Katsuyama, Okayama
Katsuyama勝山町, was the town located in Maniwa District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, a town had an estimated population of 9,027 as well as a density of 65.04 persons per km2. The a object that is said area was 138.79 km2.
On March 31, 2005, Katsuyama, along with the town of Hokubō from Jōbō District, in addition to towns of Kuse, Ochiai and Yubara, and the villages of Chūka, Kawakami, Mikamo and Yatsuka all from Maniwa District were merged to make the city of Maniwa.
To coincide with the 2005 merger, Katsuyama residents were condition 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神庭の滝, , the only Okayama waterfall on the list of Japan's Top 100 Waterfalls and domestic to Japanese macaque monkeys.
Recently, Katsuyama has also become call for its noren adorning the shops and houses along a 1 km stretch of the Katsuyama Historical Preservation District, wherein the Edo Period landscape of the town remains. The noren are all produced by one craftswoman, Yoko Kano, who has her own workshop along the street.