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Shimizu (清水町, Shimizu-chō) is a town in Suntō District of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2019 [update] , the town had an estimated population of 32,453 in 14058 households, [ 1 ] and a population density of 3,700 persons per km 2 .
Shimizu Corporation (清水建設株式会社, Shimizu Kensetsu kabushiki gaisha) is an architectural, civil engineering and general contracting firm. It has annual sales of approximately US$15 billion and has been widely recognized as one of the top 5 contractors in Japan and among the top 20 in the world.
The Shimazu clan (Japanese: 島津氏, Hepburn: Shimazu-shi) were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.. The Shimazu were identified as one of the tozama or outsider daimyō families [1] in contrast with the fudai or insider clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan.
Shimizu S-Pulse, J. League soccer/football team based in Shizuoka; Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid, a building envisioned for construction in Tokyo; Shimizu Corporation, an architectural, engineering and general contracting firm; Shimizu-Tokugawa, a branch of the Tokugawa clan in Japan
Shimizu-ku was created on April 1, 2005, when Shizuoka became a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city"). Its area is almost identical to former Shimizu city, which merged with Shizuoka city on April 1, 2003.
Shimizu (清水町, Shimizu-chō) is a small town located at the base of the Hidaka Mountain Range in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. The name Shimizu is taken from the Ainu word "Pekerebetsu", which means bright clean river.
Shimizu Muneharu (清水 宗治, 1537 – June 23, 1582), also known as Shimizu Chōzaemon (清水 長左衛門), was a military commander during the Sengoku period. [1] He served the Mōri clan (one of the powerful clans in Bitchu Province ) as a retainer to Kobayakawa Takakage and took part in the expedition to unify the Chūgoku region . [ 1 ]
Shimizu Station first opened as Ejiri Station (江尻駅, Ejiri-eki) on February 1, 1889, when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Kōzu was completed. It was named after Ejiri-juku, the 18th station of the historical Tōkaidō. In 1934 it was renamed Shimizu Station.