Shizuoka
Americannoun
noun
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The Hamaoka plant is located in Omaezaki, Shizuoka prefecture, near a seismic fault line where a massive Pacific earthquake is expected to occur in the coming years or decades.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
Earlier this week, local governments issued evacuation advisories to 810,000 people in the central Shizuoka prefecture on Japan's main island of Honshu.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024
One is Fuji City, about 200 miles by road east of Kyoto in Shizuoka Prefecture.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2024
Lilium pacificum grows on coastal areas facing the Pacific Ocean on Honshu from Ibaraki Prefecture south to Shizuoka Prefecture and the Izu Islands.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2024
Subsequently he was permitted to remove to the castle of Sumpu at Shizuoka.
From Japan by Murray, David
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