was a

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located in Hamana 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 ...

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. On July 1, 2005, Yūtō, along with the cities of Tenryū and Hamakita, town of Haruno (from Shūchi District), the towns of Hosoe, Inasa and Mikkabi (all from Inasa District), the towns of Misakubo and Sakuma, the village of Tatsuyama (all from Iwata District), and the town of Maisaka (also from Hamana District), was merged into the expanded city of

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 ...

.Merger and Becoming an Ordinance-designated City
Hamamatsu City, History of Hamamatsu. Yūtō was located on the eastern banks of

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 ...

just north of

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on the JR Tōkaidō line. Prior to its merger with Hamamatsu, Yūtō enjoyed a

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relationship with

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, Canada. This relationship was founded on July 4, 1995.

Attractions

*Yūtō-chō Culture Center
https://www.mb.epss.jp/contents/facilities/1410/index.html
(Japanese) *Hamanako Royal Hotel
http://www.inhamamatsu.com/hotel/hamanako-royal-hotel.php
*"Takiya Ryo" Fishing - https://japan-highlightstravel.com/en/travel/hamamatsu/090047/- A description of this kind of fishing which is done at nighttime with lamps, harpoons, and nets.

Famous people

*Shinichirô Sawai (澤井信一郎 ) - Movie Director *

Hironoshin Furuhashi was a Japanese Olympic freestyle swimmer. In 1948, he set world records in the 400 and 1,500 meter freestyles at the Japan national championships. Furuhashi and Japan were not allowed to compete at the 1948 Summer Olympics because of Japan's ro ...

(古橋廣之進 ) - Honorary President of the

Japan Swimming Federation The , is the national federation for Aquatics in Japan. It oversees Japan's Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Synchronized Swimming competitive programs. It was founded on October 31, 1924.Shinichirô Sawai's Page on IMDB
- Hamamatsu City Information, Hamamatsu Regional Resource Information Management Project
Young Friends Say Sayonara
- Airdrie Echo, Article about the former sister-city relationship {{DEFAULTSORT:Yuto, Shizuoka Dissolved municipalities of Shizuoka Prefecture Hamamatsu