A basalt plateau island located in the northwestern tip of Yamaguchi Prefecture. It belongs to Toyokita Town, Shimonoseki City, and has an area of 3.84 square kilometers. A wooden tablet unearthed at the Heijo Palace site indicates the island as "Tsunoshima Island," and the Engishiki states that the island is "Tsunoshima Ushimaki, Nagato Province." The island is well cultivated, and there are two villages: the farming village of Motoyama and the fishing village of Oyama. A ferry used to depart from Kotoi Port on the mainland, but in 2000 (Heisei 12) the Tsunoshima Bridge connected the island directly to the mainland. It is part of the Kita-Nagato Coast Quasi-National Park, and in summer the camping village is bustling, and there are many anglers. Yumegasaki is home to the Tsunoshima Lighthouse (Important Cultural Property), a first-class lighthouse that was lit in 1876 (Meiji 9). Population 941 (2000). [Hajime Miura] [Reference] | |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
山口県北西端に浮かぶ玄武岩台地の島。下関市豊北(ほうほく)町に属し、面積3.84平方キロメートル。平城宮址(し)出土の木簡に「都濃(つの)嶋」とみえ、『延喜式(えんぎしき)』には「長門(ながと)国角島牛牧」とある。島内はよく耕地化され、農村の元山(もとやま)と漁村の尾山(おやま)の二集落がある。本土の特牛(こっとい)港から渡船がでていたが、2000年(平成12)角島大橋によって本土と直接結ばれた。北長門海岸国定公園の一部で、夏はキャンプ村がにぎわい、釣り客も多い。夢ヶ崎には1876年(明治9)点灯の一等灯台である角島灯台(重要文化財)がある。人口941(2000)。 [三浦 肇] [参照項目] | |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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