Katamachi - Katamachi

…In 1756 (the 6th year of the Horeki era), the sand dunes were cut through and the Shinbori River was opened, and the Lagoon River began to flow directly into the Sea of ​​Japan. Apart from Katamachi, which was a post station on the Hokkoku Kaido road until the early modern period, the area was a semi-agricultural, semi-fishing village. Before World War II, it was a source of labor for the Naoetsu coastal industrial area, but in 1957, Teikoku Oil Co.'s Katamachi gas and oil fields were developed, and it suddenly became an oil town. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Katamachi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…1756年(宝暦6)には砂丘を切って新堀川が通じ，潟川は直接日本海に注ぐようになった。近世まで北国街道の宿場であった潟町を除けば半農半漁村である。第2次世界大戦前は直江津臨海工業地域の労働力の供給地であったが，1957年帝国石油の潟町ガス･油田が開発されて一躍石油の町となった。…

※「潟町」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。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報