Shizuoka Prefecture
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| Capital | Shizuoka |
| Region | Chūbu |
| Island | Honshū |
| Governor | Yoshinobu Ishikawa |
| Area (rank) | 7,779.63 km² (13th) |
| - % water | 2.6% |
| Population (October 1, 2005) | |
| - Population | 3,792,457 (10th) |
| - Density | 487 /km² |
| Districts | 9 |
| Municipalities | 42 |
| ISO 3166-2 | JP-22 |
| Website | [http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/a_foreign/english/
www.pref.shizuoka.jp/ |
| Prefectural Symbols | |
| - Flower | Azalea (Rhododenron) |
| - Tree | Sweet Osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus) |
| - Bird | Japanese Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata) |
 Symbol of Shizuoka Prefecture |
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Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県 Shizuoka-ken?) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.
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[edit] History
The prefecture was previously divided into Tōtōmi Province, 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 Hōjō clan in the Kantō region and gave his lands to the stewardship of Oda Nobunaga. After becoming shogun Tokugawa took the land back for his family, particularly putting the area around modern-day Shizuoka city under direct shogunal supervision.
It once again became the residence of the Tokugawa family after 1868, with the creation of Shizuoka han.
[edit] Geography
Shizuoka Prefecture is an elongated region following the coast of the Pacific Ocean at the Suruga Bay. In the west, the prefecture extends deep into the Japan Alps, while farther 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.
[edit] Tokai earthquakes
Every 100–150 years, an earthquake of disastrous proportions called the Tokai Earthquake occurs in the Shizuoka Prefecture. The previous earthquake was in 1854.
[edit] Cities
Twenty-three cities are located in Shizuoka Prefecture:
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[edit] Towns
Towns in each district:
‡ Scheduled to be dissolved following mergers.
[edit] Mergers
[edit] Future mergers
- The city of Shimada (2nd one) was scheduled to merge the town of Kawane from Haibara District on April 1, 2008.
- On November 1, 2008, Yui will be merged into Shimizu Ward in Shizuoka City and Fujikawa will be merged into Fuji City. Therfore, Ihara District will dissolve.
[edit] Sports
The sports teams listed below are based in Shizuoka.
Football (soccer)
Volleyball
Rugby
[edit] External links
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| Atami | Fuji | Fujieda | Fujinomiya | Fukuroi | Gotemba | Hamamatsu | Itō | Iwata | Izu | Izunokuni | Kakegawa | Kikugawa | Kosai | Makinohara | Mishima | Numazu | Omaezaki | Shimada | Shimoda | Shizuoka (capital) | Susono | Yaizu | |||
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| Fuji | Haibara | Hamana | Ihara | Kamo | Shida | Shūchi | Suntō | Tagata | |||
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