Sakuma, Shizuoka
Sakuma was a town located in Iwata District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
At the time of its merger, the town had an estimated population of 5,394 and a density of 32 persons per km2. The total area was 168.53 km2.
On July 1, 2005, Sakuma, along with the cities of Tenryū and Hamakita, the town of Haruno, the towns of Hosoe, Inasa and Mikkabi, the town of Misakubo, the village of Tatsuyama, and the towns of Maisaka and Yūtō, was merged into the expanded city of Hamamatsu, and is now part of Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu City.
Sakuma is the location of the Sakuma Dam, an important hydroelectric power plant, and a frequency converter station that permits exchange of power between Japan's two different power systems. Japan's grids are also connected by two other stations, located at Higashi-Shimizu and Shin Shinano.
