Fuchū-shuku

Fuchū-shuku (府中宿) was the nineteenth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in what is now part of the Aoi-ku area of Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

History
The post station of Fuchū-shuku was also a castle town for Sunpu Castle in the former Suruga Province. The classic ukiyo-e print by Andō Hiroshige (Hōeidō edition) from 1831 to 1834 depicts travellers crossing the Abe River to the west of the post station. A woman is being carried in a kago, while other people are fording the stream on foot.

Neighboring post towns

 * Tōkaidō
 * Ejiri-juku - Fuchū-shuku - Mariko-juku