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Iwata, Shizuoka
city in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Iwata (磐田市, Iwata-shi) is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan. It is on the Tenryū River. Iwata is made of 5 communities merged together: kyu-Iwata (former Iwata), Toyoda-cho, Fukude-cho, Ryuyo-cho, Toyoka-mura. Part of Yamaha Corporation is in Iwata.
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