Egawa Port - Egawako

...Tanabe's famous products were lacquerware, charcoal, Horai sake, bleached kudzu, honey, etc., but it is said that Bincho charcoal, which is still highly valued today, was sold to Edo and Osaka by Tanabe charcoal wholesaler Bitchuya Chozaemon, and a Bon dance song praising Yoshizo, the founder of Bincho charcoal production, has been passed down along the Akitsu River. Currently, the lumber and lumber industries are well developed around Mori Port, and Egawa Port at the mouth of the Aizu River is also an important landing port where seafood is processed. Shell button processing is also well known. ...

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…田辺の名産は栩塗細工，炭，蓬萊酒，晒葛，蜂蜜などであったが，今日も珍重される備長（びんちよう）炭は田辺の炭問屋備中屋長左衛門が江戸や大坂に売りひろめたものとも伝え，秋津川には備長炭製炭創始者という吉三をたたえる盆踊歌が伝わる。　現在，文里（もり）港の周辺に木材業，製材業が発達，会津川河口の江川港も重要な水揚港で，水産加工も行われている。貝ボタンの加工は著名。…

※「江川港」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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