Shizuoka (prefecture)
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Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県 Shizuoka-ken) is in the central Chubu region of the main Japanese island Honshu. Shizuoka is a sprawling prefecture covering a large chunk of the Pacific Ocean coastline between greater Tokyo and Nagoya. It's a reasonably modern creation (1868) by Japanese standards, merging together three historically distinct areas. Western Shizuoka was once the province of Tōtōmi-no-kuni (遠江国), also known as Enshū (遠州), which you'll still see in many company names and placenames in the area today. The eastern part of the prefecture was once the province of Suruga-no-kuni (駿河国), while the Izu Peninsula was its own province, Izu-no-kuni (伊豆国).
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Multiple OptionsShizuoka is primarily served by the JR Tokaido Main Line and the Tokaido Shinkansen between Nagoya and Yokohama....
Language & Talk
The dialect in Western Shizuoka is known as Enshū-ben (遠州弁). Shizuoka is primarily served by the JR Tokaido Main Line and the Tokaido Shinkansen between Nagoya and Yokohama.
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cars parked on parking lot near high rise buildings during daytime
An evening street scene in the coastal city of Atami, Japan. Lights from buildings, including hotels and shops displaying Japanese signage, illuminate the road alongside parked and moving cars, while the dark silhouette of hills rises in the background under the twilight sky.
a white board with writing and magnets on it
Sunset on the street
turned on lanterns
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a tall building with a flag on top of it
brown wooden table near white window curtain
a tall building with a lot of windows on top of it
a black and white photo of a staircase in a building
cars parked on parking lot near high rise buildings during daytime
An evening street scene in the coastal city of Atami, Japan. Lights from buildings, including hotels and shops displaying Japanese signage, illuminate the road alongside parked and moving cars, while the dark silhouette of hills rises in the background under the twilight sky.
a white board with writing and magnets on it