The middle road of the sea

Japanese: 海ノ中道 - うみのなかみち
The middle road of the sea

A peninsula in northwest Fukuoka Prefecture that cuts off the Genkai Sea and Hakata Bay, forming a natural breakwater. It is part of Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City. It is about 12 kilometers long and 0.5 to 2 kilometers wide. It is a sandbar that connects low Paleogene hills, and its tip is a "michikire" (mangiri), which is connected to Shikanoshima Island by a bridge. At Mukaihama in the south, sand spits have developed at Saitozaki and Gannosu. A land route leads from Gannosu to Kashiihama Beach via Umi no Nakamichi Bridge and the reclaimed land "Island City". It is a scenic spot of white sand and green pines made of black pines planted in the Edo period, and together with Shikanoshima Island, it forms part of the Genkai Quasi-National Park. The island is used as a recreational spot for swimming and hiking, including the national Umi-no-Nakamichi Seaside Park, which opened in 1981. Nata, at the base of the island, was a semi-agricultural, semi-fishing village, but in recent years it has been developed into a residential area. There used to be a coal mine at Saitozaki. The JR Kashii Line runs to Saitozaki.

[Masaaki Ishiguro]

[Reference] | Umi-no -Nakamichi Seaside Park | Gan-no-su
Uminonakamichi
Photographed from the north. The tip of the peninsula where Umi-no-Nakamichi Seaside Park is located is in the center of the photo, Hakata Bay is in the background, and Shika Island is in the foreground on the right. Genkai Quasi-National Park. Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture ©Fukuoka City Photo by Fumio Hashimoto ">

Uminonakamichi

Hiroshige Utagawa, "Illustrated Guide to Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, Chikuzen: The Undersea Road at Hakozaki"
1855 (Ansei 2), National Diet Library

Hiroshige Utagawa, "Illustrated Guide to Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, Hakozaki, Chikuzen"


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

福岡県北西部、玄界灘(げんかいなだ)と博多湾(はかたわん)をくぎり、天然の防波堤をなす半島。福岡市東区に属す。長さ約12キロメートル、幅0.5~2キロメートル。低い古第三紀層丘陵群をつなぐ砂州で、先端は「道切(みちきれ)」(満切)となり、架橋で志賀島(しかのしま)と結ばれる。南の向浜(むかいはま)では、西戸崎(さいとざき)と雁の巣(がんのす)に砂嘴(さし)が発達している。雁の巣から海の中道大橋、埋立地「アイランドシティ」を通って香椎(かしい)浜に至る陸路が通じる。江戸時代に植えられたクロマツによる白砂青松の景勝地で、志賀島とともに玄海国定公園の一部を形成する。1981年(昭和56)に開園された国営の「海の中道海浜公園」をはじめ、行楽地として海水浴やハイキングにも利用されている。基底部の奈多(なた)は半農半漁の集落であったが、近年住宅地化が進行。西戸崎には炭鉱があった。西戸崎までJR香椎線が通じる。

[石黒正紀]

[参照項目] | 海の中道海浜公園 | 雁の巣
海ノ中道
北方上空より撮影。写真中央は海の中道海浜公園のある半島先端部、奥は博多湾、右手前は志賀島。玄海国定公園域。福岡県福岡市©福岡市 撮影/Fumio Hashimoto">

海ノ中道

歌川広重『六十余州名所図会 筑前 筥崎海中の道』
1855年(安政2)国立国会図書館所蔵">

歌川広重『六十余州名所図会 筑前 筥崎…


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