Shimizu, Shizuoka 3.27

Shimizu is a town in Suntō District of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of September 2015, the town had an estimated population of 32,091 and a population density of 3,640 persons per km2. The total area was 8.81sqkm.GeographyShimizu is located at the northern end of Izu Peninsula. The Kakita River flows through the town. The area has a temperate maritime climate with hot, humid summers and mild, cool winters.Neighboring municipalitiesShizuoka PrefectureNumazuMishimaNagaizumiHistoryShimizu is located in the far eastern portion of former Suruga Province, and was largely tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Edo period. During the cadastral reform of the early Meiji period in 1889, the area was reorganized into the village of Shimizu within Suntō District, Shizuoka through the merger of 11 small hamlets.