� Novelist Kimitake Hiraoka adopted his pen name Yukio Mishima after the city.
� The Mishima Summer Festival takes place from August 15 to 17 every year, in and around the Mishima Taisha shrine, as well as near Mishima Station. Mikoshi are carried through the streets and the taiko are played.
� Mishima is home to the Ry?taku-ji Rinzai Zen temple
