Heda, Shizuoka

Heda

戸田村
Heda 戸田村
Former municipality
	Entrance to Heda Bay
	Flag Emblem
	Location of Heda in Shizuoka Prefecture
	Heda Location in Japan
	Coordinates: 34°58′19″N 138°46′46″E / 34.9719°N 138.7794°E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Tōkai)
Prefecture	Shizuoka Prefecture
District	Tagata
Merged	April 1, 2005; (now part of Numazu)
Area
• Total	34.92 km2 (13.48 sq mi)
Population (March 1, 2005)
• Total	3,681
• Density	105.4/km2 (273/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Symbols
Bird	Common gull
Flower	Crinum asiaticum
Tree	Buxus microphylla

Heda (戸田村, Heda-mura) was a village located in Tagata District, Shizuoka, Japan on the Suruga Bay coast of Izu Peninsula. Views of Mount Fuji can be seen from the village, which is a tourist resort.

As of March 1, 2005, the village had an estimated population of 3,681 and a density of 105.4 persons per km². The total area was 34.92 km².

On April 1, 2005, Heda was merged into the expanded city of Numazu.

On December 23, 1854, Diana, the flagship of the Russian fleet bearing Admiral Yevfimy Putyatin and his delegation for the negotiation of the Treaty of Shimoda was struck by a tsunami from the Ansei Tōkai earthquake and sank. The survivors stayed in Heda, where they cooperated with Japanese carpenters and shipbuilders to construct a new vessel (christened Heda) to take them back to Russia. This marked the first cooperative venture between Japanese and Europeans since the start of the national seclusion policy at the start of the Edo period.

In the April 1, 1889 cadastral reform of Meiji period Japan, Heda was organized as Heda Village.

Heda is known for the Japanese spider crab called takaashi-gani in Japanese which can grow up to 4 metres in length. Smaller versions of takaashi-gani (about 1 metre) are available in several restaurants and hotels around the village.^{[citation needed]}