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Shizuoka

静岡市
Designated city
City of Shizuoka
Top left: Shizuoka Sengen Shrine; Top right: Nihondaira StadiumMiddle: Mount Fuji & Shimizu Port from NihondairaUpper bottom left green tea fields; Lower bottom left Toro ruins; Bottom right: Tatsumi yagura of Sunpu Castle
Top left: Shizuoka Sengen Shrine; Top right: Nihondaira Stadium
Middle: Mount Fuji & Shimizu Port from Nihondaira
Upper bottom left green tea fields; Lower bottom left Toro ruins; Bottom right: Tatsumi yagura of Sunpu Castle
Flag of Shizuoka
Flag
 Official logo of Shizuoka
Emblem
Location of Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture
Location of Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka is located in Japan
Shizuoka
Shizuoka
Location in Japan
Country Japan
Region Chūbu (Tōkai)
Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture
Area
 • Designated city 1,411.90 km2 (545.14 sq mi)
Population
 (December 1, 2019)
 • Designated city 690,881
 • Density 489.3271/km2 (1,267.351/sq mi)
 • Metro
(2015)
 988,056 (18th)
Time zone UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Symbols  
• Tree Flowering dogwood
• Flower Hollyhock
• Bird Common kingfisher
Phone number 054-254-2111
Address 5-1 Ōtemachi, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka-ken 420-8602

Shizuoka 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. As of 1 December  2019 (2019 -12-01), the city had an estimated population of 690,881 in 106,087 households, and a population density of 489 persons per km².

The city's name is made up of two kanji, 静 shizu, meaning "still" or "calm"; and 岡 oka, meaning "hill(s)". In 1869, Shizuoka Domain was first created out of the older Sunpu Domain, and that name was retained when the city was incorporated in 1885. In 2003, Shizuoka absorbed neighboring Shimizu City (now Shimizu Ward) to create the new and expanded city of Shizuoka, briefly becoming the largest city by land area in Japan. In 2005, it became one of Japan's "designated cities".

Places

Granship Facade
The front of Granship
  • Granship is a large, public convention facility designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
  • Miho no Matsubara is a place on the Miho peninsula with pine trees and views of Mount Fuji on a clear day. The pine groves were added to the World Heritage List as part of the Fujisan Cultural Site in 2013.
  • Nihondaira is a 308-metre hill in central Shizuoka with good views of Mount Fuji, the Izu Peninsula, and Shimizu Bay.
  • Kunōzan Tōshō-gū was the original burial place of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
  • New Tower was built in Sumpujou Park in 2013.

Education

  • Shizuoka University
  • Tokai University
  • Tokoha Gakuen University
  • Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University

People from Shizuoka

Relates pages

Images for kids

  • Mount Aino fom Mount Kita 2001-7-2

    Mount Aino, one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, and the fourth tallest peak in Japan

  • Hatanagi I Dam 2007-11-14

    The hydroelectric Hatanagi-I Dam—tallest concrete gravity dam in the world

  • Shizuoka wards

    Wards of Shizuoka

  • Shizuoka 2008-01-02

    Shizuoka City seen from the South

  • Toro3

    Reconstructed building at the Toro archeological site

  • Suruga Kokubunji hondou

    Suruga Kokubunji

  • Sunpu castle tatsumiyagura

    Reconstructed Tatsumi yagura of Sunpu Castle

  • Mount Fuji and Shizuoka Station

    Mount Fuji and Shizuoka City

  • Bank of Japan Shizuoka Branch

    Bank of Japan Shizuoka Branch

  • Denmacho intersection 03

    Downtown Shizuoka City

  • BANDAI Hobby Center バンダイホビーセンター - panoramio

    Bandai Hobby Center

  • Miyukicho intersection（1）

    Miyukicho

  • Shizuoka Shimbun-SBS Building

    The headquarters of Shizuoka Broadcasting System (SBS) and the Shizuoka Shimbun newspaper

  • Shizuoka University Shizuoka Campus 2

    The main campus of Shizuoka University

  • Shizuoka Prefectural University Kusanagi Campus

    Shizuoka Prefectural University

  • Shizuoka Airport 20220724e

    Shizuoka Airport

  • Shizuoka station 02

    Shizuoka Station North exit

  • Shin-Shizuoka Cenova 02

    Shin-Shizuoka Cenova

  • Shizuoka Schrein Kunozan tosho-gu 06

    Kunōzan Tōshō-gū

  • Shizuoka Sengen Shrine Ohaiden

    Shizuoka Sengen Shrine

  • Tokaido20 Mariko

    Hiroshige's Mariko-juku

  • Sunpu-castle tatsumi-yagura

    Sunpu Castle（2014）

  • Shizuoka Station 201016a

    CBD of Shizuoka City（2020）

  • Higashi-Shizuoka Panorama 05

    Skyline of Shizuoka City（2021）

  • Shichikencho Street（3）

    Downtown of Shichikenchō（2021）

  • Konyacho Shopping Street (Gofukucho Dori) 2

    Konyachō（2021）

  • Ryogae-cho （1）

    Ryōgaechō（2021）

  • S-pulse dream plaza 201016a

    Port of Shimizu (2022)

  • The sunrise over the Shizuoka Plain seen from the Choseniwa

    Sunrise of Shizuoka City（2020）

  • Nihondaira stadium20090412

    IAI Stadium Nihondaira

  • Arena of konohana arena-1

    Konohana Arena

See also

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