Makinohara, Shizuoka

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**Makinohara**
**牧之原市**
Makinohara's location in Shizuoka, Japan.
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu
Prefecture	Shizuoka
Physical characteristics
Area	111.41 km² (43.02 sq mi)
Population (as of October 2006)
Total	50,265
Density	451.17 /km² (1,169 /sq mi)
Location	34°44′N, 138°13′E
Symbols
Tree	camellia sinensis
Flower	hydrangea
Makinohara Government Office
Mayor	Shigeki Nishihara
Address	〒421-0495 447 Shizunami, Makinohara-shi, Shizuoka-ken
Phone number	548-23-0001
Official website: City of Makinohara

Makinohara (牧之原市, Makinohara-shi^?) is a city located in Shizuoka, Japan.

The city was founded by the merger of Sagara and Haibara on October 11, 2005.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Surrounding municipalities
2 Oil field
3 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Surrounding municipalities

[edit] Oil field

The city of Makinohara is the site of the Pacific coast of Japan's only oil field. Hand-pumping from the Sagara Oil Field began in 1873, and the following year, Nippon Oil opened the first mechanical pumping operation in the country at Sagara. Operations ceased in 1980, and the field is now Yuden no Sato Park, operated by Shizuoka Prefecture[1][2].