Bitchū Province

Bitchū Province (備中国, Bicchū no kuni) was a province of Japan on the Inland Sea side of western Honshū, in what is today western Okayama Prefecture.

Bitchu bordered Hōki, Mimasaka, Bizen, and Bingo Provinces.

After 1600, the province was divided among a variety of han (fiefs), and included a number of castles.

By the time the provinces were reorganized into prefectures, the dominant city was the port, Kurashiki.

Kibitsu jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Bitchū.