Usuya

Japanese: 臼谷 - うすや
Usuya

...There is a high coastal terrace on the coast, but it ends at a sea cliff, below which is a narrow sandy beach, through which the national highway passes. Usuya, where the Matsumae Domain's land contractor Suhara Kakubei opened a herring fishing ground in 1782 (Tenmei 2), is at the southern end of the town area, and there are fishing ports in Minatomachi (formerly Onika) and Usuya. Two kilometers south of Minatomachi is the guardhouse of the Hanada family, a fisherman from Otaru, which was built in 1905 and housed 250 fishermen during the peak of herring fishing season. It has been designated an Important Cultural Property. ...

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Japanese:

…海岸部には高い海岸段丘があるが,海食崖で終わり,その下に狭い砂浜があり,国道がここを通る。1782年(天明2)松前藩の場所請負人栖原角兵衛がニシン漁場を開いた臼谷は町域の南端にあたり,港町(旧鬼鹿)と臼谷には漁港がある。港町の南2kmに1905年に建てられた小樽の網元花田家の番屋があり,ニシン漁の最盛期には250人の漁夫を収容したもので,重要文化財に指定されている。…

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