Akitsugawa

...Tanabe Castle is located on the left bank of the Aizu River estuary, and because it is located on the seashore, a battery was built near the second enclosure when coastal security was strengthened at the end of the Edo period. Tanabe's specialties include lacquerware, charcoal, Horai sake, bleached kudzu, and honey, but it is said that Bincho charcoal, which is still highly valued today, was sold to Edo and Osaka by Tanabe charcoal wholesaler Bitchuya Chozaemon, and a Bon dance song praising Yoshizo, the founder of Bincho charcoal production, has been passed down along the Akitsu River. Currently, the lumber and lumber industries are thriving around Mori Port, and Egawa Port at the mouth of the Aizu River is also an important landing port where seafood is processed. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Akatsugawa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…田辺城は会津川河口左岸にあり，海辺に位置するため，幕末に海岸警備が強化された際には二丸近くに台場が築かれた。田辺の名産は栩塗細工，炭，蓬萊酒，晒葛，蜂蜜などであったが，今日も珍重される備長（びんちよう）炭は田辺の炭問屋備中屋長左衛門が江戸や大坂に売りひろめたものとも伝え，秋津川には備長炭製炭創始者という吉三をたたえる盆踊歌が伝わる。　現在，文里（もり）港の周辺に木材業，製材業が発達，会津川河口の江川港も重要な水揚港で，水産加工も行われている。…

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