Mishima
City is located in the prefecture of Shizuoka
in the northern part of Izu Peninsula. Its
population (110,000 in 2007) has
expanded since the Shinkansen line made it
possible to commute into Tôkyô within less then one hour.Mishima is a temple town and famous for
the Mishima-taisha shrine and its former post station of the
old Tôkaidô.