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| Location of Itō in Shizuoka | |||
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| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Chūbu, Tōkai | ||
| Prefecture | Shizuoka | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 124.13 km2 (47.9 sq mi) | ||
| Population (February 2010) | |||
| • Total | 71,400 | ||
| • Density | 578/km2 (1,497/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
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| - Tree | Camellia | ||
| - Flower | Camellia | ||
| - Bird | Blue Rock-thrush | ||
| Phone number | 0557-36-0111 | ||
| Address | 2-1-1 Ōhara, Ito-shi, Shizuoka-ken 414-8555 |
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| Website | City of Itō | ||
Itō (伊東市 Itō-shi) is a city located on the eastern shore of the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 71,400 and the density of 578 persons per km². The total area was 124.13 km2 (47.93 sq mi). Much of the city is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
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Itō is located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, on the northeast corner of Izu Peninsula, facing Sagami Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The landscape is hilly, and Its heavily indented coastline is a scenic area. The climate of Itō is temperate martime, with hot humid summers, and short, cool winters.
During the Edo period, all of Izu Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the area now comprising Itō was occupied by 15 small farming and fishing hamlets. These were reorganized into four villages (Tsushima, Itō, Komuro and Usami) within Kamo District the cadastral reform of the early Meiji period in 1889, and were transferred to Tagata District in 1896. On January 1, 1906 the village of Itō was elevated to town status. It annexed neighboring Komuro Village on August 10, 1947 and became the city of Itō. In 1950 Itō was proclaimed an "International Tourism and Cultural City" by the central government. It further expanded through annexation of neighboring Tsushima and Usami villages on April 1, 1955.
Ito was the site of the first shipyards in Japan that were especially dedicated to the building of large ships at the turn of the 17th Century. Prior to this, Japanese large ships were closer to rafts and small boats when compared to European ships. The larger ships were the design of William Adams, know as Anjin Miura. William Adams is believed to be the first Englishman to visit Japan in 1600. There is a street in Ito named after him: Anjinmiuradori. Adams was born in Gillingham, Kent (UK). Ito and Gillingham are twin towns.
Itō is one of the well known hot spring resort resort towns near the greater Tokyo metropolis, and tourism is the mainstay of the economy. Commercial fishing and the production of stockfish form a secondary economy.
Itō is featured extensively in the manga Amanchu! by Kozue Amano.
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