Fuji, Shizuoka
city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Fuji (富士市, Fuji-shi) 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.[1]
History
changeIn the Edo period, Yoshiwara (吉原, Yoshiwara-juku) was the 14th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.[2]
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.
Other websites
changeWikimedia Commons has media related to Fuji, Shizuoka.
- http://www.city.fuji.shizuoka.jp/hp/menu000009500/hpg000009476.htm Archived 2012-04-30 at the Wayback Machine; (in Japanese)