Fujisawa has three major topographical features: the island of Enoshima to the south connected to the Katase shoreline area by a road bridge, and two rivers, the Hikiji and the Sakai, which run north-south.

The Hikiji can be traced from an area designated as a nature reserve park in the city of Yamato and flows directly along the boundary of the joint US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Atsugi Naval Air Base and the United States Army Camp Zama.

The Sakai runs directly from the mountains between Machida and Hachiōji, and for quite some distance forms the border between the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and Kanagawa Prefecture.

Kanagawa Prefecture Fujisawa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall.

By the Heian period, central Sagami Province was divided into shōen controlled by the Muroaoka, Oe, and other local warlords.

Fujisawa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 36 members.

In terms of national politics, the city is part of Kanagawa 12th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Kobe Steel has a factory in the east of the city, as does NSK Microprecision, a maker of bearings and precision parts.

[6] Ebara Corporation, a major manufacturer of pumps and water treatment equipment has a plant in Fujisawa.

Fujisawa has two major firework displays in the summer, in late July and early August, usually sandwiched in between similar festivals in Chigasaki, Hiratsuka, Kamakura, and Yokohama.

Its height of 119.6 meters above sea level affords an excellent view of the area and, on a clear day, Mount Fuji.