Hosoe, Shizuoka
Hosoe was a town located in Inasa District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Hosoe was established as a town on April 1, 1955.
As of June 1, 2005, the town had an estimated population of 22,005 and a density of 643.9 persons per km2. The total area was 34.18 km2.
On July 1, 2005, Hosoe, along with the cities of Tenryū and Hamakita, town of Haruno, the towns of Inasa and Mikkabi, the towns of Misakubo and Sakuma, the village of Tatsuyama, and the towns of Maisaka and Yūtō, was merged into the expanded city of Hamamatsu, and is now part of Kita-ku, Hamamatsu City.
