Izusan

Japanese: 伊豆山 - いずさん
Izusan

...Population: 45,610 (1995). The main settlements within the city are Atami, Izuyama, Izumi (Izu Yugahara), Taga, and Ajiro, and Ajiro flourished in the early modern period as a shipping port for Izu products and as an important port for shipping from Osaka to Edo. The city faces the Sagami Bay to the east, and is surrounded by mountains that form the crater walls of the former Taga (Atami) volcano from north to south, with the current city center located near what is thought to be the former crater.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Izuyama" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人口4万5610(1995)。市域の主要な集落は,熱海,伊豆山,泉(伊豆湯ヶ原),多賀,網代などからなり,網代は近世には伊豆の産物の積出港として,また大坂から江戸への廻船の重要な港として栄えた。東は相模灘に面し,北から南にかけては,かつての多賀(熱海)火山の火口壁をなす山々に囲まれ,現在の市街地はかつての火口付近と考えられる所に位置している。…

※「伊豆山」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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