Industries
A variety of Shizuoka brands are known throughout Japan and overseas from industries rich in local color.
Blessed with a natural environment and serving as a distribution hub to the east and west mass-consumption areas of Tokyo and Nagoya, Shizuoka Prefecture has developed various industries with regional characteristics.
Izu Peninsula
The local area has a prosperous tourism industry that exploits nearby hot springs and representative landscapes of Japan. Shizuoka Prefecture is now promoting the Eco-Town Project to making better use of new sources of energy such as wind power, etc.
Main agricultural products
Japanese horseradish, Chinese mushroom, Mandarin oranges, carnations, Margarets, dried fish, alfonsin, lobsters, spider crabs
East District
Utilizing the rich water supply from Mt. Fuji, the area has a prosperous paper industry and chemical industry that includes drug manufacturing, etc.. Shizuoka Prefecture is now promoting the Pharmavalley Project aimed at R&D and integration of the world’s most advanced medical care centered around the Prefectural Cancer Center.
Main agricultural products
Mizukake greens, roses, pork, milk, eggs, dried fish, rainbow trout
Central District
The area has prosperous industries involved with food processing, furniture manufacturing and plastic model production. Shizuoka Prefecture is now promoting the Food Science Hills Project aimed at R&D and integration of functional foods and medical drugs/chemicals.
Main agricultural products
Strawberries, Mandarin oranges, tea, roses, dried spotted shrimp, bonito, dried sardine fry
Airport District
The Makinohara Highland on which the Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport is located is a large tea producing area where the tea gardens are some of the largest in the Far East. Upstream along the Oi River, there are beautiful and valuable natural resources such as the Southern Alps. Shizuoka Prefecture is now proceeding with efforts to promote the development and integration of new industries and regional agriculture by taking geographical advantage of the airport.
Main agricultural products
Tea, lettuce, tomatoes, hothouse melons, eggs, eel, dried sardine fry, dried spotted shrimp
West District
The area has prosperous industries that are producing automobiles and motorbikes, musical instruments, optical products and textile goods, and is equipped with a high level of urban services.
Shizuoka Prefecture is now promoting the formation of Photonvalley aimed at R&D of world-level optoelectronics technology and industrial integration.
Main agricultural products
Celery, onions, potatoes, qinggengcai, Mandarin oranges, hothouse melons, gerbera, beef cattle, blowfish, eel, pike eel
“Japan’s Tops" Shizuoka Prefecture is proud of
・Mt. Fuji (Height: About 3,776 m)
・Production of tea (raw tea leaves) (National share of production: 45%/2005)
・Canned tuna (National share of production: About 90%/2006)
・Plastic models (National share of shipment: About 79%/2006)
・Pianos (National share of shipment:100%/2006)
・Photomultiplier tubes (National share of production: 100%/2007)
・Number of J1 leaguers (from Shizuoka Prefecture: About 10%/2008)
