Higashi-Fuji Technical Center

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| grounds_area = 21,000,000 square meters{{cite web|url=http://www.toyota-global.com/sustainability/sustainability_report/pdf_file_download/pdf/17_higashifuji_technical_center.pdf |title=Higashifuji Technical Center: Facility Overview |year=2010 |publisher=Toyota |accessdate=27 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227084633/http://www.toyota-global.com/sustainability/sustainability_report/pdf_file_download/pdf/17_higashifuji_technical_center.pdf |archivedate=27 December 2013 }}

| floor_area = 260,000 square meters

| owner = Toyota Motor Corporation

| location = {{coord|35.230167|138.895873}}

| address = 1200 Mishuku{{cite web|url=http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/data/conditions/facilities/office/japanese.html|title=Japanese Facilities|publisher=Toyota|accessdate=December 27, 2013}}

| location_town = Susono

| location_country = Japan

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{{nihongo|Higashi-Fuji Technical Center|東富士研究所|Higashi-Fuji Kenkyūjo}} is a Toyota research and development facility in Susono, Shizuoka, Japan.{{cite press release|title=Toyota Develops World-class Driving Simulator|publisher=Toyota|date=November 26, 2007|url=http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/news/07/1126_1.html|accessdate=December 27, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/toyota-tests-cars-communicate-each-other-0 |title=Toyota tests cars that communicate with each other |last=Kageyama |first=Yuri |date=November 12, 2012 |agency=Associated Press |accessdate=December 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227101035/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/toyota-tests-cars-communicate-each-other-0 |archivedate=December 27, 2013 }} The facility was established in November 1966.{{cite web|url=http://www.toyota-global.com/company/profile/facilities/r_d_center.html|title=Design and R&D Centers|publisher=Toyota|accessdate=December 27, 2013}}

Notably, the center contains an advanced driving simulation housed inside a {{convert|7|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} diameter dome with an actual car inside.{{cite book|last=Klyatis|first=Lev M.|title=Accelerated Reliability and Durability Testing Technology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xn0Yge0GBjgC&pg=PT58|date=2012-02-03|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118094006|pages=58–59}} The simulator is used to analyse driver behaviors in order to improve safety. Higashi-Fuji also includes a crash test building.{{cite web|url=http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/30/autoblog-gets-seat-and-simulation-time-with-toyotas-newest-safe/|title=Autoblog gets seat and simulation time with Toyota's newest safety technology [w/video]|last=Abuelsamid|first=Sam|date=30 July 2010|work=Autoblog|accessdate=27 January 2014}}