Fujieda, Shizuoka
Fujieda (Japanese藤枝 市, -shi ) is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan.
Geography
Fujieda is located southwest of Shizuoka and northeast of Hamamatsu.
History
Fujieda was a post station (宿 场 町Shukuba -machi ) of the Tōkaidō during the Edo period.
The city of Fujieda was founded on March 31, 1954
Traffic
- Train JR Tōkaidō Main Line, to Tokyo or Kobe
- National Highway 1, towards Tokyo or Kyoto
Sons and daughters of the town
- Makoto Hasebe ( born 1984 ), football player
- Ogawa Kunio (1927-2008), writer
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Shizuoka
- Yaizu
- Shimada