Ominato Bay - Ominatowan

Japanese: 大湊湾 - おおみなとわん
Ominato Bay - Ominatowan

A bay in the bend of the Shimokita Peninsula in the northeastern part of Aomori Prefecture. It is a branch of Mutsu Bay. The sand spit of Ashizaki juts out from the southwest and cuts into part of the bay. Ominato Port flourished as a timber shipping port during the Edo period, and after a naval port office was established there in 1905 (Meiji 38), it developed into a military port, and is currently a base for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. In 1967 (Showa 42), it became the home port of Japan's first nuclear ship, the Mutsu, but due to a radiation leak accident in 1974, it was forced to give up this role. Nori seaweed is cultivated in part of the bay, and swans also migrate there in winter.

[Hiroshi Yokoyama]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

青森県北東部、下北半島の屈曲部にある湾。陸奥湾(むつわん)の支湾。芦崎(あしざき)の砂嘴(さし)が南西から突出して湾の一部をくぎっている。大湊港は江戸時代には木材の積出し港として栄え、1905年(明治38)海軍要港部が置かれてからは軍港として発達、現在は海上自衛隊の基地となっている。1967年(昭和42)日本最初の原子力船「むつ」の母港となったが、1974年の放射線漏れの事故により、母港を返上した。湾の一部ではノリの養殖が行われ、冬期にはハクチョウも渡来する。

[横山 弘]

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