Yoshida, Shizuoka
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This article is about the town in Shizuoka, Japan. There are towns, all now dissolved, with the same name (吉田町) in four other prefectures in Japan, see Yoshida, Ehime, Yoshida, Kagoshima, Yoshida, Niigata, Yoshida, Saitama, Yoshida, Hiroshima.
 Yoshida's location in Shizuoka, Japan. |
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu |
| Prefecture | Shizuoka |
| District | Haibara District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Area | 20.84 km² (8.05 sq mi) |
| Population (as of April 2005) | |
| Total | 29,052 |
| Density | 1,394.04 /km² (3,611 /sq mi) |
| Location | |
| Symbols | |
| Tree | pine |
| Flower | chrysanthemum |
| Yoshida Government Office | |
| Mayor | Norihiko Tamura |
| Address | 〒421-0395 87 Sumiyoshi, Yoshida-chō, Haibara-gun, Shizuoka-ken |
| Phone number | 548-33-1111 |
| Official website: Town of Yoshida | |
Yoshida (吉田町 Yoshida-chō?) is a town located in Haibara District, southern Shizuoka, Japan.
Eel and iceberg lettuce are specialties of Yoshida. The town's Koyama castle was built by Takeda-clan, a well-known samurai clan in the Sengoku period in 1568.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Surrounding municipalities
[edit] History
- April 1, 1889 - "Yoshida Village" founded from the merger of 6 pre-Meiji villages.
- July 1, 1949 - Yoshida Village was reclassified as Yoshida Town.
[edit] Sister Cities
[edit] Within Japan
- Yoshida (Saitama Prefecture) - (Became a sister city in 1995) (Now the city of Chichibu)
- Yoshida (Niigata Prefecture) - (Became a sister city in 1995) (Now the city of Tsubame)
- Yoshida (Hiroshima Prefecture) - (Became a sister city in 1995) (Now the city of Akitakata)
- Yoshida (Ehime Prefecture) - (Became a sister city in 1995) (Now the city of Uwajima)
- Yoshida (Kagoshima Prefecture) - (Became a sister city in 1995) (Now the city of Kagoshima)
[edit] External links
- Yoshida official website in Japanese
- Kataoka Shrine (Commonly called "Sumiyoshi Shrine")
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