Shiogama

Shiogama City Hall
Shiogama-shi ; 塩竈市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Tōhoku
Prefecture :	Miyagi
Coordinates :	38 ° 19 ' N , 141 ° 1' E Coordinates: 38 ° 18 '52 " N , 141 ° 1' 19" E
Basic data
Surface:	17.86 km²
Residents :	52,619 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	2946 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	04203-0
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Shiogama cherry
Flower :	Camellia hiemalis
town hall
Address :	Shiogama City Hall ; 1 - 1 , Asahi-chō; Shiogama -shi ; Miyagi 985-8501
Website URL:	http://www.city.shiogama.miyagi.jp/
Location of Shiogamas in Miyagi Prefecture

Shiogama ( Japanese 塩竈市 or 塩釜市 , - shi ) is a city in Miyagi Prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan .

Shiogama port is one of the most important for tuna fishing .

etymology

Shiogama is written as 塩竈市 in official documents , but the spelling 塩釜市 is also permitted, whereby both are pronounced the same. The former means "salt furnace" and the latter "salt boiler" and refers to the fact that it was a place where sea salt was extracted. 塩竈市 shi is a suffix for independent cities. Before 1941, the older variant 鹽 was also used for the first character 塩 , which was later abolished in the 1946 script reform . For the second character, the illegal variant 竃 is sometimes used, which is written with 17 instead of 21 lines.

The name is connected with the Shiogama shrine ( 鹽竈神社 ) located in the community, which was first mentioned in 820 and later became ichi-no-miya , d. H. first / highest shrine that was appointed Mutsu Province .

A historical name of the place was Kōzu ( 国府津 ) and refers to the fact that it was the port ( tsu , in connections -zu ) of the provincial capital ( kokufu , short: kō ) of Mutsu, Tagajō , located a little further inland .

geography

Shiogama is located on the northeastern Sanriku coast on the Pacific Ocean , between the northern city of Sendai and the southern Matsushima Bay, which is known as one of the three most beautiful landscapes in Japan , with Matsushima .

Neighboring cities and communities

history

The city owes its boom to the port, which has been an important center of sea trade since the Meiji period (1868–1912) , although more recently the port has developed into a base for local and deep-sea fishing . Shiogama City Port is the largest fresh tuna discharge port in Japan and also serves as a discharge point for an abundance of other fresh seafood .

Shiogama is a popular tourist destination due to its location as one of the access roads to Matsushima Bay. The city is known for the highest density of sushi restaurants in Japan. It is also considered the nationwide leader in the production of steamed fish paste, kneaded fish cakes, and other processed fish products.

Earthquakes and tsunamis

Earthquake and tsunami disasters in Shiogama

Damage caused by the Chile tsunami in 1960 in Shiogama (Photo: May 1960)

Fishing boat washed up on a street in Shiogama by the Tōhoku tsunami on March 11, 2011 (Photo: April 6, 2011)

On March 11, 2011, the city was hit by the Tōhoku earthquake and the subsequent tsunami. The fire and disaster control authority reported 42 deaths. 672 residential buildings were completely destroyed and another 3,278 partially destroyed. Around a third of people and households and more than three quarters of offices and employees were affected by the damage caused by the flooding. The tsunami flooded around 37% (27 ha) of the agricultural area (37%) and caused extensive damage to the cultivated areas. The damage to the city's fishing industry, however, remained minor. The city suffered a little less from the tsunami than the neighboring communities ( Tagajō , Shichigahama and others) because nearby islands such as Katsurashima (桂島), Nonoshima (野々島), Sabusawajima (寒風沢島) and Houjima (朴島) of the Urato - Islands absorbed much of the tsunami force.

Attractions

traffic

Train:

JR - Senseki Line

Street:

National road 45

sons and daughters of the town

Kōichi Yamadera (* 1961), actor and voice actor
Nobunaga Shimazaki (* 1988), voice actor
Hitomi Takahashi (* 1989), singer

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 「竈」の字について . Shiogama, accessed February 11, 2015 (Japanese).
↑ 塩竈神社 . In: 日本大百科全書 (ニッポニカ) at kotobank.jp. Retrieved February 11, 2015 (Japanese).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e M. Takezawa, S. Kamao, A. Satoh, T. Satoh, Y. Suzuki, J. Shibata: Earthquake and tsunami recovery efforts in northeastern Japan . In: CA Brebbia (Ed.): Disaster management and human health risk III: reducing risk, improving outcomes (= WIT transactions on the built environment ). WIT Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1-84564-738-4 , ISSN 1746-4498 , chap. 3 , p. 37-47 ( witpress.com [PDF]).
↑ 東日本大震災図説集 . In: mainichi.jp. Mainichi Shimbun- sha, May 20, 2011, archived from the original on June 19, 2011 ; Retrieved June 19, 2011 (Japanese, overview of reported dead, missing and evacuated).
↑ 平成 23 年（2011 年）東北地方太平洋沖地震（東日本大震災）について（第 157 報） ( Memento of March 18, 2018 on WebCite ) ( PDF ( Memento of March 18, 2018 on WebCite )), 総務省消防庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), March 7, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Shiogama - collection of images, videos and audio files

10 万分 1 浸水範囲概況図 , 国土地理院 ( Kokudo Chiriin , Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, formerly: Geographical Survey Institute = GSI), www.gsi.go.jp: 地理院ホーム> 防災関連> 平成 23 年（2011年）東北地方太平洋沖地震に関する情報提供> 10 万分 1 浸水範囲概況図:

The GSI published here a map with Shiogama ( 浸水範囲概況図13 ) on which the 2011 flooded areas are drawn on the basis of reports of aerial photographs and satellite images from the Tōhoku tsunami, as far as was possible.

[Name-1] 「竈」の字について . Shiogama, accessed February 11, 2015 (Japanese).

[2] 塩竈神社 . In: 日本大百科全書 (ニッポニカ) at kotobank.jp. Retrieved February 11, 2015 (Japanese).

[TakezawaEtAlInBrebbia2013_DMHHRIII_Kap3_37-47-3] M. Takezawa, S. Kamao, A. Satoh, T. Satoh, Y. Suzuki, J. Shibata: Earthquake and tsunami recovery efforts in northeastern Japan . In: CA Brebbia (Ed.): Disaster management and human health risk III: reducing risk, improving outcomes (= WIT transactions on the built environment ). WIT Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1-84564-738-4 , ISSN 1746-4498 , chap. 3 , p. 37-47 ( witpress.com [PDF]).

[4] 東日本大震災図説集 . In: mainichi.jp. Mainichi Shimbun- sha, May 20, 2011, archived from the original on June 19, 2011 ; Retrieved June 19, 2011 (Japanese, overview of reported dead, missing and evacuated).

[FDMA_2018-03-07-5] 平成 23 年（2011 年）東北地方太平洋沖地震（東日本大震災）について（第 157 報） ( Memento of March 18, 2018 on WebCite ) ( PDF ( Memento of March 18, 2018 on WebCite )), 総務省消防庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), March 7, 2018.