A place long famous for its hot spring resorts
A tourist hot spring city in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, located near the center of the Izu Peninsula and facing Sagami Bay.
The name Ito is said to derive from its location east of Yu IZU ru kuni (the land where hot springs rise).
Ito’s Industries
Citrus cultivation is central. Orchards occupy about 50% of all farmland. Some are tourist citrus-picking gardens. The fishing industry was central from the Meiji period to the early Showa era but has since declined. Mackerel is the most common catch, and dried horse mackerel also serves as a tourist souvenir.
Sightseeing
It is a scenic location overlooking the Amagi Mountains to the west and Sagami Bay to the east, with most of the area designated as part of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. There are many famous places and historic sites, centered around Ito Hot Springs, which has about 800 hot spring sources.
Hello, Mr. Ito. This is an explanation of the origin of the surname Ito, which is shared by your ancestors and friends.
“Ito” is a surname derived from the place name, originating from its location east of Izu, as explained above.
There are about 100,000 people with the surname Ito nationwide, enough to fill Bryant-Denny Stadium in Alabama. They are relatively numerous in the Kanto region. Incidentally, Ito City in Shizuoka Prefecture is in the Chubu or Tokai region, which is next to the Kanto region.
Spiegazione di questa calligrafia
The top row is hiragana, the middle row is kanji, and the bottom row is katakana, all written horizontally.
Classifica dei cognomi nippo-americani (indagine dell'Ufficio del Censimento degli Stati Uniti, 1990)
It ranks 21st among Japanese-American surnames. In regions without kanji, surnames are combined based on their pronunciation.
| Cognome | Kanji | Supplemento | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanaka |  |
4° in Giappone |
| 2 | Yamamoto |   |
8° in Giappone |
| 3 | Nakamura |   ・・・ |
7° in Giappone |
| 4 | Watanabe |   ・・・ |
6° in Giappone |
| 5 | Sato |  |
Primo in Giappone |
| 6 | Yamada |  |
12° in Giappone |
| 7 | Kimura |  (scritto in verticale) |
17° in Giappone |
| 8 | Suzuki |   (scritto in verticale) |
Secondo in Giappone |
| 9 | Kato |  |
10° in Giappone |
| 10 | Yoshida |  |
11° in Giappone |
| 11 | Takahashi |  |
3° in Giappone |
| 12 | Higa |  |
Primo posto a Okinawa , in Giappone. |
| 13 | Kobayashi |  |
9° in Giappone |
| 14 | Nakano |   ・・・ |
46° in Giappone |
| 15 | Hayashi |  |
20° posto in Giappone |
| 16 | Hashimoto |  |
24° in Giappone |
| 17 | Saito |   ・・・ |
19° in Giappone |
| 18 | Sasaki |  |
13° in Giappone |
| 19 | Mori |   ・・・ |
22° in Giappone |
| 20 | Matsumoto |  (scritto in verticale)  |
15° in Giappone |
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| 29 | Morita |  盛田 |
61th in Japan |
