Yaizu

Yaizu (焼津市, Yaizu-shi) is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. The city's English Wikipedia article reports an estimated population of 133,916 living in 61,125 households as of 31 January 2026, a density of about 1,905 people per square kilometre. The municipality covers a total area of 70.31 square kilometres. As a shi, it is one of the three kinds of municipality used in Japan, alongside towns and villages, and it runs its local administration through a mayor and a city council within Shizuoka Prefecture. The population and area figures are those quoted in the article at the time of writing and may differ from later census results.