Isobe

Japanese: 磯部 - いそべ

The former name of a town (Isobe-cho) in Shima-gun, in the central-eastern part of Mie Prefecture. Currently, it is a district that occupies the northern half of Shima City. In 1955 (Showa 30), the two villages of Matoya and Isobe merged to form a town. In 2004 (Heisei 16), it merged with Hamajima-cho, Daio-cho, Shima-cho, and Ago-cho to form Shima City. The former town area is located almost in the center of the Shima Peninsula, and is served by the Kintetsu Shima Line, National Route 167, and Shima Pearl Road. The name comes from the name of a village from ancient times. The entire area is within the Ise-Shima National Park, and includes Matoya Bay, which is cut into the ria coast, and Izonoura, which extends deep into the bay, where sterile Matoya oysters, seaweed, and eels are cultivated. Matouya and Watakano Island, located at the back of Matouya Bay, are now fishing villages, but they once thrived as refuge ports. Isobe, at the back of Iza-no-ura, is a semi-agricultural, semi-fishing village with open rice fields, and is the center of the land route on the Shima Peninsula. It is the end point of the Ise Road, which runs directly from Ise to Shima. Izawa-no-miya is a branch shrine of the Inner Shrine of Ise Jingu, and festivals are held at the same shrine as at the Inner Shrine. In particular, the rice-planting ritual held in June (Isobe's Omita) is a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, and attracts many visitors.

[Tatsuo Ito]

"Isobe Local History" (1963, Dosho Publishing Association)

[References] | Ise-Shima National Park | Shima (city) | Matoya | Matoya Bay

Matoya Bay
A typical ria bay in the center of the Shima Peninsula. The mouth of the bay is only 1.1 km wide and 9.3 km deep, so the coastal port has long been used as a waiting port. Oysters, seaweed, pearls, and other products are cultivated in the bay. It is part of the Ise-Shima National Park. The photo shows the view from Mataya in Isobe-cho, Shima City. Shima City and Toba City, Mie Prefecture © Mie Prefecture Tourism Federation

Matoya Bay

Izushi Shrine
It is a branch shrine of the Inner Shrine of Ise Jingu (Ise Grand Shrine). It is located in Isobe-cho, Shima City, and is called the "Haryomiya" (far away shrine) because it is far from the Inner Shrine. It is highly prestigious and is deeply revered by fishermen and female divers. Shima City, Mie Prefecture © Ise Shrine Office Mie Prefecture Tourism Association ">

Izushi Shrine

Isobe no Okanda
The rice planting ritual of Izushi-gu Shrine, an auxiliary shrine of the Inner Shrine of Ise Jingu (Ise Grand Shrine). It is held every year on June 24th in the Imperial fields adjacent to Izushi-gu Shrine. It is one of the most representative rice planting festivals that conveys the ancient ritual form of gathering seedlings, bamboo cutting, and dancing. The photo shows young girls and people planting rice to the accompaniment of flutes, drums, bamboo scoops, and rice planting songs. Nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property Shima City, Mie Prefecture © Ise Shrine Office Mie Prefecture Tourism Association ">

Isobe no Okanda

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

三重県中東部、志摩郡(しまぐん)にあった旧町名（磯部町(ちょう)）。現在は志摩市の北半分を占める一地区。1955年（昭和30）的矢(まとや)、磯部の2村が合併して町制施行。2004年（平成16）浜島(はまじま)町、大王(だいおう)町、志摩町、阿児(あご)町と合併、市制施行して志摩市となる。旧町域は、志摩半島のほぼ中央に位置し、近畿日本鉄道志摩線、国道167号、志摩パールロードが通じる。名称は古代からの郷名による。全域が、伊勢志摩国立公園(いせしまこくりつこうえん)区域内で、リアス式海岸が切れ込んだ的矢湾と、その奥に深く入り込んだ伊雑ノ浦(いぞうのうら)があり、無菌の的矢カキやノリ、ウナギの養殖が盛ん。的矢湾の奥に位置する的矢と渡鹿野(わたかの)島はいまは漁村だが、かつて避難港として栄えた所。伊雑ノ浦の奥の磯部は水田の開けた半農半漁村で、志摩半島の陸路の中心である。伊勢から志摩へ直通する伊勢道路の終点。伊雑宮(いざわのみや)は伊勢神宮内宮(ないくう)の別宮で、祭事は内宮と同じに行われる。なかでも6月の御田植神事（磯部の御神田(おみた)）は国指定重要無形民俗文化財で、参観者も多い。

［伊藤達雄］

『『磯部郷土史』（1963・同書刊行会）』

[参照項目] | 伊勢志摩国立公園 | 志摩（市） | 的矢 | 的矢湾

的矢湾
志摩半島の中央部にある典型的なリアス式湾。湾口が幅1.1kmと狭く、9.3kmの奥行があるため、沿岸の港は古くから風待ち港として利用された。湾内ではカキ、ノリ、真珠などの養殖が盛んである。伊勢志摩国立公園の一部。写真は志摩市磯部町的矢からの眺望。三重県志摩市・鳥羽市©公益社団法人三重県観光連盟">

的矢湾

伊雑宮

磯部の御神田
伊勢神宮内宮（皇大神宮）の別宮、伊雑宮の御田植神事。毎年6月24日、伊雑宮に隣接する御料田で行われる。苗取り、竹取り、舞など、古来の神事形態をいまに伝える代表的な田植祭の一つである。写真は、笛・太鼓や簓、田植唄などの囃子のなか行われる早乙女と立人による田植。国指定重要無形民俗文化財　三重県志摩市©神宮司庁　公益社団法人三重県観光連盟">

磯部の御神田

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