Kawakami, Okayama (Maniwa)

Kawakami

川上村
Kawakami 川上村
Former municipality
	Former Kawakami village hall
	Kawakami Location in Japan
	Coordinates: 35°16′49.5″N 133°38′34.5″E / 35.280417°N 133.642917°E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku
Prefecture	Okayama Prefecture
District	Maniwa
Merged	March 31, 2005; (now part of Maniwa)
Area
• Total	77.94 km2 (30.09 sq mi)
Population (2003)
• Total	2,372
• Density	30.43/km2 (78.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Symbols
Bird	Oriental dollarbird
Flower	Rhododendron
Tree	Aesculus

Kawakami (川上村, Kawakami-son) was a town located in Maniwa District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,372 and a density of 30.43 persons per km². The total area was 77.94 km².

On March 31, 2005, Kawakami, along with the town of Hokubō (from Jōbō District), and towns of Katsuyama, Kuse, Ochiai and Yubara, and the villages of Chūka, Mikamo and Yatsuka (all from Maniwa District) were merged to create the city of Maniwa.

Geography

Expressways:
- Yonago Expressway
  - Hiruzen Kōgen Service Area - Hiruzen Interchange
National highways:
- Route 482
Prefectural roads:
- Okayama Prefectural Route 58 (Hokubō - Kawakami)
- Okayama Prefectural Route 113 (Kamitokuyama-Matano-Kōfu)
- Okayama Prefectural Route 114 (Daisen-Kamifukuda)
- Okayama Prefectural Route 322 (Nakafukuda-Yubara)
- Okayama Prefectural Route 324 (Higashikayabe-Shimofukuda)
- Okayama Prefectural Route 422 (Hiruzen Kōgen)
- Okayama Prefectural Route 702 (Yatsuka-Kawakami cycling road)
Roadside Station
- Windy House (風の家, Kaze no Ie)