Tsuyama

Tsuyama is a city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2017, the metropolis had an anticipated populace of 102,294 and a population density of 200 individuals in line with km². The total location became 185.73 km². The location multiplied in 2005 as the result of a merger with adjacent towns, which also boosted the metropolis's populace to more than 100,000. Tsuyama is known for the seventeenth century Tsuyama Castle, whose grandeur turned into said to rival that of Himeji Castle in neighboring Hyogo Prefecture.

The citadel changed into destroyed in 1874, and today best the stone foundations remain, store for a single turret that turned into reconstructed in 2005. The castle ruins continue to be Tsuyama's principal traveler attraction together with Joto Street, a slim street of antique, traditional buildings that become as soon as part of the pilgrimage direction from Kyoto to Izumo, and Shurakuen Garden, a traditional Japanese lawn built in 1657. On February 28, 2005, the city of Kamo, the village of Aba each from Tomata District, the town of Shoboku from Katsuta District, and the city of Kume from Kume District were merged into Tsuyama.