Imizu

Imizu is a city in western Toyama Prefecture, Japan, on the Tonami plains with a coastline on the Sea of Japan to the north. It had an estimated 93,447 residents in 2018 over about 109 square kilometres, living in a dispersed settlement pattern typical of the region. The city was established on 1 November 2005 by merging the city of Shinminato, the towns of Daimon, Kosugi and Oshima and the village of Shimo, all from the former Imizu District, which was dissolved by the merger. Higher education includes Toyama Prefectural University, and the port area is home to the training tall ship Kaiwo Maru at Kaiwomaru Park. Archaeological sites include the Kosugimaruyama and Kushidashin sites, both National Historic Sites.