title: Fuchū-shuku
text: # Fuchū-shuku
  
  Fuchū-shuku (府中宿, Fuchū-shuku) 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
  