Japan.
		303-53 Fukiage Shimotsui, Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture (25.8 km.)
		Setouchi Kojima Hotel is in the best location where can overlook the Seto Bridge and islands.
	bookings.net /city/jp/okayama.en.html (190 words)

	Current local time in Okayama - Japan
		Make a Personal World Clock and include Okayama
		When can I call/have a meeting with someone in Okayama?
		Show time difference between Okayama time and other time zones
	www.timeanddate.com /worldclock/city.html?n=1066 (218 words)

	OKAYAMA CENTRAL KOA Campground \| KOA Camping Japan
		Located in a rural farm setting in southern Japan.
		The Okayama KOA features a large swimming pool, tennis courts, mini-zoo, inside & outside food service and KOA Kamping Kabins.
		KOA, 1612 Kanse, Kamogawa-Cho, Mitsu-Gun Okayama-Ken, Japan 709-2401.
	www.koa.com /where/japan/133101.htm (127 words)

	Live Coverage of 2004 Grand Prix Okayama
		401 Magic players came to Okayama this weekend, not quite sure what to expect from the new Extended environment.
		This was the first major tournament to feature the format after the new bannings went into effect, making the power level a little less steep.
		As long as Japan keeps producing new, talented players like Kazumasa Shiki, it will happen sooner than later.
	www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=sideboard/events/gpoka04 (542 words)

	Okayama Vacation Rentals \| Hotels
		We have over 30 properties in the Okayama, Japan area.
		A wide bed to recover from the fatique of the journey-soft light shining through a large window and telephones are always close at hand on the table and
		The Holiday Inn Express Nagano is situated walking distance from downtown and the Zenkoji Temple, approximately 75 miles from Matsumoto Airport.
	www.hotstays.com /Okayama-Japan.html (691 words)

	OKAYAMA INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, Okayama, Japan - Discount Hotel Reservations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Book your hotel room at the OKAYAMA INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, Okayama with us and save up to 75% OFF normal room rates.
		OKAYAMA INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, Okayama Description: The Okayama International Hotel is located on a hilltop from which one can enjoy panoramic views of Okayama City, offers 159 guest rooms including Single, Twin & Japanese-style rooms.
		Hotel Okayama International is located in the center of Chugoku and Shikoku regions of Japan and is at the intersection of the major highways.
	www.stayxs.com /new/booking/hotel_detail.asp?wsid=9&hhm_id=3579 (294 words)

	HOTEL GRANVIA OKAYAMA, Okayama, Japan - Discount Hotel Reservations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Book your hotel room at the HOTEL GRANVIA OKAYAMA, Okayama with us and save up to 75% OFF normal room rates.
		HOTEL GRANVIA OKAYAMA, Okayama Description: Hotel is in ideal location connected directly with Okayama Station corresponds to guests traveling for business or pleasure.
		Hotel Granvia Okayama is located just south of Okayama Station & 21 kms from the Okayama airport.
	www.stayxs.com /new/booking/Facilities.asp?WSID=20&HHM_ID=3578 (348 words)

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