Fuji, Shizuoka

is a Japanese city in eastern Shikuoka Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It is near Mount Fuji.
It has been recognized as a special city since 2001.
History.
In the Edo period, was the 14th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations ("shuku-eki") along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.