Mishima (Shizuoka)

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Mishima-shi
三島 市
Mishima
Geographical location in Japan
Mishima (Shizuoka) (Japan)
Red pog.svg
Region : Chūbu
Prefecture : Shizuoka
Coordinates : 35 ° 7 '  N , 138 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 7 '7 "  N , 138 ° 55' 7"  E
Basic data
Surface: 62.13 km²
Residents : 108,118
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 1740 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 22206-2
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Mishima
Tree : ginkgo
Flower : Mishima sakura
Bird : kingfisher
town hall
Address : Mishima City Hall
4 - 47 , Kitatamachi
Mishima -shi
Shizuoka  411-8666
Website URL: http://www.city.mishima.shizuoka.jp
Location of Mishimas in Shizuoka Prefecture
Location of Mishimas in the prefecture

Mishima ( Japanese 三島 市 , - shi ) is a city on the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan .

The Japanese narrator Hiraoka Kimitake named himself Mishima Yukio after this city .

geography

Its population has been growing steadily since the Shinkansen allowed people to commute to Tokyo, around 100 km away, in about an hour .

history

Under the Ritsuryō system of the Nara period , Mishima became the capital of the Izu province . After that, the city was a post office ( 宿 場 町 Shukuba-machi ) of the Tōkaidō during the Edo period .

The city was founded on April 29, 1941 .

traffic

At Station Mishima trains stop from JR Central , both on the high-speed line Tōkaidō Shinkansen and on the Tōkaidō Main Line , both of Tokyo with Osaka connect. Mishima is also the terminus of the Sunzu line of the Izuhakone Tetsudō railway company to Shuzenji . Mishima can be reached by road from the Tōmei Highway , as well as National Road 1 and National Road 136. From 1906 to 1963, the tram operated to Numazu .

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Neighboring cities and communities

Web links

Commons : Mishima  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Mishima, color woodcut by Hiroshige in the series The 53 Stations of Tōkaidō (Hoeidō edition) , around 1835