Yoshida Town

Shizuoka's second-smallest town, with 15 tsunami evacuation towers.

01 ／ Tsunami defence

17,000 people in the flood zonecan escape in five minutes.

In 2011 the town drew up a hazard map assuming a once-in-1,000-years tsunami, and has since built its planning around tsunami defence. It has put up 15 tsunami evacuation towers so that about 17,000 people in the expected flood zone can take refuge within five minutes, and along the coast the 11.8 m Kawashiri Coast seawall (川尻海岸防潮堤) is now complete.

About 17,000 people within five minutes
15 tsunami evacuation towers
Seawall 11.8 m high

02 ／ Eel and shirasu

Flood-ruined rice fieldsturned to raising eels.

In the Taishō era, rice fields near the mouth of the Ōi River were ruined by floods and rice would not grow well. Eel farming was taken up to make use of the land, and the town has long been known as "the town of eels". Yoshida Fishing Port is one of the prefecture's leading shirasu (whitebait) ports, and fresh raw shirasu is a local speciality.

Eel farming since the Taishō era
The town of eels
A leading shirasu port in the prefecture

03 ／ Castle site

On the site of Shingen's castle,a castle-shaped lookout.

Nōmanjiyama Park (能満寺山公園) stands where the Takeda clan had a castle in the Sengoku period. In 1568 Takeda Shingen built a fort here as a first step to controlling Tōtōmi, and in 1571 it was fortified and named Koyama Castle (小山城). Remains such as the triple moat survive, and the castle-shaped Koyama Castle Observation Deck (展望台小山城) displays items linked to the Takeda.

Shingen's fort, 1568
Named Koyama Castle, 1571
Triple moat

Living here

40 minutes by bus from Shizuoka Station.

about 30,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in town. From stop 14 at the north exit bus terminal of Shizuoka Station, the Shizutetsu Justline limited express bus on the Shizuoka–Sagara line takes about 40 minutes to the Yoshida Town Office stop (吉田町役場). The town covers 20.71 km², and it says you can drive all the way around it in 30 minutes.

People living here: 28,919people
Area: 20.73km²
Households: 11,265households
Rent (average for rentals): 44,314yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 16 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —4 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.

Yoshida Town in Japan34.771°N 138.252°E

to ShizuokaLocal bus40min

Travel times follow 町公式「役場案内概要」（2016-02-18 作成）と「アクセスマップ」（2026-09-09 作成）の、静岡駅からのバスの案内に載っている値 (checked 2026-09-24). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities.

Territory of Yoshida Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

6.9km

牧之原市, 島田市, 焼津市

Yoshida Town isthis kind of town.

0115 tsunami evacuation towers were built so about 17,000 people in the flood zone can escape within five minutes
02"The town of eels", which took up eel farming on flood-ruined fields in the Taishō era, also has a leading shirasu port
03A castle-shaped lookout stands on the site of Koyama Castle, built by Takeda Shingen

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Yoshida Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗