Numazu

is a Japanese city in Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū.

It has been recognized as a special city since 2000.Jacobs, A.J.  "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research (2011),  Table 3. Retrieved 2012-12-18.

History

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.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōkaidō"  in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 973. Both Tōkaidō rest stops are within the boundaries of modern Numazu.

Related pages
 The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

References

Other websites

 http://www.city.numazu.shizuoka.jp/living_in/english.htm ,  

Category:Cities in Shizuoka Prefecture