Fuji Station

Fuji Station (富士駅, Fuji-eki) is an interchange railway station in the city of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Fuji Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 146.2 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo.

In 1889, when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Kōzu was completed, stations were built at Suzukawa (Yoshiwara) and Iwabuchi (Fujikawa), with Kashima village in between without a train station.

Due to the strong petition of the local residents, and political pressure applied by Oji Paper Company, who had established a paper mill nearby, a station was opened on April 21, 1909 and named “Fuji Station”.

The terminus of the Minobu Line was established at Fuji Station on July 13, 1913.

Fuji Station, south exit April 2018