Iwamatsu

Japanese: 岩松 - いわまつ

A settlement of Uwajima City located in the southwest of Ehime Prefecture, deep in a bay overlooking the Uwa Sea (on the south bank of the mouth of the Iwamatsu River). Formerly known as the town of Tsushima, it was merged with five neighboring villages in 1955, and in 2005, one city and three towns were merged to form Uwajima City. Since the Edo period, the Konishi clan, known as wealthy merchants, lived here, and it was a distribution center for Tsushima-go's products. The white-walled, storehouse-style house of the Konishi family still remains. The wharf where the famous Sasaya Sengoku-bune boats arrived and departed was originally located in the center of town, but repeated floods of the Iwamatsu River have expanded the delta, and it is now located away from the center. It is also known as the setting for Shishi Bunroku's novel Tenyawan-ya.

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Japanese:

愛媛県南西部，宇和海に臨む湾入の奥 (岩松川河口南岸) にある宇和島市の集落。旧町名。 1955年近隣5村と合体して津島町となり，2005年1市3町が合体して宇和島市となった。江戸時代から，豪商として知られた小西一族がおり，津島郷の物産の集散地であった。小西家の白壁，土蔵造の屋敷がいまも残る。名高い笹屋の千石船も発着した船着場は，初め町の中心にあったが，たび重なる岩松川の氾濫により三角州が延び，現在は中心から離れて位置している。獅子文六の小説『てんやわんや』の舞台としても知られる。

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