Shichiri-to - Shichiri no Watashi

Japanese: 七里渡 - しちりのわたし

The only sea route on the Tokaido that ran between Godo Beach in Miya-juku, Aichi-gun, Owari Province (present-day Atsuta Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture) and Ise-Kuwana-juku. It is also called Miya-watari, Atsuta-watari, and Maen-watari. When Tokugawa Ieyasu established the route of the Tokaido in 1601, he avoided the land route that would have gone around the coast of Ise Bay, where the Kiso River flows, and instead decided that the Shichiri-watari sea route through Ise Bay was the official route. It is said that the ferry began in 1616. Under the control of the Atsuta Boat Station, dozens of boats were always available. The journey took about four hours, and the route was seven ri along the land at high tide and nine to ten ri around the coast at low tide. In 1625, a nightlight was installed on Godo Beach, but nighttime navigation was prohibited from 1651 onwards. From the mid-modern period onwards, the Jyuri-watashi crossing, which crossed directly to Yokkaichi in Ise, was also used. →Sayaji → Related items Atsuta [ward]

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Japanese:

尾張国愛知郡の宮(みや)宿（現愛知県名古屋市熱田区）の神戸(ごうど)の浜から，伊勢桑名(くわな)宿との間にあった東海道唯一の海上航路。宮渡・熱田渡・間遠渡とも呼ばれる。1601年徳川家康により東海道の経路が制定された時，木曾三川が流れる伊勢湾沿岸を迂回する陸路を避け，伊勢湾を通る海上航路七里渡が官道と定められた。渡の始まりは1616年からともいう。熱田船番所の支配を受け，常時数十隻の船が用意された。所要時間はおよそ４時間で，航路は満潮時には陸地沿いを通り７里，干潮時には沖を回り９〜10里であった。1625年には神戸の浜に常夜灯が設けられたが，1651年以降夜間の航行は禁止された。なお近世中期以降は伊勢四日市へ直接渡る十里(じゅうり)渡なども利用された。→佐屋路
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