Susono

Suzono
裾野市

City

Susono City Hall

Flag

Seal

Location of Susono in Shizuoka Prefecture

Suzono

Coordinates: 35°10′26.2″N 138°54′24.4″E / 35.173944°N 138.906778°ECoordinates: 35°10′26.2″N 138°54′24.4″E / 35.173944°N 138.906778°E

Chūbu (Tōkai)

Government

• Mayor

Kenji Takamura

Area

• Total

138.12 km² (53.33 sq mi)

Population (December 2016)

• Total

52,338

• Density

379/km² (980/sq mi)

Time zone

Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

- Tree

Japanese cedar

- Flower

Azalea

- Bird

Bush warbler

Phone number

055-992-2640

Address

1059 Sano, Susono-shi, Shizuoka-ken 410-1192

Website

Official website

Susono (裾野市, Susono-shi^?) is a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

The city, which covers an area of 138.12 square kilometres (53.33 sq mi), had an estimated population in December 2016 of 52,338, giving a population density of 379 persons per km².

Susono is located in far eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in the foothills of Mount Fuji, and the Hakone Mountains. The climate is temperate maritime, with hot humid summers and mild winters.

Shizuoka Prefecture

Kanagawa Prefecture

During the Edo period, the area was mostly tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration, on February 1, 1889, a train station was opened in the center of rural Suntō District on what later became the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Tokyo with Shizuoka. During the cadastral reform of April the same year, the area was reorganized into 24 villages. Originally called "Sano Station", the train station was renamed Susono Station in 1915. Susono Town was founded on April 4, 1952, through the merger of Koizumi and Izumi Villages. On September 30, 1956, Fukara Village merged with Susono Town, and on September 1, 1957, Tomioka and Suyama Villages also merged. Susono became a city on January 1, 1971. The design of the city flag represents the union of the original five villages.

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