Fujieda-juku was a
castle town of the
Tanaka Domain. Additionally, it was a
post station along the
Unuma Kaidō, which ran to the salt-producing area of
Sagara. It flourished as a commercial town and, at its prime, hosted 37
hatago. The classic
ukiyo-e print by
Andō Hiroshige (
Hōeidō edition) from 1831–1834 depicts the actual business of the
shukuba as a relay station to change horses and coolies to permit the rapid transmission of high priority messages and goods between Edo and Kyoto. At the beginning of the
Meiji period, when the
Tōkaidō Main Line railway was being built, residents were worried about the smoke and ash from the newly developed
steam locomotives would ruin their
green tea crop, and decided to block construction of the line. As a result,
Fujieda Station (now part of
Central Japan Railway Company) was built approximately three kilometers from the town, which led to a decline in prosperity for the old town. However, after Fujieda became a city, its area expanded greatly and has become an industrial community. Additionally, it serves as a
bedroom community to
Shizuoka. ==Neighboring post towns==