Shizuoka prefecture

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Shizuoka prefecture (静岡県 Shizuoka-ken) is an area of Japan located in the Chubu region of Honshu island. Its population was 3,797,000 in 2006.[1]

Shizuoka prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, Shizuoka (静岡市 Shizuoka-shi).

Footnotes

  1. Japan Statistical Yearbook: 'Population by Prefecture 1920-2006'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.

See also