Fukuroi, Shizuoka

Fukuroi (Japanese袋 井 市, -shi ) is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan.

Geography

Fukuroi is located southwest of Shizuoka and Hamamatsu east of the Pacific Ocean.

History

Fukuroi was a post station (宿 场 町Shukuba -machi ) of the Tōkaidō during the Edo period.

Traffic

  • Street: Tōkaidō
  • National Highway 1, towards Tokyo or Kyoto
  • JR Tōkaidō Shinkansen
  • JR Tōkaidō Main Line, to Tokyo or Kobe

Twinning

  • Hillsboro United States, since 1988

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Iwata
  • Kakegawa
  • Mori
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