Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka

Shimizu-ku (清水区, Shimizu-ku) is one of three wards of the city of Shizuoka.

For the shogi player, see Ichiyo Shimizu.

The municipality was "Shimizu City" until it merged with Shizuoka in 2005.[1]

History
See the main article: List of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
Kanbara — ukiyo-e woodblock print by Hiroshige, circa 1830s
Yui by Hiroshige, circa 1830s
Okitsu by Hiroshige, circa 1830s
Ejiri by Hiroshige, circa 1830s

Shimizu developed around its good natural harbor.[1]

In the Edo period, Kanbara (蒲原, Kanbara-juku), Yui (由井, Yui-shuku), Okitsu (興津, Okitsu-juku) and Ejiri (江尻, Ejiri-juku) were the 15-18th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto. These four way-stations were in the area of modern Shimizu.[2]

Geography

Shimizu is located on the coast of Suruga Bay of the Pacific Ocean.[1]

References
  1. "Shimizu," Encyuclopedia Britannica; retrieved 2012-9-26.
  2. Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.

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