This lagoon is located in the eastern part of Kita-ku, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. It is a remnant of the group of lagoons that once formed the center of the lagoon area behind the Kambara Sand Dunes. Before World War II, it was a marshland with a circumference of 8 kilometers and an area of 4.6 square kilometers, but it was reclaimed and the lagoon was filled in to 1.69 square kilometers. In the early modern period, it belonged to the Shibata domain and was an important flood control lake for the Kita-Kambara Plain. The Niigo River, which acts as a drainage ditch, was opened up as the Kuzuzuka Passage to Niigata Port, making it easy to transport by boat. Around the Horeki era (1751-1764), reclamation of new rice fields on the edge of the lagoon became popular, and many new rice fields and villages were born. In 1973 (Showa 48), Japan's first bird observation station was established here as a breeding ground for wild and migratory birds. From 1966 to 1975, 192 hectares of the lake surface were reclaimed through a national reclamation project, creating 169 hectares of farmland. However, due to the rice paddy reduction policy, the intended goal of converting the land into rice paddies was halted, and the area is now struggling to be converted into field crops. [Hisao Yamazaki] A lagoon in the eastern part of Niigata City. Known as a breeding ground for wild and migratory birds, it boasts the highest number of bean geese, a nationally designated natural monument, in Japan. It is also the northernmost limit of the natural growth of Euryale japonica. The burning of fields in Fukushimagata has become a seasonal feature of spring in Niigata City. Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture © Niigata Prefecture Tourism Association "> Fukushima lagoon Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
新潟県新潟市北区の東部にある潟湖(せきこ)。かつては蒲原(かんばら)砂丘裏のラグーン地帯の中心をなしていた潟湖群の名残(なごり)で、第二次世界大戦前までは周囲8キロメートル、面積4.6平方キロメートルの沼沢地をなしていたが、干拓されて潟は1.69平方キロメートルに埋め立てられた。近世新発田(しばた)藩領に属し、北蒲原平野の洪水調節湖として重きをなし、また排水溝をなす新井郷(にいごう)川は新潟港までの葛塚(くずつか)通船路として舟運の便が開けていた。宝暦(ほうれき)(1751~1764)ごろから潟端の新田干拓が盛んとなり、多くの新田村も誕生した。また、野鳥や渡り鳥の繁殖地として、1973年(昭和48)日本最初の鳥類観測ステーションが設置された。 湖面は、1966~1975年国営干拓事業により192ヘクタールが干拓され、169ヘクタールの農地ができた。減反政策により所期の目的であった水田化は中止され、畑作農への転換に苦労している。 [山崎久雄] 新潟市東部にある潟湖。野鳥や渡り鳥の繁殖地として知られ、国指定天然記念物オオヒシクイの飛来数日本一を誇る。オニバスの自生の北限でもある。福島潟の野焼きは新潟市の春の風物詩となっている。新潟県新潟市©公益社団法人新潟県観光協会"> 福島潟 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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