Fuji River

Fuji River
Fuji River
	Mt. Fuji and a bridge over the Fuji River
Native name	Phú sĩ xuyên(Japanese)
Location
Country	Japan
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Ichikawamisato,Yamanashi Prefecture
• elevation	2,685 m (8,809 ft)
Mouth
• location	Suruga Bay
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	128 km (80 mi)
Basin size	3,990 km2(1,540 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	63.2 m3/s (2,230 cu ft/s)

TheFuji River(Phú sĩ xuyên,Fuji-kawa or Fuji-gawa)is ariverinYamanashiandShizuoka Prefecturesof central Japan. It is 128 kilometres (80 mi) long and has awatershedof 3,990 square kilometres (1,540 sq mi).^[1]With theMogami Riverand theKuma River,it is regarded as one of the three most rapid flows of Japan.

The river arises fromMount Nokogiriin theAkaishi Mountainsin northwest Yamanashi as the Kamanashi River(Phủ vô xuyên,Kamanashi-gawa),and meets theFuefuki Riverat the town ofIchikawamisato.There it changes its name to the Fuji River. It then flows around the west foot ofMount Fujiand intoSuruga Bayat its mouth in the city ofFuji.

The banks of the Fuji River was the location of theBattle of Fujikawain 1180, one of the most important early battles of theGenpei War.TheSengoku periodwarlordTakeda Shingenbuilt extensive dikes along the Kamanashi portion of the river, which allowed water to flood buffer zones to control damage. These dikes still exist, and are called theShingen-zutsumi(Tín huyền đê).Flood controlefforts continued under theTokugawa shogunateof theEdo period,when extensive dikes were completed in 1674 after 50 years of construction, to divert the lower river away from populated areas, which were prone to flooding.

Water transportation up the river from Suruga Bay to inlandKai Provinceprospered in the Edo period and earlyMeiji period,until the opening of theTōkaidō Main Line,Chūō Main LineandFuji Minobu Railwayrailways. Commercial river transport ceased in 1923.

There are numerous dams forhydroelectric powergeneration and flood control along the various tributaries in the upper reaches of the river. The Fuji River also marks the divide of Japan'selectrical grid,with theutility frequencyof 50hertzto the east, and 60 hertz to the west.^[2]

The view of theTōkaidō Shinkansentrain crossing the river against the background of Mount Fuji is a celebrated scene representative of Japan.^{[citation needed]}