Otone Museum

Japanese: 大利根博物館 - おおとねはくぶつかん

...Between 1898 and 1931, Sawara was the terminus of the Japanese National Railways' Narita Line, and developed as a commercial city at the junction of water transport and railways, but in recent years, the construction of the Suigo Ohashi Bridge, the opening of the JR Kashima Line, and the opening of the Higashi-Kanto Expressway have expanded the commercial area to southern Ibaraki Prefecture. As the center of the waterway, it is also famous for its aquatic botanical gardens with 100,000 irises blooming in Yodaura, the Tone Museum, and fishing spots. The city is also home to the former home of Ino Tadataka, Kanpukuji Temple, where Tadataka's grave is located, and the Sawara Festival, held at Yasaka Shrine in the summer and at Suwa Shrine in the autumn, features floats and performances. ...

From 【Suigyou】

...Ring dikes were built in various places, creating an idyllic landscape, but the landscape changed dramatically from 1964 with the development of farmland improvement projects, the construction of the Suigo Ohashi Bridge, the opening of the JR Kashima Line, and the Higashi-Kanto Expressway, and now only traces of the past remain at Katozu Junibashi and Yodaura. In June, when the Japanese irises bloom, there are many tourists, and in Yodaura there are the Sawara Aquatic Botanical Gardens, which have 120 varieties and 100,000 Japanese irises, and the Great Tone Museum, which introduces the life of the Suigo and the Tone River basin. Sawara is said to be the entrance to the Suigo, and Itako is said to be the inner sanctum, and there are folk songs rich in the atmosphere of the Suigo, such as "Itako Ondo" and "Itako Jinku," and the surrounding rivers and lakes are popular with anglers. ...

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to the "Otone Museum" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…佐原は1898‐1931年の間は国鉄成田線の終点で，水運と鉄道の結節点の商業都市として発展したが，近年は水郷大橋の架橋，JR鹿島線の開通，さらに東関東自動車道の開通によって茨城県南部にも商圏が広がっている。水郷の中心地でもあり，与田浦に10万本のハナショウブが咲く水生植物園や大利根博物館があり，釣りの名所でもある。市内に伊能忠敬旧宅，忠敬の墓がある観福寺などがあり，夏に八坂神社，秋に諏訪神社で行われる佐原祭では山車（だし）が繰り出し，佐原ばやしが演じられる。…

【水郷】より

…各所に輪中堤が築かれて牧歌的な風景がみられたが，1964年からの圃場整備事業の進展，水郷大橋の架橋，JR鹿島線，東関東自動車道の開通などで景観が一変し，現在は加藤洲（かとうず）十二橋や与田浦にその面影を残すにすぎない。ハナショウブの咲く6月に観光客が多く，与田浦に120種，10万本のハナショウブをもつ佐原水生植物園，水郷や利根川流域の生活を紹介する大利根博物館などがある。佐原は水郷の入口，潮来（いたこ）は奥座敷といわれ，《潮来音頭》《潮来甚句》など水郷情緒豊かな民謡もあり，周辺の河川，湖沼は釣り客が多い。…

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