Makinohara City

Samurai laid down their swords and cleared tea fields.

Makinohara Plateau tea

01 ／ Tea

Yoshinobu's guardsbecame tea farmers.

In 1869, former retainers of the shogunate, relieved of their duty guarding Tokugawa Yoshinobu, began clearing the Makinohara Plateau (牧之原台地) under their leader Chūjō Kageaki (中條景昭), and picked their first tea four years later. Today most tea here is fukamushi-cha (深蒸し茶), steamed for longer than usual. At the 2025 national tea competition (全国茶品評会), the city won the production-area award (産地賞) in the fukamushi sencha category.

Clearing began in 1869
First tea picked in 1873
Production-area award, 2025

02 ／ Airport

From a tea-growing city,regular flights to Hanoi.

Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport opened in June 2009, with a 2,500 m runway. It straddles Makinohara and Shimada, and the terminal building's address is Sakaguchi (坂口) in Makinohara. In April 2026 a Hanoi route began, the first regular flight linking Shizuoka with Southeast Asia.

Opened June 2009
2,500 m runway
Hanoi route since April 2026

03 ／ Sea

Beside a shallow sea,a pool that makes waves.

Shizunami Beach (静波海岸) and Sagara Sun Beach (さがらサンビーチ) are swimming beaches with shallow water and gentle waves. Surf spots dot the coast, and surfers come all year round. In 2021 Shizunami gained the Shizunami Surf Stadium (静波サーフスタジアム), Japan's first large wave pool for surfing, where waves are made in a pool about 160 m long.

Shallow swimming beaches
Opened 2021
Japan's first large surfing wave pool

Living here

60 minutes by bus from Shizuoka Station.

about 40,000 people

There is no railway station in the city. From Shizuoka Station, the Shizutetsu Justline limited express bus on the Shizuoka–Sagara line takes about 60 minutes to the Shizunami Coast Entrance stop (静波海岸入口), near the Haibara office of City Hall. The city's access map also shows buses from stations such as Shimada, Fujieda and Kanaya.

People living here: 43,502people
Area: 111.69km²
Households: 15,904households
Rent (average for rentals): 42,215yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 32 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —12 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Makinohara City in Japan34.740°N 138.225°E

to ShizuokaLocal bus60min

Travel times follow 市公式「牧之原市アクセスマップ」（PDF・令和6年9月現在。「市役所へのアクセス」の最初に挙がっている）の静岡駅からの案内に載っている値 (checked 2026-09-24). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Makinohara City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

20.3km

御前崎市, 菊川市, 島田市, 吉田町

Makinohara City isthis kind of town.

01A tea district begun when former shogunate retainers cleared the Makinohara Plateau in 1869; today fukamushi-cha is the mainstay
02The terminal of Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport is in the city, and a Hanoi route began in 2026
03Surfers gather at shallow Shizunami Beach, which also has Japan's first large surfing wave pool

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Makinohara City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗