was a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Tagata District,
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...
,
Japan
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, in central
Izu Peninsula
The is a large mountainous peninsula with a deeply indented coastline to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshu, Japan. Formerly known as Izu Province, Izu peninsula is now a part of Shizuoka Prefecture. The peninsul ...
.
As of March 1, 2004, final population data before the amalgamation, the town had an estimated
population
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of 8,457 and a
density
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of 77.03 persons per km
2. The total area was 110.02 km
2.
On April 1, 2004, Nakaizu, along with the towns of
Amagiyugashima,
Shuzenji and
Toi (all from
Tagata District), was merged to create the city of
Izu Izu may refer to:
Places
*Izu Province, a part of modern-day Shizuoka prefecture in Japan
**Izu, Shizuoka, a city in Shizuoka prefecture
**Izu Peninsula, near Tokyo
**Izu Islands, located off the Izu Peninsula
People with the surname
*, Japane ...
.
Nakaizu, located in the Izu-Kogen highlands of central
Izu Peninsula
The is a large mountainous peninsula with a deeply indented coastline to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshu, Japan. Formerly known as Izu Province, Izu peninsula is now a part of Shizuoka Prefecture. The peninsul ...
was noted for its production of ''
wasabi
Wasabi (Japanese: , , or , ; ''Eutrema japonicum'' or ''Wasabia japonica'') or Japanese horseradish is a plant of the family Brassicaceae, which also includes horseradish and mustard in other genera. The plant is native to Japan and the Russian ...
'' and ''
shiitake
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''.
External links
Izu City official website(Japanese)
Dissolved municipalities of Shizuoka Prefecture
Izu, Shizuoka
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