Hiradate [village] - Tairadate

Japanese: 平舘[村] - たいらだて

A village in Higashitsugaru District, northwest of Aomori Prefecture. Population 2,533 (1995). Located at the northeastern tip of the Tsugaru Peninsula, facing the Shimokita Peninsula across the Hiradate Strait. Mountains such as Maruyakata-dake (718m), the highest peak on the Tsugaru Peninsula, and Hakamakoshi-dake, which form a branch of the Tsugaru Mountains, approach the coast, and 95% of the village area is covered by forest. The settlement is distributed along the old Matsumae Kaido (now National Route 280), which runs along the coast, and consists of towns and villages, including Hiradate in the center. Hiradate controls the entrance to Mutsu Bay, and at the end of the early modern period, the Hirosaki Domain's battery was established in Hiradate to guard against foreign ships.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

青森県北西部，東津軽郡の村。人口2533(1995)。津軽半島北東端に位置し，平舘海峡を隔てて下北半島に対する。津軽山地の支脈をなす津軽半島最高峰の丸屋形岳(718m)，袴腰岳などの山地が海岸に迫り，村域の95％を山林が占める。集落は海岸を通る旧松前街道(現，国道280号線)に沿って分布し，中心の平舘をはじめ街村をなす。陸奥湾の出入口を扼する平舘には，近世末に異国船警備のため弘前藩の台場が置かれた。

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