Shima, Mie

Shima (Japanese: 志摩市, Hepburn: Shima-shi) is a city in Mie Prefecture, Japan.

Shima has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall.

With the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889, the town of Waga and villages of Katada, Fuseda, Koshiga, and Goza were established.

[5] Shima has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 20 members.

In terms of national politics, the city is part of Mie 4th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Each was featured in the location shooting of two prominent films of the 1950s, Anorisaki in Kinoshita's Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957) and Daiosaki in Ozu's Floating Weeds (1959).

Shima City Hall