Tango Peninsula - Tango

A peninsula that juts out in the northwest of Kyoto Prefecture toward the Sea of ​​Japan. It is also called the Oku-Tango Peninsula or Yosa Peninsula. At the northeastern tip of the peninsula, there is the Kyogamisaki Lighthouse with a capacity of 760,000 candles. The peninsula is mainly composed of granite and tertiary layers, and faults running northeast-southwest and northwest-southeast cross it, indicating that there was intense crustal movement. In 1927 (Showa 2), the Kita-Tango earthquake occurred, causing great damage. The peninsula is generally mountainous and has little flat land, with heavy snowfall in winter and inconvenient transportation, so depopulation is severe in the interior, and some villages have already been abandoned. However, using the surplus labor force in winter, weaving has been popular as a side job for farmers throughout the peninsula since ancient times, and it is known as a production area of ​​Tango crepe, mainly in the towns of Mineyama and Amino in Kyotango City. The coast is made up of cliffs, and the winter seasonal winds prevent fishing, but Ine, which faces Wakasa Bay, is a good fishing ground for yellowtail and is the peninsula's leading fishing port. A road circumnavigating the Tango Peninsula was opened in 1962, and there are hopes for the development of the area's beautiful tourist attractions. The coastline is part of the Tango Amanohashidate Oeyama Quasi-National Park.

[Takeo Oda]

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京都府北西部、日本海に向かって塊状に突出する半島。奥丹後半島、与謝半島(よさはんとう)ともいう。北東端の経(きょう)ヶ岬には76万燭光(しょっこう)の経ヶ岬灯台がある。半島はおもに花崗(かこう)岩と第三紀層からなり、また北東―南西、北西―南東に走る断層が交差し、地殻運動の激しかったことを示している。1927年（昭和2）には北丹後地震が発生し、大きな被害を受けた。一般に山がちで平地に乏しく、冬は積雪が多く、交通も不便なので、奥地では過疎化が著しく、すでに廃村となった集落もある。しかし冬の余剰労働力を利用して、古くから半島全域で農家の副業として機業が盛んであり、京丹後市の峰山(みねやま)町、網野(あみの)町を中心に丹後縮緬(ちりめん)の産地として知られる。海岸は懸崖(けんがい)をなし、冬の季節風によって漁業も阻まれるが、若狭(わかさ)湾に面する伊根(いね)はブリの好漁場をなし、半島随一の漁港。1962年（昭和37）丹後半島を一周する道路が開通し、風景美に恵まれた観光資源の開発が望まれている。海岸一帯は丹後天橋立大江山(たんごあまのはしだておおえやま)国定公園の一部となっている。

［織田武雄］

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