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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 Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. , the town had an estimated population of 7,798 in 3764 households, and a population density of 74 persons per km². The total area of the town was .

Geography

Sandwiched between the Amagi Mountains to the east and

Suruga Bay Suruga Bay (駿河湾, ''Suruga-wan'') is a bay on the Pacific coast of Honshū in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is situated north of a straight line from Omaezaki Point to Irōzaki Point at the tip of the Izu Peninsula and surrounded by Honshū ...

on the Pacific Ocean to the west, Nishiizu has a hill hinterland and a rocky, indented ria coast. The area has numerous hot springs. Warmed by the warm Kuroshio Current, the area enjoys a warm maritime climate with hot, humid summers and mild, cool winters. Parts of the town are within the borders of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.

Neighboring municipalities

* Izu * Kawazu * Matsuzaki

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Nishiizu has been in decline over the past 60 years.

Climate

The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters ( Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Nishiizu is 13.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2248 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.9 °C.climate data
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History

During the Edo period, all of Izu Province was '' tenryō'' territory under the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the area now comprising Nishiizu consisted of seven villages within the ancient Naka District. With the establishment of the modern municipality system of the early Meiji period in 1889, the area was reorganized into three villages (Nishina, Tago, and Ugusu), which became part of the Kamo District in 1896. A fourth village, Arari, was created out of Ugusu the same year. The town of Nishiizu was founded on March 31,1956 through the merger of the villages of Tago and Nishina and in September of the same year, the villages of Ugusu and Arari were rejoined to form

Kamo The name Kamo may refer to the following: Places Japan (Note: ''kamo'' ( 鴨), is the common word for ''duck'' in Japanese, but the following names do not necessarily mean ''duck'' and are not necessarily written with that character.) *Kamo, Nii ...

. Kamo was

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into Nishiizu on April 1, 2005.

Economy

The economy of Nishiizu is dominated by tourism centered on hot spring resorts, and by commercial fishing.

Education

Nishiizu has three public elementary schools and one public junior high school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railway

Nishiizu does not have any passenger railway service.

Highway

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Towns in Shizuoka Prefecture Populated coastal places in Japan Nishiizu, Shizuoka