Atsuta

A district in the southern part of Nagoya City. The Jingu district, a temple town of Atsuta Shrine at the southern end of the Atsuta Plateau, has been a commercial town on a par with Kiyosu since the Middle Ages, and prospered as a Miyanoshuku (a post town on the Tokaido road) on the Tokaido Road Fifty-three Stations after the station system was established in 1601 (Keicho 6). The post towns were Tenma-cho and Godo-cho, and from a ferry dock called "Shichiri no Watashi" (Seven Mile Ferry), people traveled by sea to Kuwana. It was also the branching point of the Mino Kaido and Saya Kaido roads, and those who did not want to take the sea route took the Saya Kaido. Around the beach of Kobe, there were a boat station, the Atsuta Magistrate's Office, four wholesalers' offices, two main inns and two side inns, and 248 inns (1843), and the area was bustling. The current night light in Kobe-cho is a restoration, and was located in Sugaura during the Kan'ei era (1624-1644). Atsuta-Maeshinden was a domain-run new field proposed by Atsuta Magistrate Tsukane Taneomi during the time of the 9th Owari feudal lord Munechika, and today most of it has become a coastal industrial area. Atsuta-cho in Aichi County was incorporated into Nagoya City in 1907 (Meiji 40), and became part of Minami Ward in 1908 and Atsuta Ward in 1937 (Showa 12). Atsuta Shrine, surrounded by a vast grove of shrines, is the second most historic shrine after Ise Shrine, and receives over 9 million visitors a year.

In addition, the shopping districts around Atsuta Station on the JR Tokaido Main Line and Jingumae Station on the Nagoya Railroad have developed into some of the busiest areas in Nagoya. The Meijo Subway Line also runs through the area.

[Gohei Ito]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

名古屋市南部の地区。熱田台地南端の熱田神宮の門前町神宮(じんぐう)地区は、中世以来清洲(きよす)と並ぶ商業町で、1601年（慶長6）の駅制で東海道五十三次の宮宿(みやのしゅく)としてますます繁盛した。宿場は伝馬(てんま)町、神戸(ごうど)町辺、「七里の渡(わたし)」といわれる渡船場から、桑名(くわな)へは海路の船旅であった。美濃(みの)街道、佐屋(さや)街道の分岐点でもあり、海路を嫌う者は佐屋街道によった。神戸の浜の周辺には、舟番所、熱田奉行(ぶぎょう)所などや、問屋場4、本陣、脇(わき)本陣各2、旅籠(はたご)屋248軒（1843）が並び、にぎわった。現在の神戸町の常夜灯は復原されたもので、寛永(かんえい)年間（1624～1644）には須賀浦(すがうら)にあった。熱田前新田は、尾張(おわり)9代藩主宗睦(むねちか)時代、熱田奉行津金胤臣(つかねたねおみ)の提案による藩営新田で、現在は大部分が臨海工業地帯と化している。愛知郡熱田町は、1907年（明治40）に名古屋市に編入され、1908年には南区、1937年（昭和12）には熱田区の一部となった。広大な社叢(しゃそう)につつまれる熱田神宮は、伊勢(いせ)神宮に次ぐ由緒ある大宮で、年間参拝客900万余を数える。

　また、JR東海道本線熱田駅および名古屋鉄道神宮前駅周辺の商店街は、名古屋市の繁華街の一つに発展している。地下鉄名城線も通じている。

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