Fujieda

Fujieda is a city in central Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on the Shida Plateau between the Abe River and the Oi River, with a warm maritime climate. As of 30 April 2019 it had an estimated 145,032 residents in 59,480 households over 194.06 square kilometres. In the Edo period it grew as Fujieda-juku, a post town on the Tokaido highway between Edo and Kyoto, with part of the area belonging to Tanaka Domain. Fujieda Station opened on the Tokaido Main Line on 16 April 1889, and the city was formed on 31 March 1954 by merging Fujieda with Aoshima and four villages, with Okabe added in 2009. The economy is based on tea, strawberries, rice and light manufacturing, and the local football club is Fujieda MYFC.