Nagoya

A district in Chinzei Town, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture. Formerly known as Nagoya Village. It was also written as "Nagoya". It is located at the northern end of the Higashi Matsuura Peninsula, which juts out into the Iki Channel (Genkai Sea). The remains of Nagoya Castle, a national special historic site, are known as the base of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea. Nagoya Castle is a flatland castle built on Mount Katsuo (mountain Kakizoe), about 80 meters above sea level, and is said to have been the residence of the Nagoya clan of the Matsuura clan in the Middle Ages. Located just off the deep inlet of Nagoya Bay, it is the shortest route from Iki and Tsushima to Korea, and there are many ruins and legends related to Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea. A Japanese tea garden called "Kuragetsu" has been created in one corner of the castle ruins. In 1993, the Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum was opened. The villages of Oka, which are located on the basalt hilly plateau, mainly make a living from agriculture, while the villages on the coast are mainly engaged in fishing. The "Bon Tsuna-neri" ceremony, which is held to pray for a good catch, is a representative annual event. National Route 204 crosses Nagoya Ohashi Bridge, which spans Nagoya Bay, and is part of the tourist course of the Genkai Quasi-National Park.

[Shigeru Kawasaki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

佐賀県唐津市(からつし)鎮西(ちんぜい)町の地区。旧名護屋村。かつては「名古屋」とも書いた。壱岐(いき)水道（玄界灘(げんかいなだ)）に突き出す東松浦半島の北端にある。国の特別史跡である名護屋城跡並陣跡(ならびにじんあと)は、豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉の朝鮮侵略の拠点として知られる。名護屋城は海抜約80メートルの勝男(かつお)岳（垣添(かきぞえ)山）に築かれた平山城(ひらやまじろ)で、中世松浦党(まつらとう)の名古屋氏が居城していた場所といわれる。深い入り江の名護屋浦を控え、壱岐・対馬(つしま)を経て朝鮮に至る最短コースの地で、秀吉の朝鮮出兵にまつわる遺跡や伝承が多い。城跡の一角には日本庭園の茶苑「海月」がつくられている。1993年（平成5）には佐賀県立名護屋城博物館が開館した。玄武岩の丘陵性台地にある岡の諸集落の生業は主として農業、海岸の浜の諸集落はおもに漁業。大漁祈願などの「盆綱ねり」は代表的な年中行事である。名護屋浦にかかる名護屋大橋には国道204号が通じ、玄海国定公園の観光コースをなす。

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