Isogai [Hot Spring] - Isogai

...Even today, about 60% of the working population (1990) is engaged in fishing, and the town produces salmon, sardines, mackerel, and other fish, including kelp, which accounts for nearly half of the catch, and in recent years kelp has also been farmed. Part of the town is included in Esan Prefectural Natural Park, and it is home to the beautiful Kinao Coast with its cliffs and green dwarf pine trees, Furube Falls, Kakumi Onsen (simple spring, 45-50°C), and Isoya Onsen (salt-containing salt-sodium spring, 68-70°C). Near Kakumi Pass, overlooking the Hakodate Plain and Uchiura Bay, are the remains of the artillery battery from the Hakodate War.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Isotani [Hot Spring]" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…現在も就業人口の約60％(1990)が漁業に従事し，漁獲物の半分近くを占めるコンブをはじめ，サケ，イワシ，サバなどを産し，近年はコンブの養殖も行われる。町域の一部は恵山（えさん）道立自然公園に含まれ，絶壁とハイマツの緑が美しい木直（きなおし）海岸，古部の滝，川汲温泉(単純泉，45～50℃)，磯谷（いそや）温泉(含食塩ボウ硝泉，68～70℃)などがある。また函館平野や内浦湾を望む川汲峠付近には箱館戦争の川汲台場砲塁の跡がある。…

※「磯谷[温泉]」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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