Tokaido Walk(15) Ejiri-Fuchu: August 27, 2011

Hot summer will soon be over (hopefully). I restarted my Tokaido Walk.


I walked from Ejiri, the 18th shukuba station from Nihonbashi, to Fuchu, the 19th.


Ejiri is in Shimizu Ward in Shizuoka city. The town is famous for its port. They have developed such industries as fish food production, wharehouse, transportation and marine related machines. It also boasts its football team (Shimizu S-Pulse), Jirocho, one of the nation’s most famous chivalrous heroes in the 19th century, and Chibi Maruko, a cute manga heroine.

Some buses are painted with Chibi Maruko-related characters.

Kusanagi, between Ejiri and Fuchu, is historically famous. Yamato Takeru, Japan’s legendary hero in the country’s founding era (about 2000 years ago), had a famous fight here. A shrine is built to commemorate the event.

Houses spread along Tokaido here. I also found many horticulture farms here.