Fuji, Shizuoka

Fuji (富士市, Fuji-shi) is a Japanese city in eastern Shikuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It is near Mount Fuji.

Flag

Emblem

It has been recognized as a special city since 2001.[1]

History

Yoshiwara — ukiyo-e woodblock print by Hiroshige, circa 1830s

In 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

The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

References

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

http://www.city.fuji.shizuoka.jp/hp/menu000009500/hpg000009476.htm Archived 2012-04-30 at the Wayback Machine; (in Japanese)

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[1] 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.

[2] Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.