Fukuratsu

Japanese: 福良津 - ふくらのつ

A port located in Shika Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, on the west coast of the Noto Peninsula. In ancient times, it functioned as a base for building, repairing, mooring, and departing ships for the Bohai envoys returning home. In 772, the Bohai envoys on their way back to Bohai were shipwrecked and washed up in Noto Province, so they rested in Fukuratsu. In 883, felling of large trees in Fukuratsu, Hakui County, was prohibited in order to raise funds for building ships for the Bohai envoys' return. It continued to play an important role in sea routes on the Sea of Japan. It was the only designated port on the Hokuriku road on the Nishimawari route, established by Kawamura Zuiken in 1672, and from the mid-Edo period onwards, there were many boat lodges there as a wind-waiting port for Kitamae ships. The Fukura Lighthouse is said to have originated in 1608 when Hino Chobei, a resident of Fukura village, lit a bonfire on the rocky mountain at the entrance to the port, and was rebuilt into a Western-style lighthouse in 1872.

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Japanese:

能登半島西岸，石川県志賀町にあった湊。古代には渤海(ぼっかい)国使の帰国船の造船，修理，係留，出航の基地として機能した。772年渤海への帰国の途についた渤海国使一行などが遭難して能登国に漂着したため，〈福良津〉で休養したという。883年には渤海使帰還の造船料にあてるため，羽咋(はくい)郡〈福良泊〉の大木伐採が禁じられている。その後も日本海航路において重要な役割を果たした。1672年に河村瑞賢が整備した西廻航路の北陸道唯一の指定港で，江戸時代中期以降は北前(きたまえ)船の風待港として多くの船宿があった。福良灯台は，1608年福良村の住人日野長兵衛が湊入口の岩山で篝火をたいたのに由来するといい，1872年に洋式灯台に造り替えられた。

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