Gotemba

Gotemba is a metropolis on the southeastern flank of Mount Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The metropolis, which covers an area of 194.9 square kilometres, had an predicted populace in December 2016 of 88,068, giving a populace density of 452 folks according to km2. The Peace Pagoda constructed in 1964 via Nipponzan-Myohoji-Daisanga is a stated image of the town. Gotemba became the website of a shoen belonging to Ise Shrine within the Heian length.

During the Edo period the place turned into a part of Odawara Domain. After the start of the Meiji length, it became a part of Shizuoka Domain until the abolition of the han system in 1871 and the established order of Shizuoka Prefecture. The starting of Gotemba Station on what changed into then the Tokaido Main Line on February 1, 1889, spurred improvement of the region. In the cadastral reform of April 1, 1889, Gotemba Town changed into created within Sunto District, along with Fujioka Village, Harasato Village, Ino Village, Tamaho Village, and Takane Village.