Ushitsu

Japanese: 宇出津 - うしつ

The former town area is located in the southern part of Noto Town in northern Ishikawa Prefecture. In 1889, one town and two villages in the vicinity were merged to form a town. In 1955, it merged with parts of Ogi Town, Minami Village, and Kanno Village to form Noto Town, and in 2005, it merged with Yanagida Village and Uchiura Town to form Noto Town. It developed around a port facing a small bay on the northeastern coast of the Noto Peninsula, and has been a place of fixed net fishing (→ fixed net fishing) since the Edo period. It was also a commercial port connecting Oku-Noto with Nanao and Toyama until the opening of the Noto Line. It is a representative fishing port in Uchiura, and a large amount of yellowtail is landed using fixed net fishing. Jomon Mawaki Onsen and Benten Island are nearby, making it a base for tourism in Uchiura.

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Japanese:

石川県北部，能登町南部に位置する旧町域。1889年近隣 1町 2村が合体して町制。1955年小木町，三波村，神野村の一部と合体して能都町となり，2005年柳田村，内浦町と合体して能登町となった。能登半島北東岸の小湾に臨む港を中心に発達し，江戸時代から定置網漁（→定置網）の地。また能登線の開通までは奥能登と七尾，富山方面を結ぶ商港でもあった。内浦の代表的な漁港で，特に定置網漁によるブリの水揚げが多い。付近に縄文真脇温泉や弁天島があり，内浦観光の拠点となっている。

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