VOLUME 22
SHIZUOKA
Mount Fuji, Green Tea Fields & Izu Onsen Coast
Shizuoka runs east to west along the Pacific Tokaido, a long horizontal strip pinned between Suruga Bay and the Southern Alps. Begin at Atami on the Kanagawa border, where the onsen town tips its rotenburo toward the sea and plum trees flower at Baien before the rest of the country has shaken off winter. The coast bends west through Mishima, past the grand shrine and the skywalk over the Hakone foothills, then through Numazu and Tagonoura, where the southern face of Fuji rises clean from the water, the cone the rest of Japan rarely sees. Below it, Miho-no-Matsubara's pines hold their reflection. The Makinohara plateau follows: tea hedges clipped to one height for a hundred kilometres, neat rows shadowing the contours. South of the main line, the Izu peninsula falls away in basalt cliffs at Jogasaki, hot springs at Shuzenji, namako-walled houses at Matsuzaki, and Cape Irozaki's lighthouse at the southern tip. The route closes at Lake Hamana, where torii stand in brackish water and unagi grills smoke along the shore, before Aichi takes over. Forty studies, page by page, follow this seam of tea and coast. A sharkskin grater. A paper sail above Tagonoura. The Aoi crest pressed into a Sumpu roof tile. Begin anywhere along the line.
“The cone, the pines, the steady tide.”
- 40 original Shizuoka Prefecture illustrations
- Single-sided pages to prevent bleed-through
- 8.5 x 8.5 inch square format
- A mix of detailed and breathable compositions
- Brief editorial introduction to Shizuoka
- Anyone with an interest in Japan, its culture, and its Pacific landscapes
- Adults who use coloring for relaxation and quiet focus
- A considered gift for friends and family with a love of Japan
The Shizuoka coloring book is Volume 22 of Sora Mikami's Prefectures of Japan series, a 47-volume collection that explores Japan one prefecture at a time. It gathers 40 original black-line illustrations of Shizuoka. It draws on Mount Fuji, Green Tea Fields, and Izu Onsen Coast, alongside the everyday scenes Shizuoka considers its own.
You will find Mount Fuji, Green Tea Fields, and Izu Onsen Coast, together with the landmarks, food, and quiet corners that give Shizuoka its character. The compositions move between detailed, intricate pages and calmer, more breathable ones, so there is something for every mood.
Yes. The book mixes detailed illustrations with more open, breathable designs, so beginners and experienced colorists alike can settle in. The large 8.5 x 8.5 inch square pages give you plenty of room to work, and every page is printed single-sided.
Colored pencils, markers, and gel pens all work beautifully. Because every illustration is printed single-sided on white paper, you can use heavier media without bleed-through onto another design. Slip a sheet of card behind the page if you want to be sure.
It is Volume 22 of a planned 47, one book for every Japanese prefecture. The volumes can be coloured in any order, and together they sketch the whole country one place at a time. Shizuoka sits in the Chubu region of Japan.
