Fuji has always stood as one of Japan's premier tourist destinations, drawing countless visitors every year eager to capture its stunning, world-famous beauty. Yet just to the south, the Shizuoka ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan (Bernama-Kyodo): A "pocket park" in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, has been recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's smallest, measuring just 0.24 square metre with ...

This map shows how parts of Japan could be impacted by a tsunami ... Japan Meteorological Agency The areas at risk include parts of Shizuoka Prefecture through Miyazaki Prefecture, which could ...

With the Hojicha, it’s over in 10. Shizuoka produces 40 per cent of Japan’s tea, mostly on small family plantations like Shigeta’s, that grow tea bushes where otherwise there’d be rice.

Suzuki, who will become Shizuoka's first new governor in 15 years, was jointly endorsed by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Democratic Party for the People. Both Suzuki and ...

Natsuko Sodeyama, a Shizuoka prefecture official, said: “There is no other mountain in Japan that attracts that many people in the span of just over two months. So some restrictions are ...