Karo

Japanese: 賀露 - かろ

The area includes Tottori Port (Karo Port) at the mouth of the Sendai River in the northern part of Tottori City. Formerly Karo Village. It is said that Kibi no Makibi, a Japanese envoy to the Tang Dynasty, was washed ashore off the coast of Karo on his way back, and Karo Shrine enshrines Kibi no Daijin. Since the Sengoku period, it has been the outer port of Tottori Castle Town. After the opening of the San'in Main Line, it became the base for the motorized bottom trawl fishing of snow crab and other fish. As an important port, Tottori Port was built as a distribution port in 1990 (Heisei 2), with the construction of a 10,000-ton quay and a 5,000-ton quay.

[Minoru Iwanaga]

[Reference item] | Kibi no Makibi | Tottori (city)

Hiroshige Utagawa, "Illustrated Guide to Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, Inaba, Karyo-Koyama"
Distant view of Lake Koyama and Karo Village. 1853 (Kaei 6), National Diet Library

Hiroshige Utagawa "Illustrated Guide to Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces: Inaba and Kaji..."

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

鳥取市北部、千代(せんだい)川河口の鳥取港（賀露港）を含む地区。旧賀露村。遣唐使吉備真備(きびのまきび)が帰路賀露の沖合いから漂着したと伝えられ、賀露神社は吉備大臣を祀(まつ)る。戦国時代以来、鳥取城下町の外港であった。山陰本線開通後はズワイガニなどの機船底引網漁業の根拠地。重要港湾鳥取港は流通港湾として1990年（平成2）に1万トン岸壁、5000トン岸壁などの築港が行われた。

［岩永　實］

[参照項目] | 吉備真備 | 鳥取（市）

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