Yuigahama Beach

The coast facing Sagami Bay in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It is a general term for the sandy coastline from Inamuragasaki east to Iijimagasaki on the border with Zushi City. Currently, it refers to the area from the mouth of Namerigawa River to the west. With the opening of the Yokosuka Line in the mid-Meiji period, it was opened as a swimming beach, and now the facilities are well-equipped and attract many beachgoers. The area east of the mouth of Namerigawa River that continues east of this is called Zaimokuza Coast, and Wakaejima is the oldest surviving port ruins, built during the regent Hojo Yasutoki of the Kamakura Shogunate (1232), and is a nationally designated historic site. Repairs were covered by collecting tolls (port fees) from the many ships that came in and out of the area. Currently, the Shonan Road runs along the coast.

[Yukio Asaka]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

神奈川県鎌倉市の相模(さがみ)湾に面する海岸。稲村ヶ崎から東へ、逗子(ずし)市との境の飯島ヶ崎(いいじまがさき)までの砂浜海岸の総称。現在は滑川(なめりがわ)の河口から西をいう。明治中期の横須賀(よこすか)線の開通に伴い海水浴場として開け、いまは設備が整い多くの海水浴客が集まる。この東に続く滑川河口以東は材木座海岸(ざいもくざかいがん)とよばれ、和賀江嶋(わかえじま)は鎌倉幕府の執権北条泰時(やすとき)のとき（1232）つくられた現存する最古の築港遺跡で、国指定史跡。修理は、多くの出入船舶から関銭(せきせん)（津料(つりょう)）をとってまかなっていた。現在海岸沿いに湘南(しょうなん)道路が通じる。

［浅香幸雄］

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