Susono, Shizuoka

Infobox City Japan
Name= Susono
JapaneseName= 裾野市
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Region= Chūbu
Prefecture= Shizuoka
District=
Area_km2= 138.39
PopDate= February 2008
Population= 53,724
Density_km2= 388
Coords= coord|35|10|N|138|54|E|region:JP_type:city
Tree= Japanese cedar
Flower= Ashitaka azalea
Bird= bush warbler
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Mayor= Shunji Ohashi
CityHallPostalCode= 410-1192
CityHallAddress= 1059 Sano, Susono-shi, Shizuoka-ken
CityHallPhone= 055-992-2640
CityHallLink= [http://www.city.susono.shizuoka.jp/ City of Susono] nihongo|Susono|裾野市|Susono-shi is a city located in Shizuoka, Japan.

The city was founded on January 1, 1971 from the merger of five separate villages. The design of the city flag represents these five villages and their union.

The Motto of Susono city

# Have a joy toward working and make a healthy city.
# Be kind to people and make easy city to live
# Maintain social order and make a peaceful city
# Protect the beautiful nature and make a beautiful city
# Respect old traditions and make a cultured city

Products of the area

* Strawberries,
* bamboo shoots,
* Yamato potatoes,
* moroheiya,
* Susono pork,
* Sake and Fuji grass.

Recreational facilities

* The Mt. Fuji museum,
* Fuji safari park,
* Yeti (ski resort),
* Gurimpa (amusement park),
* Chuchan stock farm,
* Healthy Park Susono,
* campsites in Jurigi,
* citizen culture center, walfare health hall, and sports park (baseball ground, tennis court, long roller slide, large grass area to play other sports).

Events held in Susono

* The Mt. Fuji Japanese apricot festival,
* The Mt. Fuji international snowball fight contest,
* The Susono summer festival,
* The Mt. Fuji walking festival,
* A Japanese/English speech contest.

There are 9 elementary schools, 5 junior high schools and 1 high school in Susono.

ister City

In 1982, the City of Susono established a sister city relationship with the City of Frankston, in Melbourne, Australia.

Industry

There are five major factories in Susono.
*Toyota Motor Corporation
*Kanto Auto Works
*Yazaki Corporation (auto parts)
*Mitsubisi Aluminum Corporation
*Canon (digital cameras) In April, 2007, the head office of Yazaki was moved from Yokohama to Susono.