Shizuoka City

Shizuoka City

Capital city of Shizuoka surrounded by nature

About Shizuoka City
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Shizuoka Chagori 2025

Shizuoka Chagori 2025

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In Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, over sixty cafes and tea retailers have come together to create gourmet tea inspired...

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Green Eight Café

Green Eight Café

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In Ryouguchi, where green tea farms climb out along the mountain slopes, farmers who work with Japanese black tea have estab...

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About Shizuoka City

Shizuoka City in central Shizuoka Prefecture is perfect for outdoor lovers as it is surrounded by numerous mountains, lakes, and rivers. Like many other cities in the prefecture, Shizuoka City produces a lot of green tea and strawberries.

Many historic shrines and roads line Shizuoka City that can be easily accessed via the city’s convenient railway system. The Tokaido Shinkansen also makes a stop at Shizuoka City.

For visitors eager to soak in the atmosphere, Shizuoka hosts the Daidogei World Cup every November. Regarded as the biggest event in Shizuoka, the world cup is an annual international busker's festival where performers come from all over the world and perform around the city.

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