Shinjō, Okayama

Shinjō (新庄村, Shinjō-son) is a village located in Maniwa District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

After the Meiji restoration, the area was organized into Shinjō village with the creation of the modern municipalities system on June 1, 1889.

Shinjō has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral village council eight members.

In terms of national politics, the village is part of the Okayama 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Many of these buildings used to be in that were built to accommodate the sankin kōtai mandatory processions of daimyō from their domains to the capital and back.

Triumphal return Cherry Blossom Street