Mizuho

Mizuho (Mizuho-shi in Japanese) is a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. In March 2024 it had an estimated population of 56,168 in 23,756 households, with a density of about 1,951 people per square kilometre over a total area of 28.19 square kilometres. The climate is humid and hot in summer and mild in winter. In the Edo period Mieji-juku prospered as a post station on the Nakasendo highway connecting Edo with Kyoto. After the Meiji restoration the town of Kozuchi was created when the modern municipalities system began on 1 July 1889, and the modern city of Mizuho was established on 1 May 2003 from the merger of the towns of Hozumi and Sunami.