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Omaezaki (御前崎市; -shi) is a city located in Shizuoka, Japan. Being located at the tip of a peninsula on Japan's Pacific coast, it is Japan's most famous windsurfing spot and is also renowned throughout Japan as a popular surfing destination. From October to April the wind is very strong. During the summer months especially, Omaezaki is a very popular surfing and body boarding spot, although Omaezaki Long Beach (御前崎ロングビーチ) is busy all year round. The city also has a popular beach as part of Omaezaki Marine Park (御前崎マリーンパーク) which is a popular destination during the region's hot and humid summer. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 641 KB) Summary Taken by myself on my mobile phone. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 641 KB) Summary Taken by myself on my mobile phone. ... This article is about the Japanese municipality system. ... Shizuoka Prefecture (é™å²¡çœŒ; Shizuoka-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ...

Aside from it's beach and associated watersports, Omaezaki City is famed for it's lighthouse (御前崎灯台), it's extensive green tea fields (お茶畑) and for the Nuclear Power Station located in the former town of Hamaoka, the visitor centre of which also hosts an Omnimax Cinema. As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 36,877 and the density of 560.61 persons per km². The total area is 65.78 km². Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 544 KB) Summary Taken by myself on my mobile phone. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 544 KB) Summary Taken by myself on my mobile phone. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

The city was founded by the merger of Omaezaki town and Hamaoka town on April 1, 2004. April 1, 2004 was an April Fools Day that fell on a Thursday. ...

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