City [village] - Shiura

Japanese: 市浦[村] - しうら

A village in Kitatsugaru District, northwest of Aomori Prefecture. Population 3,073 (1995). Located in the northwest of the Tsugaru Peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan to the west. Lake Jusan occupies the southern part of the village, while the northern part is made up of mountainous areas that correspond to the northern part of the Tsugaru Mountains. Jusan, at the mouth of Lake Jusan, was called Tosaminato in the Middle Ages and prospered as the base of the Ando clan, a powerful clan. It fell into decline after a major tsunami in 1340 (Kokoku 1, Rekio 3), but in early modern times it was one of the four ura of the Tsugaru Domain, along with Ajigasawa, Fukaura, and Aomori, and was a shipping port for rice from the Tsugaru Plain that was transported by boat on the Iwaki River, and Japanese cypress from the mountains.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

青森県北西部，北津軽郡の村。人口3073(1995)。津軽半島北西部にあり，西は日本海に臨む。南部は十三湖（じゆうさんこ）が占め，北部は津軽山地北部にあたる山地からなる。十三湖の湖口にあたる十三は，中世には十三湊（とさみなと）と呼ばれ，豪族安東氏の拠点として栄えた。1340年(興国1∥暦応3)大津波をうけ一時衰退するが，近世には鰺ヶ沢，深浦，青森とともに津軽藩の四浦に数えられ，岩木川舟運によって運ばれた津軽平野の米や山地からのヒバの積出港であった。

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