Shimizu Ward

Shimizu Ward has served as a port district on Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture since the Edo period. Now part of Shizuoka City, it centres on Shimizu Port, an active harbour on Japan’s Pacific-facing coast. The ward reaches the Miho Peninsula, where the black-pine grove of Miho no Matsubara forms part of the UNESCO-listed Fujisan Cultural Site; its connection with Mount Fuji has long informed Japanese art and pilgrimage traditions. The Suruga Bay Ferry also links Shimizu Port with Toi on the Izu Peninsula. Browse other webcams across Shizuoka Prefecture to place this coastal district in a wider geographic context.

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