Atsuta [village] - Atsuta

Japanese: 厚田[村] - あつた

A village in Atsuta County, Ishikari Subprefecture, western Hokkaido. Population 2,947 (1995). Located north of Sapporo City, facing the Sea of Japan. Most of the village area is the Mashike Mountains, gradually lowering to the south, but the lowlands are limited to areas around the mouth of the Ishikari River and are used for rice paddies. National forests make up more than 60% of the village area, and fishing villages such as Atsuta, Kotan, and Mourai are located along the coast. Under the Matsumae clan government, Matsumae merchant Murayama Denbei and Omi merchant Hirata Tozaemon controlled the area as site contractors, and it flourished as a herring trading site with a 1,000 koku yield. Until the appearance of the Otaru wholesaler in the early Taisho period, Benzaisen ships came to Kotan and supported the fishing industry during the Meiji period.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

北海道西部，石狩支庁厚田郡の村。人口2947(1995)。札幌市の北方に位置し，日本海に面する。村域の大部分は増毛山地で，南方にしだいに低くなっているが，低地は石狩川河口付近などに限られ，水田地帯となっている。国有林野が村域の6割以上を占め，海岸沿いに厚田，古潭（こたん），望来（もうらい）などの漁業集落がある。松前藩政下では，松前の政商村山伝兵衛，近江商人平田東三右衛門が場所請負人として支配し，ニシンの千石場所として活況を呈し，大正初期小樽の仲買問屋が現れるまでは，古潭には弁財船が入港して明治期の漁業を支えていた。

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