Urashima (Kagawa) - Urashima

Japanese: 浦島(香川) - うらしま
Urashima (Kagawa) - Urashima

...On the summit of this mountain lies the Shiude ruins, a highland settlement from the middle of the Yayoi period. There is a place-name legend about Urashima Taro on the peninsula, and the island around Mt. Shiude was once called Urashima. Taro's father's hometown was Ieura, and Taro was born in Namari, traveled to Ryugu from Hakozaki, and when he returned to Tsumu and opened the treasure box, smoke rose from Mt. Shiude.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Urashima (Kagawa)" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この山頂には弥生時代中期の高地性集落である紫雲出遺跡がある。半島には浦島太郎をめぐる地名伝説があり,紫雲出山を中心とする島はかつて浦島と呼ばれていた。〈家浦〉が太郎の父の里で,太郎は〈生里(なまり)〉で生まれ,〈箱崎〉から竜宮に行き,〈積(つむ)〉に帰って玉手箱をあけたところ煙がたなびいたのが紫雲出山という。…

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