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Maisaka, Shizuoka

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Country
  
Japan

Area
  
4.63 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 11:33 PM

Flower
  
Lampranthus

Prefecture
  
Shizuoka Prefecture

Population
  
11,872 (1 Jun 2005)

District
  
Hamana District, Shizuoka

Maisaka, Shizuoka

Merged
  
July 1, 2005 (now part of Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu)

Time zone
  
Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Weather
  
8°C, Wind NW at 6 km/h, 74% Humidity

Region
  
Chūbu region (Tōkai region)

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Maisaka (舞阪町, Maisaka-chō) was a town located in Hamana District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Map of Maisakacho Maisaka, Nishi Ward, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture 431-0211, Japan

As of June 1, 2005, the town had an estimated population of 11,872 and a density of 2,564 persons per km². The total area was 4.63 km². The town was served by Maisaka Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line railway.

On July 1, 2005, Maisaka, along with the cities of Tenryū and Hamakita, the town of Haruno (from Shūchi District), the towns of Hosoe, Inasa and Mikkabi (all from Inasa District), the towns of Misakubo and Sakuma, the village of Tatsuyama (all from Iwata District), and the town of Yūtō (also from Hamana District), was merged into the expanded city of Hamamatsu, and is now part of Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu City.

Maisaka was a fishing town on the Pacific coast of Shizuoka Prefecture. Settled since prehistoric times (Jomon period remains have been discovered within the borders of the town. During the Edo period, the town prospered as Maisaka-juku, a post station on the Tōkaidō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto.

References

Maisaka, Shizuoka Wikipedia