| Susono | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | |
| Coordinates: | 35.1739°N 138.9068°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Japan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chūbu (Tōkai) |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shizuoka |
| Established Title: | First official recorded |
| Established Date: | 110 AD (official) |
| Established Title2: | Town settled |
| Established Date2: | April 1, 1952 |
| Established Title3: | City settled |
| Established Date3: | January 1, 1971 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Harukaze Murata (from January 2022) |
| Area Total Km2: | 138.12 |
| Population Total: | 51216 |
| Population As Of: | December 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | City Symbols |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | - Tree |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Japanese cedar |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | - Flower |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Azalea |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | - Bird |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Bush warbler |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 055-992-2640 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 1059 Sano, Susono-shi, Shizuoka-ken 410-1192 |
right|270px|thumb|Susono with Mount Fuji is a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 51,216 in 21,858 households,[1] and a population density of 370 persons per km². The total area of the city is 138.12sqkm.
Susono is located in far eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in the foothills of Mount Fuji, Mount Ashitaka, and the Hakone Mountains. The climate is temperate maritime, with hot humid summers and mild winters.
Shizuoka Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
Per Japanese census data,[2] the population of Susono has been increasing over the past 70 years.
The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Susono is 13.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1916 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.3 °C.[3]
During the Edo period, the area was mostly tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration, on February 1, 1889, a train station was opened in the center of rural Suntō District on what later became the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Tokyo with Shizuoka. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system in April of the same year, the area was reorganized into 24 villages. Originally called "Sano Station", the train station was renamed Susono Station in 1915. Susono Town was founded on April 4, 1952, through the merger of Koizumi and Izumi Villages. On September 30, 1956, Fukara Village merged with Susono Town, and on September 1, 1957, Tomioka and Suyama Villages also merged. Susono became a city on January 1, 1971. The design of the city flag represents the union of the original five villages.
Susono has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 19 members.
Susono has a mixed economy. As an industrial city, it hosts several automobile or automotive components plants, including a plant owned by Toyota Motor Corporation and one by its subsidiary Kanto Auto Works. Mitsubishi Aluminum Corporation and Canon also have factories in the city. In April, 2007, the head office of Yazaki Corporation, an automotive components manufacturer, was moved from Yokohama to Susono.
Agricultural products include Strawberries, bamboo shoots, and pork.
Toyota has begun the construction of the smart city, Woven City, in 2021.[4]
Susono has eight public elementary schools and five public middle schools operated by the city government, and one public high school (Shizuoka Prefectural Susono High School) operated by the Shizuoka Prefectural Board of Education. In addition, there is also one private combined middle/high school.
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