Situated in the approximate center of Japan and between Japan's biggest megalopolises of Tokyo and Osaka, Shizuoka Prefecture has long been the key crossroads for transportation, economy and culture between eastern and western Japan. Against this backdrop, a wide range of industries varying from high-tech industry to traditional local industries have concentrated and developed here. Numerous excellent products are designed and produced with genuine creativity by small and medium-sized manufacturers here as well as by welfare institutions for the disabled—well-designed products, user-friendly universal design products, handmade products by the disabled at vocational aid centers, food that utilizes local specialties, and local crafts made with traditional admirable skills. This guide introduces you to such attractive products produced in Shizuoka Prefecture. We will be very happy if you wear, eat or use these products our prefecture proudly offers.