Iwato Fishery - Iwatogyogyo

...Japan's first tidal signal station was installed on Nakato Island in 1909, and lighthouses, light beacons, and light buoys are now used to ensure the safety of navigation. Iwato fishing, in which fish gather at night under a lit light and are scooped up with a net up to 2 meters in diameter, has been practiced since ancient times. During the Sengoku period, castles of the Kurushima clan, a faction of the Murakami Navy, were built on Kurushima Island, Mushi Island, and Nakato Island, and in the mid-Meiji period, a battery was built on Oshima Island as the Geiyo Fortress. ...

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…1909年に中渡（なかと）島に日本初の潮流信号所が設置されたのをはじめ，現在灯台，灯標，灯浮標などで航行の安全をはかっている。夜間に灯をたいて集まる魚を直径2mもある網ですくいとる岩戸漁業が古くからみられる。来島，武志（むし）島，中渡島などには戦国期に村上水軍一派来島氏の城が置かれ，明治中期小（お）島には芸予要塞として砲台が築かれた。…

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