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Shizuoka Prefecture 駿東郡Kintaro’s town, with a 4,563 m racing circuit.
Fuji Speedway01 ／ Circuit
Fuji Speedway opened in 1966 as a racing circuit with a 4,563 m lap. It hosts the 6 Hours of Fuji in the FIA World Endurance Championship, and at the Tokyo 2020 Games it was the finish of the cycling road race and the venue of the individual time trial. The Fuji Motorsports Museum is nearby.
02 ／ Kintaro
In the story handed down in the town, Yaegiri, who came from Kyoto, gives birth to a boy in the village of Nakajima, and Kintaro grows up wrestling bears on Mount Kintoki (金時山). At Ashigara Pass he is discovered by the warrior Minamoto no Yorimitsu and, as Sakata no Kintoki, becomes one of his Four Guardians. In the early Showa era, a school ethics teachers’ guide named Oyama as his birthplace.
03 ／ Climbing Fuji
Two parts of the Mount Fuji World Heritage site are in the town: Fuji Sengen Shrine (冨士浅間神社), revered by pilgrims who climbed the mountain, and the Subashiri Trail, which climbs from Subashiri on the eastern foot to Kusushi, across the crater from Kengamine.
Living here
According to the town, the limited express Fujisan runs from Shinjuku to Suruga-Oyama Station in about 1 hour 30 minutes. From Tokyo Station, change to the Gotemba Line at Kozu, about 2 hours 10 minutes. The town hall is about a 15-minute walk from the station.
−4.8% since 2015
22,780 → 18,568
44.32km² of it habitable
2024
2.9 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
5.4 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 町公式「役場への交通アクセス」（2025-12-22 更新）に載っている値 (checked 2026-09-24). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
13.3km
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