Fujieda
Japan
city, Shizuoka ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the Pacific coast, lying at the delta of the Ōi River. It was created by the merger of the towns of Fujieda and Aoshima and four smaller hamlets.

During the Tokugawa period (1603–1867), Fujieda was an important post town on the Tōkaidō (Eastern Sea Highway) and the only ferry station on the Ōi River. It was overshadowed by nearby Yaizu (
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), however, which rose in importance when it became a station on the Tōkaidō Line (railway) in 1889. The city now is a trade centre for the agricultural products (tea, mandarin oranges, and mushrooms) of the region. Pop. (2005) 129,248.