Shizuoka Prefecture was established from the formerTōtōmi,Suruga andIzu provinces.[6]
The area was the home of the firstTokugawa shōgun.[citation needed]Tokugawa Ieyasu held the region until he conquered the lands of theHōjō clan in theKantō region and placed land under the stewardship ofToyotomi Hideyoshi. After becomingshōgun, Tokugawa took the land back for his family and put the area around modern-day Shizuoka City under the direct supervision of the shogunate. With the creation of the Shizuoka han from theSunpu Domain in 1868, it once again became the residence of the Tokugawa family.
Shizuoka Prefecture is an elongated region following the coast of thePacific Ocean at theSuruga Bay. In the west, the prefecture extends deep into theJapan Alps. In the east, it becomes a narrower coast bounded in the north byMount Fuji, until it comes to theIzu Peninsula, a popular resort area pointing south into the Pacific.[citation needed]
In Shizuoka prefecture, thetemperature, over the course of the year, typically varies from 1.1 °C (34 °F) to 30.5 °C (87 °F) and is rarely below -2.2 °C (28 °F) or above 33.8 °C (93 °F.) The summers in Shizuoka are warm, oppressive, and mostly cloudy; the winters are very cold, windy, and mostly clear.[8]
On 15 March 2011, Shizuoka Prefecture was hit witha magnitude 6.2 earthquake approximately 42 km (26 mi) NNE ofShizuoka City. It is said, that throughout history, Shizuoka area has experienced a large earthquake every 100 to 150 years.
After the introduction of modern municipalities in 1889, Shizuoka consisted of 337 municipalities: 1 (by definition: district-independent) city and 23 districts with 31 towns and 305villages. The Great Shōwa mergers of the 1950s reduced the total from 281 to 97 between 1953 and 1960, including 18 cities by then. The Great Heisei mergers of the 2000s combined the 74 remaining municipalities in the year 2000 into the current 35 by 2010.
Home to a shogun, cherry shrimp, and Japan's green tea heartland. Situated along Suruga Bay between Tokyo and Nagoya on the historic Tokaido route, the Pacific coast city of Shizuoka is famed for supplying most of Japan's tea and maguro tuna.
Shizuoka-based companies are world leaders in several major industrial sectors.Honda,Yamaha, andSuzuki all have their roots in Shizuoka prefecture and are still manufacturing here. Thanks to this, Shizuoka prefecture accounts for 28% of Japanesemotorcycleexports.[10]
Yamaha andKawai are both globalpiano brands. Yamaha has the largest share in the global piano market. Kawai has the second largest share. They both got their start in Shizuoka prefecture in the early twentieth century.[10][11]
In addition, various instruments such aswind instruments andguitars are manufactured in this prefecture. There are about 200 companies that manufacture musical instruments, in this prefecture.
Most of these musical instruments are especially produced inHamamatsu City.[11]
^Data sources - World Bank (1 September 2025)."Shizuoka, Japan Population".populationstat.com. Population Stat, 2017-2025.Archived from the original on 25 September 2025. Retrieved25 September 2025.
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