Shimada, Shizuoka

Shimada (Japanese岛 田 市, -shi ) is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan.

Geography

Shimada is located southwest of Shizuoka and northeast of Hamamatsu.

History

The city of Shimada was founded on 1 January 1948.

Shimada was a post station (宿 场 町Shukuba -machi ) of the Tōkaidō during the Edo period.

Traffic

  • Street: National Highway 1, towards Tokyo or Kyoto
  • Tōkaidō
  • JR Tōkaidō Main Line, to Tokyo or Kobe

Twinning

  • United States Richmond, California, USA, since 1961
  • Switzerland Brienz, since 1996
  • People's Republic of China Huzhou, since 1987

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Kitagawa Tamiji ( painter and printmaker )

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Shizuoka
  • Hamamatsu
  • Fujieda
  • Kakegawa
  • Kikugawa
  • Makinohara
  • Yoshida
  • Kawanehon
  • Mori
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