Fujieda Onsen

Fujieda Onsen lies in a city whose position on the historic Tokaido highway made it a vital stop on the most traveled road in Edo-period Japan, with the Okabe-juku post station still evoking the era of palanquins and pilgrim caravans passing between Edo and Kyoto. The Abe River, which flows through Fujieda, gave its name to the beloved Abekawa mochi — a simple sweet of pounded rice dusted with soybean flour and sugar that has been sold along the old highway for centuries and remains one of Shizuoka's most iconic local confections. The onsen's warm mineral waters offer a restorative soak in a city where the rhythms of the ancient highway still echo through its street plan and its living food traditions.