page_title: Numazu, Shizuoka
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Numazu, Shizuoka / History
caption_attribution_description: Numazu on the Tokaido, ukiyo-e prints by Hiroshige
context_page_description: Numazu is a Japanese city in Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū.
  It has been recognized as a special city since 2000.
context_section_description: In the Edo period, Numazu-juku and Hara-juku was the 12th and 13th of 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto. Both Tōkaidō rest stops are within the boundaries of modern Numazu.
caption: Numazu — ukiyo-e woodblock print by Hiroshige, circa 1830s
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