- Fuji River
Geobox|River
name = Fuji River
native_name = Fujikawa or Fujigawa
other_name = 富士川
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image_caption =Mt. Fuji and a bridge over the Fuji River
country = Japan
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footnotes =The Nihongo|Fuji River|富士川|Fujikawa or Fujigawa flows fromYamanashi Prefecture toShizuoka Prefecture inJapan . It is 128 km long and has a drainage area of 3990 km². With theMogami River and the Kuma River, it is regarded as one of the three most rapid flows of JapanThe river rises from
Mount Nokogiri in northwest Yamanashi as the Kamanashi River, and meets theFuefuki River in the town of Ichikawamisato. There it changes its name to the Fuji River. Then it flows around the west foot ofMount Fuji and intoSuruga Bay at its mouth in the city of Fuji.Daimyo Takeda Shingen built banks bearing his name (信玄堤, "Shingen-zutsumi") along the Kamanashi, which allow water to flood buffer zones to control damage. Water transportation prospered until the opening of the Fuji Minobu Railway (now theJR Central Minobu Line ) in 1923. The river divides Japan by electric linefrequency , with 50hertz supply in the east, and 60 in the west.The view of the
Shinkansen train crossing the river against the background of Mount Fuji is a celebrated scene representative of Japan.
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