Numazu

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Numazu Station opened on 1 February 1889 as part of the original Tōkaidō Main Line between Kōzu and Shizuoka. The first station building burned down in the Numazu fire of March 1913, the second in the fire of December 1926, and the fourth — built in 1937 — was destroyed in the Bombing of Numazu in July 1945. A fifth structure rose in 1953 and was rebuilt as today's station block in 1973. The Tanna Tunnel opening in December 1934 eliminated the long Gotemba detour and made Numazu a junction with what became the Gotemba Line. At JNR's breakup on 1 April 1987 the passenger station passed to JR Central, and TOICA service began in March 2008.

Before the Tanna Tunnel opened, the Tōkaidō Main Line climbed a 25-per-mille grade by way of Gotemba, so trains from the Osaka direction changed at Numazu to locomotives able to work the bank, and in practice every passenger train except the down 'Tsubame' called there. The stop survived the tunnel's opening in December 1934: steam locomotives could not be taken through the long bore, so every passenger and freight train paused at Numazu for some minutes to exchange steam for electric traction. Travellers used the wait to buy ekiben and souvenirs, which gave rise to the saying 'Numazu made wa numazu-kuwazu' — a pun on nomazu-kuwazu, 'neither drinking nor eating'. The engine changes continued until electrification reached Shizuoka in February 1949.