Oshoro Coast

Japanese: 忍路海岸 - おしょろかいがん

The coast in the west of Otaru, Hokkaido. It usually refers to the 8km stretch from Shioya to Ranshima Beach. Oshiro Bay, a small bay in the northwest of a small peninsula with developed sea cliffs, is 200m wide and extends about 900m into the bay. The bottom is sandy and muddy, and there are few wind waves, making it suitable for boat anchorage. A customs house was established here in 1667 (Kanbun 7), and it was famous as the center of herring fishing. The area is designated as the Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Coast Quasi-National Park, and the Oshiro Stone Circle on the southeastern plateau of Oshiro-cho is a designated historic site. [Okamoto Jiro]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

北海道小樽市西部にある海岸。通常塩谷付近から蘭島海水浴場にいたる約8kmの間をいう。海食崖の発達する小半島の北西部の小湾忍路湾は幅200mで約900m湾入し，底質は砂泥で風波が少ないため舟泊に適し，1667年(寛文7)には運上屋が設けられ，ニシン漁業の中心地として著名であった。ニセコ積丹小樽海岸国定公園の指定地域があり，忍路町の南東台地上の忍路環状列石は史跡に指定されている。【岡本次郎】

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