Iwata, Shizuoka

Iwata (磐田市) is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan. It is on the Tenryū River. Iwata is made of 5 communities merged together: kyu-Iwata (former Iwata), Toyoda-cho, Fukude-cho, Ryuyo-cho, Toyoka-mura. Part of Yamaha Corporation is in Iwata.

History
There has been a settlement in the area of Iwata since ancient times.

During the Edo period, Mitsuke-juku was one of 53 government waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road, which was a coastal route that ran from Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto..

Related pages

 * The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
 * Júbilo Iwata

Other websites

 * Iwata website