Shimodate (下館市; -shi) was a city located in Ibaraki, Japan.
On March 28, 2005 Shimodate was merged the towns of Akeno, Kyōwa and Sekijō, all from Makabe District, to form the new city of Chikusei. As of this merger, Shimodate no longer exists.
As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 64,467 and the density of 747.44 persons per km². The total area was 86.25 km².
The city was founded on March 15, 1954, centered around Shimodate Station on the JR Mito Line. It is also the southern terminus of the Mooka Line (ex-JR, transferred to private ownership 1988) and the northern terminus of the Kanto Railway Jōsō Line.
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