Suruga Province (駿河国, Suruga no kuni) was an old province in the area that is today the central part of Shizuoka Prefecture.[1] Suruga bordered on Izu, Kai, Sagami, Shinano, and Tōtōmi provinces; and was bordered by the Pacific Ocean through Suruga Bay to the south. Its abbreviated form name was Sunshū (駿州).
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Suruga" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 916, p. 916, at Google Books.