Ikura - Ikura

...On the other hand, fishing has also been popular in the Mikata Five Lakes since ancient times, mainly in Lake Suigetsu, Kaizan and Torihama overlooking Lake Mikata, and in the early modern period, disputes arose over fishing grounds and the harvesting of water chestnuts. Ikura and Narude on the southern shore of Lake Mikata are new rice-producing villages developed on the tidal flats created by the excavation (completed in 1664) of the Urami River, which connects Lake Suigetsu and Lake Kugushi. Plums and grapes are produced on the lake shore, and plums in particular are shipped out as "Fukui plums." ...

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…一方，三方五湖での漁業も水月湖，三方湖に臨む海山や鳥浜などを中心に古くより盛んで，近世には漁場や菱などの採取をめぐって相論も生じている。三方湖南岸の生倉（いくら）と成出（なるで）は，水月湖と久々子（くぐし）湖を結ぶ浦見川の開削(1664完成)によってできた干潟に開発された新田村である。湖岸では梅やブドウを産し，特に梅は〈福井梅〉として出荷される。…

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