Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県; Shizuoka-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.

Contents

1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Cities 2.2 Districts 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Tourism 7 Prefectural symbols 8 Miscellaneous topics 9 External links

History

The prefecture was previously divided into Suruga Province and Izu Province. The most noted history of the prefecture is that it was once home to the first Tokugawa Shogun. The region was held by Tokugawa Ieyasu until he conquered the lands of the Hojo clan in the Kanto region and gave his lands to a retainer of Oda Nobunaga. After becoming shogun Tokugawa took the land back for his family.

Geography

Shizuoka Prefecture is an elongated region following the coast of the Pacific Ocean. In the west, the prefecture extends deep into the Japan Alps , while further east it becomes a narrower coast bounded on the north by Mount Fuji, until it comes to the Izu Peninsula, a popular resort area pointing south into the Pacific.

Cities

• Atami
• Fuji
• Fujieda
• Fujinomiya
• Fukuroi
• Gotenba
• Hamakita
• Hamamatsu
• Ito
• Iwata
• Izu
• Kakegawa
• Kosai
• Mishima
• Numazu
• Omaezaki
• Shimada
• Shimoda
• Shizuoka
• Susono
• Tenryu
• Yaizu

Districts

Fuji Shibakawa Haibara Haibara Honkawane Kanaya Kawane Nakakawane Sagara Yoshida Hamana Arai Maisaka Yuto Ihara Fujikawa Kanbara Yui

Inasa Hosoe Inasa Mikkabi Iwata Asaba Fukude Misakubo Ryuyo Sakuma Tatsuyama Toyoda Toyoka Kamo Higashiizu Kamo Kawazu Matsuzaki Minamiizu Nishiizu Ogasa Daito Kikugawa Ogasa Osuka

Shida Oigawa Okabe Shuchi Haruno Mori Sunto Nagaizumi Oyama Shimizu Tagata Heda Izunagaoka Kannami Nirayama Ohito

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Tourism

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

External links

• Official Shizuoka Prefecture homepage