Hario Island

Japanese: 針尾島 - はりおじま
Hario Island

An island located at the northern exit of Omura Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture. It belongs to Sasebo City. Its area is 34.52 square kilometers. It borders the mainland across the Haiki Strait to the east and the Nishisonogi Peninsula across the Hario Strait to the west, but the construction of Kancho Bridge to the east and Saikai Bridge to the west opened up access to Sasebo and Nagasaki via National Route 202.

During the Taisho period, before it was merged with Sasebo City, it was divided into the villages of Egami and Sakihario, with the boundary line running through Miyanoura, an extension of the long bay of Egamiura, to Ushinoura, and it is possible that this line once formed a strait. According to legend, Kamiage, Sashikata, and Miyanoura were ports of call for Empress Jingu, and the Tahara in front of them is reclaimed land. In terms of topography, the Egami area is dotted with isolated butte-like hills of basalt on top of the Tertiary layer, such as Ushi-no-dake and Iimori-yama, while the Sakihario area is a plateau covered in thick basalt, with very gently undulating peaks such as Agematsu-dake. It is said that the southern tip of the island, Myojo-no-hana, marked the entrance to Hario Strait with bonfires at night.

[Yasuyoshi Ishii]

Saikai Bridge and New Saikai Bridge
Saikai Bridge (foreground) and Shin-Saikai Bridge (back) connect the Nishisonogi Peninsula (left) and Hario Island. Saikai City and Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture © Nagasaki Tourism Federation

Saikai Bridge and New Saikai Bridge


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

長崎県大村湾北方の出口に位置する島。佐世保市(させぼし)に属する。面積34.52平方キロメートル。東は早岐瀬戸(はいきせと)を隔てて本土に接し、西は針尾瀬戸を隔てて西彼杵(にしそのぎ)半島に接するが、東は観潮(かんちょう)橋、西は西海(さいかい)橋の架橋によって、国道202号を通じ、佐世保、長崎への交通が開かれた。

 佐世保市と合併以前の大正期には江上(えがみ)村と崎(さき)針尾村に分けられていたが、その境界線は、江上浦の長い湾入の延長部にあたる宮ノ浦(みやのうら)を経て牛ノ浦(うしのうら)に至る線で、この線上はかつては瀬戸をなした可能性がある。伝承によれば、神揚(かみあげ)、指方(さしかた)、宮ノ浦は神功皇后(じんぐうこうごう)の寄港地であり、前面の田原は干拓地である。地形的には、江上地区では牛(うし)ノ岳、飯盛(いいもり)山など第三紀層上に玄武岩をのせるビュート状の孤丘が散在し、崎針尾地区では厚い玄武岩に覆われた台地状をなし、上松(かみまつ)岳などきわめて緩やかな起伏を呈する。島の南端明星ノ鼻(みょうじょうのはな)は夜間、たき火で針尾瀬戸の入口を示したといわれる。

[石井泰義]

西海橋と新西海橋
西彼杵半島(写真左)と針尾島を結ぶ西海橋(手前)と新西海橋(奥)。長崎県西海市・佐世保市©一般社団法人長崎県観光連盟">

西海橋と新西海橋


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