Ishikari place - Ishikari place

...The northeastern part of the town includes the Atsuta Hills and part of the Ishikari Plateau, but the main part of the town is sand dunes and the lowlands behind them, with the Ishikari River running through it. Since the Ishikari Basin was established in the Keicho era (1596-1615), the town has long been a center of fishing, mainly salmon and herring, and until the opening of the port of Otaru in the Meiji era, it served as the gateway to the Ishikari Plain, and developed as a relay point for the Ishikari River basin, including Sapporo. After that, fishing declined, and the town became an agricultural region, mainly rice paddies, and after World War II, rice paddies were developed on the sand dunes. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Ishikari Basho" is listed below.

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…北東部には厚田丘陵，石狩台地の一部を含むが，町域の主要部は砂丘地とその背後の低地で，石狩川が町域を横断する。慶長年間(1596‐1615)石狩場所が置かれて以来，長くサケ漁，ニシン漁を主とする漁業の中心地となり，明治に入ると小樽の開港までは石狩平野の門戸の役割を果たし，札幌をはじめ石狩川流域の中継点として発展した。その後漁業が振るわなくなって，水田を中心とする農業地帯となり，第2次世界大戦後は砂丘地への水田の造成も進んだ。…

※「石狩場所」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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