The municipal government declared itself as Japan’s first “town of sauna ... in the clear current of the Kakitagawa river in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. The aquatic plant’s population ...

Shimizu Ward in Shizuoka is home to both Suruga Bay, Japan's deepest bay, and the World Heritage-listed Mount Fuji, the country's highest mountain. It is just an hour from Tokyo, and is also known for ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 62 °F (16.7 °C). Winds NE at 9 mph (14.5 kph). Night - Scattered showers with a 90% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 1 to 9 mph (1.6 to 14.5 kph). The ...

the Shizuoka city fire department said. Seven of them were rushed to a hospital, where Hisao Murota, 53, and Kaname Maeda, 51, were confirmed dead, according to the Shimizu Police Station.

Hideo Yamada, chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, apologizes to former death row inmate Iwao Hakamada, second from right, and his sister Hideko, right, in this pool photo.

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Thus, the company is striving to promote the tour both in Japan and overseas as a means of creating a new tourism brand for Shimizu as the "City of the ... inn") in Sunpu (an old name for central ...