Shimizu

Shimizu (清水, "pure water") is a Japanese word that most often refers to:

• Shimizu (name), a common Japanese surname

Shimizu may also refer to:

In places:

• Shimizu, Fukui -chō, town, Fukui Prefecture
• Shimizu, Shizuoka -chō, town, Shizuoka Prefecture
• Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, ward of the city of Shizuoka
• Shimizu, Wakayama -chō, town, Wakayama Prefecture
• Shimizu, Hokkaidō -chō, town, Hokkaidō
• Tosa-Shimizu, -shi, city, Kōchi Prefecture

In other uses:

• Shimizu S-Pulse, J. League soccer/football team based in Shizuoka
• Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid, a building envisioned for construction in Tokyo
• Shimizu Expansion Chamber, a variation of Wilson's cloud chamber^{[citation needed]}
• Shimizu Corporation, one of the world's biggest architectural, engineering and general contracting firm, headquartered in Japan

Additional reading

The characters 清水 may also be read Kiyomizu in Japanese. The proper name Kiyomizu may refer to:

• Buddhist temples
  • Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto.
  • Kiyomizu-dera in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture.
  • Kiyomizu-dera in Miyama, Fukuoka Prefecture.
• Kiyomizu-Gojō Station, a Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line railroad station in Kyoto.