Iwata, Shizuoka

is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan.  It is on the Tenryū River.
Iwata is made of 5 communities merged together: kyu-Iwata (former Iwata), Toyoda-cho, Fukude-cho, Ryuyo-cho, Toyoka-mura.
Part of Yamaha Corporation is in Iwata.

History

There has been a settlement in the area of Iwata since ancient times.

During the Edo period, Mitsuke-juku was one of 53 government waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road, which was a coastal route that ran from Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto.Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō"  in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 973.

Related pages
 The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
 Júbilo Iwata

References 

Other websites

 Iwata website 

Category:Cities in Shizuoka Prefecture