史跡
お台場跡
所在地：道仏字小舟渡
文化、文政のころ、外国船が八戸沖にあらわれるようになり、八戸藩が浦固めのために小舟渡地区及び各所に築造したものです。
五重の塔跡
所在地：赤保内字寺下
延享2年津要法師によって建立されました。落成式には近隣寺院の僧侶や八戸藩の人々が集まり盛大に行われたと伝えられています。大正2年8月の暴風雨で倒壊し、現在は土台石のみが残されています。
This is the former site of a five-tiered pagoda that was built in 1745. The finial, the piece at the very top of a pagoda, is the only remnant of the structure, which was destroyed by a storm in 1913. It is preserved on the grounds of Tomyodo Temple. The pagoda itself was just over 11 meters tall, one of the smallest in Japan. Even so, it was said to be visible from the sea, some four kilometers away.
From here, the path continues upward to Tomyodo Temple.
灯明堂跡
所在地：赤保内字山館前
江戸時代、小舟渡岬付近で遭難する船が多く航海の安全を図るため、享保15年津要法師によって建立されました。当時この灯明堂の油料が藩より支給されていることが八戸藩資料から確認されており、当時から藩の重要施設として位置付けられていたと考えられます。
Tomyodo Temple was built in 1730 to pray for the recovery of the lord of Hachinohe, who was afflicted with smallpox, as well as to ensure safety at sea. The structure, whose name means “sacred lantern hall,” served as a lighthouse to guide ships as they passed through Hachinohe Bay and along the Kominato Coast. Considered a precursor of more conventional lighthouses, it was fueled using rapeseed oil, which was paid for by the rulers of Hachinohe.
Tomyodo sits at an elevation of about 250 meters, and its light is said to have been visible from the coast, some four kilometers away.
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