Yaizu

Yaizu is a city positioned in vital Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of March 2018, the metropolis had an envisioned populace of 137,666 and a populace density of 1958 humans in line with km2. The general region became 70.31 square kilometres. Yaizu is a referred to port for business fishing. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force Shizuhama Air Base is located in Yaizu.

Yaizu is an historic settlement, with Yaizu Shrine claiming to had been based inside the 5th century during the Kofun length. During the Edo period, Yaizu advanced as a port beneath Tanaka Domain, and fish from Yaizu changed into regularly provided to the retired shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu at nearby Sunpu Castle. In the October 1, 1886, cadastral reform after the Meiji Restoration, Yaizu Village became established inside Mashizu District, Shizuoka prefecture.

Mashizu District merged into neighboring Shida District in 1896. The following year, in 1897, author Lafcadio Hearn started his residence in Yaizu. Yaizu changed into multiplied to city reputation on June 28, 1901. Yaizu Fishing Cooperative changed into set up in 1903, and started to take frozen catch from Yaizu to Tokyo's Tsukiji fish marketplace from 1908. Shipbuilding facilities, in most cases for the production of fishing vessels, turned into mounted in 1924.