Fuchū-shuku 府中宿
| Tōkaidō (東海道) | Station 19 of 53 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto |
|---|---|
| Present-day location | Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Prefecture | Shizuoka (Chubu region) |
| Distance from Nihonbashi | About 176 km (by the historical station tables) |
| Next station | Mariko-juku — about 5.7 km on |
| Coordinates | 34.9747° N, 138.38769° E |
34°58′N 138°23′E / 34.97°N 138.39°E / 34.97; 138.39Fuchū-juku (府中宿, Fuchū-juku) was the nineteenth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in what is now part of the Aoi-ku area of Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
History
The post station of Fuchū-juku was also a castle town for Sunpu Castle in the former Suruga Province.
The classic ukiyo-e print by Andō Hiroshige (Hōeidō edition) from 1831 to 1834 depicts travellers crossing the Abe River to the west of the post station. A woman is being carried in a kago, while other people are fording the stream on foot.
Neighboring post towns
- Tōkaidō
- Ejiri-juku - Fuchū-juku - Mariko-juku
Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Fuchū-shuku by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Station facts cross-checked with the road station lists (Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0).
