is a

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located in the

Chūbu region The , Central region, or is a region in the middle of Honshu, Honshū, Japan, Japan's main island. In a wide, classical definition, it encompasses nine prefectures (''ken''): Aichi Prefecture, Aichi, Fukui Prefecture, Fukui, Gifu Prefecture ...

Honshu , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separ ...

. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

to the east,

Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the no ...

to the northeast,

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

to the north, and

Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...

to the west.

Shizuoka Shizuoka can refer to: * Shizuoka Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture * Shizuoka (city), the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture * Shizuoka Airport * Shizuoka Domain, the name from 1868 to 1871 for Sunpu Domain, a predecessor of Shizuoka Prefecture ...

is the capital and

Hamamatsu is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. the city had an estimated population of 791,707 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, and a population density of . The total area of the site was . Overview ...

is the largest city in Shizuoka Prefecture, with other major cities including

Fuji Fuji may refer to: Places China * Fuji, Xiangcheng City (付集镇), town in Xiangcheng City, Henan Japan * Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan * Fuji River * Fuji, Saga, town in Saga Prefecture * Fuji, Shizuoka, city in Shizuoka Prefectur ...

Numazu is a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 189,486 in 91,986 households, and a population density of 1,014 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Numazu is at the nor ...

, and Iwata. Shizuoka Prefecture is located on Japan's

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coast and features

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 ...

formed by the

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 ...

, and

Lake Hamana is a brackish lagoon in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Formerly a true lake, it is now connected to the Pacific Ocean by a channel. As an internal body of water, it is considered Japan's tenth-largest lake (by area). It spans the boundaries of the ...

which is considered to be one of Japan's largest lakes.

Mount Fuji , or Fugaku, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest p ...

, the tallest

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in Japan and

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of the country, is partially located in Shizuoka Prefecture on the border with Yamanashi Prefecture. Shizuoka Prefecture has a significant

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heritage as the founding location of

Honda is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a product ...

Suzuki is a Japan, Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, Japan. Suzuki manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, All-terrain vehicle, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard motor, outboard marine engines, wheelchairs ...

, and

Yamaha Yamaha may refer to: * Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services, established in 1887. The company is the largest shareholder of Yamaha Motor Company (below). ** Yamaha Music Foundation, an organization estab ...

, and is home to the

Fuji International Speedway is a motorsport race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was built in the early 1960s. In the 1980s, Fuji Speedway was used for the FIA World Sportscar Championship and n ...

History

Shizuoka Prefecture was established from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and

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 ...

provinces. The area was the home of the first Tokugawa ''

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''.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow ...

held the region until he conquered the lands of the

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in the

Kantō region The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa. Slight ...

and placed land under the stewardship of

Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...

. After becoming ''shōgun'', Tokugawa took the land back for his family and put the area around modern-day Shizuoka city under the direct supervision of the shogunate. With the creation of Shizuoka han in 1868, it once again became the residence of the Tokugawa family.

Geography

Shizuoka Prefecture is an elongated region following the coast of the

at the

. In the west, the prefecture extends deep into the

Japan Alps The is a series of mountain ranges in Japan which bisect the main island of Honshu. The peaks that tower over central Honshu have long been the object of veneration and pilgrimage. These mountains had long been exploited by local people for raw m ...

. In the east, it becomes a narrower coast bounded in the north by

, until it comes to the

, a popular resort area pointing south into the Pacific. 11% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks, namely the Fuji-Hakone-Izu and Minami Alps National Parks;

Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park is a quasi-national park in the Tōkai region of Honshū in Japan. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN. The park includes the Tenryū-kyō Gorge of the upper Tenryū River in Iida, Sakuma Dam and its surrounding ...

; and four Prefectural Natural Parks.

Tokai earthquakes

Throughout history, a disastrous earthquake called the Tokai earthquake has hit Shizuoka every 100 to 150 years. On 15 March 2011, Shizuoka Prefecture was hit with a magnitude 6.2 earthquake approximately NNE of

Shizuoka City is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in both population and area. It has been populated since prehistoric times. the city had an estimated population of 690,881 in 106,087 households, and ...

Municipalities

Since 2010, Shizuoka has consisted of 35

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: 23

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and 12

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. File:Nihondaira from shizuoka plain.JPG,

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and

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Fujinomiya is a city located in central Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 132,507 in 56,655 households, and a population density of 340 persons per km². The total area of the city is . History The city name comes from ...

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Atami is a city located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 36,865 in 21,593 households and a population density of 600 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Atami is located in the far ea ...

Mergers

After the introduction of modern municipalities in 1889, Shizuoka consisted of 337 municipalities: 1 (by definition: district-independent) city and 23 districts with 31 towns and 305

villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

. The Great Shōwa mergers of the 1950s reduced the total from 281 to 97 between 1953 and 1960, including 18 cities by then. The Great Heisei mergers of the 2000s combined the 74 remaining municipalities in the year 2000 into the current 35 by 2010.

List of governors of Shizuoka (since 1947)

Transportation

Rail

JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

Tōkaidō Line Tōkaidō may refer to: * Taiheiyō Belt (also Tōkaidō corridor), the megalopolis in Japan extending from Ibaraki Prefecture to Fukuoka Prefecture * Tokaido (company), a Japanese company that manufactures karate uniforms, belts, and related produ ...

(

–

Odawara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 188,482 and a population density of 1,700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Odawara lies in the Ashigara Plains, in the far western por ...

) **

Itō Line The Itō Line ( ja, 伊東線, ) is a railway line owned by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) which connects Atami and Itō Stations, along the east coast of Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. From Itō, the line continues sou ...

JR Central is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...

Tōkaidō Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 1964, ...

(Atami–

Toyohashi is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 377,453 in 160,516 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . By area, Toyohashi was Aichi Prefecture's second-la ...

) ** Gotenba Line **

Minobu Line The is a railway line in the Tōkai region of Japan operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Fuji Station in Fuji, Shizuoka to Kōfu Station in Kōfu, Yamanashi, and the Tōkaidō Main Line with the Chūō Main ...

Iida Line The is a Japanese railway line connecting Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi, Aichi with Tatsuno Station in Tatsuno, Nagano, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The line links eastern Aichi Prefecture and southern Nagano Prefe ...

* Izukyū *

Izuhakone Railway The is a private railway company in Kanagawa Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The company also operates excursion ships, and the group companies operate buses and taxis. The company has its roots in founded in 1893. Izuhakone Railway ...

** Daiyūzan Line **

Sunzu Line The is a commuter railway line of the Izuhakone Railway, a private railroad in Japan. The line connects Mishima Station in the city of Mishima with Shuzenji Station in the city of Izu, both within Shizuoka Prefecture. The name "Sunzu" comes fro ...

Gakunan Railway The is Japanese railway line between and , all within the industrial area of Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture. The line does not have any official name. This is the only railway line operates. The operator company was established on April 1, 2013 a ...

Shizuoka Railway The , also known as "Shizutetsu", is a private railway in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and is majority owned by Tokyu Corporation. In addition to its railway business, the Shizuoka Railway Company owns large bus and taxi services, a department sto ...

Ōigawa Railway The is a railway company in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The company is commonly known as . The company belongs to the Meitetsu Group. The first section of its lines opened in 1927. Operation The company operates preserved steam locomotives, ...

* Enshū Railway *

Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū may refer to: *Tenryū, Shizuoka, a city *Tenryū, Nagano, a village *Tenryū River *Tenryū-ji, a temple * , several ships People with the name

*Tenryū Saburō (Saburo Wakuta, 1903-1989), Japanese sumo wrestler and martial arts fight ...

Roads

Expressways

Tōmei Expressway The is a national expressway on the island of Honshū in Japan. It is operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company. The expressway is designated as E1 under the "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering", because it parallels Nati ...

Shin-Tōmei Expressway The , literally meaning New Tōmei, is a national expressway in Japan running parallel to the Tomei Expressway as an alternate route. It is operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company. The expressway is also numbered E1A under the "2016 Proposa ...

Chūbu-Ōdan Expressway The is a national expressway in Japan. It is managed by East Nippon Expressway Company and Central Nippon Expressway Company. Overview The expressway is planned to commence in the city of Shizuoka and terminate in Saku, Nagano The route t ...

Izu-Jūkan Expressway The is an incomplete two-lane national expressway in Shizuoka Prefecture. It is owned and operated primarily by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), but has a short section maintained and tolled by the Central N ...

San-en Nanshin Expressway The is a national expressway connecting Iida, Nagano and Hamamatsu. It is owned and operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism The , abbreviated MLIT, is a ministry of the Japanese government.National Route 1 * National Route 42 * National Route 52 * National Route 135 * National Route 136 * National Route 138 * National Route 139 * National Route 149 * National Route 150 * National Route 152 * National Route 246 * National Route 257 * National Route 301 * National Route 362 * National Route 414 * National Route 469 * National Route 473 * National Route 474

Airports

Fujisan-Shizuoka airport,Makinohara-city,Japan

Shizuoka Airport , also called Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport, is located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Opened on June 4, 2009, the airport has domestic service to Sapporo, Fukuoka, Naha (Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa), Komatsu, Ishikawa, Komatsu, Kumamoto, and Kagosh ...

Ports

*Shimizu Port *Atami Port and Shimoda Port - Mainly ferry route to Izu Island *Numazu Port

Education

Universities

National universities *

Hamamatsu University School of Medicine is a national university A national university is mainly a university created or managed by a government, but which may also at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state. Some national universities are associated w ...

Shizuoka University is a List of national universities in Japan, national university in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Shizuoka University is well known in the field of engineering, in creative innovation, and in the invention of next generation technology, with ...

Graduate University for Advanced Studies is one of the national universities of Japan, headquartered in Shonan Village (湘南国際村) in the town of Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture. , as it is generally called in its abbreviated form, was established in 1988, with Dr. Saburo Nagakur ...

(Mishima Campus,

National Institute of Genetics The National Institute of Genetics ("Japanese Institute of Genetics") is a Japanese institution founded in 1949. It hosts the DNA Data Bank of Japan The DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ) is a biological database that collects DNA sequences. It is ...

) Public universities *

Shizuoka University of Art and Culture The is a public university in Hamamatsu, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Its mission is to foster the exchange of ideas between the fields of cultural studies and design by having the two combined at one relatively small institution. It is one o ...

University of Shizuoka The , is a public university in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Overview The University of Shizuoka was created through the amalgamation of three former public universities in 1987 and was expanded to comprise five colleges. These ...

Private universities *

Fuji Tokoha University was a private university in Fuji, Shizuoka, Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1990, and it was chartered as a university in 2000. The university had three departments: *College of Distribution Eco ...

Hamamatsu University was a private university in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Hamamatsu University was established as in 1988. It added a Department of International Economics in 1994, and a graduate studies Postgraduate or graduate education ...

* Hamamatsu Gakuin University *

Juntendo University is a private university in Japan. Its headquarters are on its campus in Bunkyo, Tokyo, for the School of Medicine and in Inzai, Chiba, for the School of Health and Sports Science. The university was established in 1838 for medical and in 1946 f ...

(Mishima Campus) *

Nihon University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice (Japan), Minister of Justice, in 1889. ...

(Mishima Campus) * Seirei Christopher University * Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University *

Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology , or SIST, is a private university in Fukuroi, Shizuoka, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1940 as a driving school. It was chartered as a university in 1991, specializing in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and co ...

Shizuoka Sangyo University is a private university in Iwata city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, established in 1988. Location * Iwata Campus (1572-1 Ohara, Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture) * Fujieda Campus (4-1-1 Surugadai, Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture) Organiza ...

Shizuoka University of Welfare is a private university in Yaizu city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, established in 2004. Departments The university specializes in social welfare Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure ...

Tokyo Women's Medical University , TWMU, is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. The University olso operates the Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital within the campus, as well as a separate hospital in Yachiyo, Chiba. History TWMU originated from , which was founded b ...

(Daito Campus) *

Tokai University is a private non-sectarian higher education institution located in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded by Dr. Shigeyoshi Matsumae. It was accredited under Japan's old educational system in 1946 and under the new system in 1950. In 2008, Tokai Un ...

(Shimizu and Numazu Campuses) *

Tokoha Gakuen University is a private university in the Aoi ward of Shizuoka City is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in both population and area. It has been populated since prehistoric times. the city had ...

Senior high schools

*Numazu Commercial High School * Shizuoka Prefectural Susono High School *Shizuoka Prefectural High School

Sports

The sports teams listed below are based in Shizuoka.

Basketball

San-en NeoPhoenix is a B.League professional basketball team, based in the eastern Mikawa and Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture region of central Japan. The team was founded in 1965 as the company team of the OSG Corporation, a Toyokawa-based machine parts manufa ...

Motorsport

Rugby

*Yamaha Júbilo ( Iwata)

Football

*Shimizu S-Pulse (Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Shizuoka) *Júbilo Iwata ( Iwata) ** Matches between the above two teams, both currently in the top flight of the J. League, are known as the Shizuoka Derby. *Honda F.C. (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Hamamatsu) *Azul Claro Numazu (Numazu, Shizuoka, Numazu) *Fujieda MYFC (Fujieda, Shizuoka, Fujieda)

Volleyball

*Toray Arrows (men's volleyball team) (Mishima, Shizuoka, Mishima city)

Tourism

Museums

* Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art * Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka

Theme parks

* Air Park Japan Air Self-Defense Force Hamamatsu Public Information Building) * Shimizu Sushi Museum

Festivals and events

* Shimoda Black Ship Festival, held in May * Shimizu Port Festival, held on August 5 to 7 * Shizuoka Festival, held in April * Daidogei World Cup in central

, held in November * Enshu Daimyo Festival in Iwata, held in April *

Festival, held in July * Mishima, Shizuoka, Mishima Festival, held in August File:Fujinomiya Hongu Sengen Taisha Honden.jpg, Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Fujinomiya File:181124 Shuzenji Onsen Izu Shizuoka pref Japan01s3.jpg, Shuzenji Onsen Izu, Shizuoka, Izu File:Sunpu-castle tatsumi-yagura.JPG, Sunpu Castle Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Aoi-ku File:Hamamatsu.JPG, Hamamatsu Castle

Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Naka-ku File:Kakegawa castle.jpg, Kakegawa Castle Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Kakegawa File:静岡県立美術館-1.JPG, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Suruga-ku File:LakeSanaru2.JPG, Lake Sanaru

Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, Nishi-ku File:BentenjimaKaihinkoenHamamatsu1.jpg,

Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, Nishi-ku File:Beach in Atami City with sea bathers.jpg, Atami Sun Beach Atami, Shizuoka, Atami File:Prunus lannesiana cv. Kawazu-zakura 05.jpg, Kawazu Cherry blossom Kamo District, Shizuoka, Kamo District Kawazu, Shizuoka, Kawazu File:Mt Fuji at Mihonomatsubara.jpg, Miho no Matsubara Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shimizu-ku File:富士サファリパークライオン2 Fuji-safari-park-Lion2.jpg, Fuji Safari Park Susono, Shizuoka, Susono File:Hanahaku2014-4.JPG, Hamanako Garden Park

Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, Nishi-ku File:Snowtown Yeti.JPG, Snowtown Yeti &

Susono, Shizuoka, Susono File:Haiden of Kunozan Toshogu.jpg, Kunōzan Tōshō-gū Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Suruga-ku File:Jogasaki Coast 20111016 b.jpg, Jogasaki Coast Itō, Shizuoka, Itō

Notes

References

* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
OCLC 58053128

External links

Official Shizuoka Prefecture website

{{Authority control Shizuoka Prefecture, Chūbu region Prefectures of Japan