Arahama

A district of Watari Town, Watari County, in southern Miyagi Prefecture. Formerly Arahama Town. Located on the south bank of the mouth of the Abukuma River. After 1671 (Kanbun 11), when the Eastern Sea Route was opened, Arahama Port became its base, and rice and timber from the Tenryo and Sendai Domain territories along the river were collected there. As a base for transporting inland rice tribute to Edo, it was known as one of the two major ports of the Sendai Domain along with Ishinomaki, and was later connected to Sendai by an inland canal called Teizanbori. After the railway was opened, it became a fishing port. Arahama Port is located on a lagoon called Tori-no-umi, and the surrounding area is popular for swimming, fishing, marine sports, and bird watching of migratory birds.

[Norio Hasegawa]

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宮城県南部、亘理(わたり)郡亘理町の一地区。旧荒浜町。阿武隈川(あぶくまがわ)の河口南岸に位置する。1671年（寛文11）以降東廻航路が開けると荒浜港はその基地となり、流域の天領や仙台藩領の米、木材が集まった。内陸の江戸貢米を運ぶ拠点として石巻(いしのまき)とともに仙台藩の二大港と称され、また仙台へは、のちに貞山堀(ていざんぼり)とよばれた内陸運河により結ばれた。鉄道開通後は漁港となった。荒浜港は鳥ノ海とよばれる潟湖(せきこ)にあり、付近では海水浴、釣り、マリンスポーツや渡り鳥のバードウォッチングが盛んである。

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