Kameoka Castle

...A low, flat basalt plateau stretches out, with Takenotsuji (213m) at its highest point, and the coastline is curved and forms a good natural harbor. At the end of the 13th century, Hata, the lord of Kishidake Castle in Karatsu, built Kameoka Castle in Gonoura (formerly Mushozu), and it flourished as a castle town in the domain of the Matsuura clan of Hirado from the end of the 16th century. During the Edo period, Gonoura was one of the eight Iki bays that were granted fishing rights, and in the early Meiji period, Ashibeura was dominant in commerce, and Katsumotoura and Setoura were dominant in fishing, but before World War II, national and prefectural offices were concentrated here, and it is still the center of Iki, where the Iki branch office and other offices are located.

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…岳ノ辻(213m)を最高点とする低平な玄武岩台地が広がり，海岸線は屈曲が多く，自然の良港をなす。郷ノ浦(旧，武生水（むしようず）)は13世紀末，唐津岸岳（きしだけ）城主波多氏が亀丘城を築き，16世紀末から平戸松浦氏領の城下町として栄えた。郷ノ浦は江戸時代，特に漁業権が与えられていた壱岐八浦の一つで，明治初期には商業では芦辺浦が，漁業では勝本浦，瀬戸浦が優位にあったが，第2次大戦前に国や県の出先機関が集中し，現在も壱岐支庁などの集まる壱岐の中心地となっている。…

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