FUJIEDA

city, Shizuoka ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the Pacific coast, lying at the delta of the Oi River. It was created by the merger of the towns of Fujieda and Aoshima and four smaller hamlets. During the Tokugawa period (16031867), Fujieda was an important post town on the Tokaido (Eastern Sea Highway) and the only ferry station on the Oi River. It was overshadowed by nearby Yaizu , however, which rose in importance when it became a station on the Tokaido Line (railway) in 1889. The city now is a trade centre for the agricultural products (tea, mandarin oranges, and mushrooms) of the region. Pop. (1987 est.) 115,006.