Shizuoka

[shee-zoo-aw-kah]

noun

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

Shizuoka

/ ˌʃiːzuːˈəʊkə /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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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.

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A short while later, Takayoshi Tsuda, chief of Shizuoka police, visited her home and bowed in front of both brother and sister.

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The snow was spotted on Wednesday, 5 November, by the Japan Meteorological Agency’s branch in Shizuoka.

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