Fuji, Shizuoka

is a Japanese city in eastern Shikuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It is near Mount Fuji.

It has been recognized as a special city since 2001.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,  was the 14th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō"  at p. 973.

Related pages
 The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

References

Other websites

 http://www.city.fuji.shizuoka.jp/hp/menu000009500/hpg000009476.htm ; 

Category:Cities in Shizuoka Prefecture