Shizuoka

American  

[shee-zoo-aw-kah] / ˈʃi zʊˈɔ kɑ /

noun

1. a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.

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Shizuoka British  

/ ˌʃiːzuːˈəʊkə /

noun

1. a city in central Japan, on S Honshu: a centre for green tea; university (1949). Pop: 468 775 (2002 est)

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Example Sentences

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

"Fourteen people are subject to transportation by emergency services," Tomoharu Sugiyama, a firefighting department official in the city of Mishima, in Shizuoka region, told AFP.

From Barron's

Following the man's rescue, police in Shizuoka prefecture reiterated its advice against climbing the mountain during off-season as the weather could suddenly change, making it hard for rescuers to respond.

From BBC

Last September, hundreds of people gathered at a court in Shizuoka, a city on Japan's south coast, where a judge handed down the acquittal - to loud cheers of "banzai", or "hurray" in Japanese.

From BBC

Mr Hakamata was working at a miso processing plant in 1966 when the bodies of his boss, his boss' wife and their two children were recovered from a fire at their home in Shizuoka, west of Tokyo.

From BBC