Numazu

Numazu (沼津市, Numazu-shi) is a Japanese city in Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū.

It has been recognized as a special city since 2000.[1]

History

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

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

In the Edo period, Numazu-juku and Hara-juku was the 12th and 13th of 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.[2] Both Tōkaidō rest stops are within the boundaries of modern Numazu.

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, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōkaidō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 973.

Other websites

http://www.city.numazu.shizuoka.jp/living_in/english.htm Archived 2012-02-17 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, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōkaidō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 973.