Kiyamatsu

Japanese: 気山津 - きやまのつ

A port on the coast of Wakasa Bay that flourished from the Heian to the Kamakura periods. Kiyama, now Mikata Town, Fukui Prefecture (now Wakasa Town), is located on the eastern shore of Nakanoumi (Lake Suigetsu) of the Mikata Five Lakes, and faces Lake Kugushi to the north. In 1065, when shipping tributes from Etchu Province, Kiyama appeared along with Shiotsu, Oura, and Kizu in Omi and Tsuruga in Echizen in a document issued by the Dajokan that prohibited the taking of "shosairyo" (a fee to purchase goods) at ports and other places along the way. At the time, Kiyama was one of the key ports on the way from the Hokuriku region to Kyoto via Omi. As Obama Port prospered, Kiyama seems to have gradually declined around the time of the Northern and Southern Courts period. Kiyama is home to Uwa Nishi Shrine, a shrine listed in the Engishiki.

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Japanese:

平安時代から鎌倉時代にかけて繁栄した若狭湾岸の港津。現在の福井県三方(みかた)町（現・若狭町）気山は，三方五湖の中ノ海(なかのうみ)（水月湖）東岸に位置し，北は久々子(くぐし)湖に面する。1065年，越中国の調物運漕に際し，路次の国々の津泊などで〈勝載料〉を割き取ることを禁じた太政官符写に近江の塩津・大浦・木津(こうつ)，越前の敦賀(つるが)津とともに気山津がみえ，当時北陸方面から近江を経て京都に至る際の要津の一つであった。小浜湊の繁栄に伴い，南北朝期ころにはしだいに衰微したとみられる。気山には式内社の宇波西(うわせ)神社が鎮座する。

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