History
Fujikawa Station opened on 1 February 1889 as Iwabuchi Station when the Tōkaidō Main Line was extended between Kōzu and Shizuoka. The original plan placed stations at the historical Tōkaidō post towns, but the unranked Iwabuchi waypoint — a branch toward Mount Minobu — was selected over nearby Kambara, which only received its own station a year later and at a less convenient distance from town. Iwabuchi was renamed Fujikawa on 1 June 1970 to match the surrounding district, freight handling ended in 1985, and the station passed to JR Central at the 1987 privatisation. TOICA IC service began in 2008, and on 1 June 2025 the station became unstaffed under JR Central's Customer Support Service.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Verse 18 of the 1900 Tetsudō Shōka (Railway Song) name-checks Iwabuchi/Fujikawa as a return-trip jumping-off point for Minobu river boats, alluding to the Battle of Fujikawa as the train rolls past.