May 2024 issue Noto Peninsula and Yokohama

Shooted on December 4, 2022, Omotoyama Sojiin and Daisodo in Monzen-cho, Wajima City

　The Noto Peninsula from Yokohama is far away, but it has a deep connection. For example, Sojijiji Temple of the Soto sect in Tsurumi Ward originated in Monzenmachi, Wajima City. In addition, many of the roots of the people who run and support public baths in Yokohama City were located on the Noto Peninsula. At shrines in Kashima-gun, Hakui-gun, and Nanao-shi in Ishikawa Prefecture, the letters "Yokohama" are engraved on torii, komainu, and lanterns. The successful public bath manager in Yokohama actively donated money as a return to his hometown, and there was a flow in which people who saw it moved to Yokohama more. The public health of Yokohama citizens was supported by people from Noto Peninsula.
　Since the opening of the port in 1859 (Ansei 6), the land of Yokohama has built a community by accepting immigrants from various regions, both in Japan and overseas. Through migrants to cities, like the Noto Peninsula, Yokohama is connected to various regions.
　Here, we introduce the connection between Noto Peninsula and Yokohama, along with photographs of the city of Yokohama and the Noto Peninsula, focusing on the contents of the special exhibition "Sento and Yokohama" held at the Yokohama Museum of History in Yokohama Archives of History in 2018.

A panoramic view of Nakanoyu, Nishi Ward Fujidana, Yokohama Archives of History, taken by the parent of Hirose on September 28, 1958

　Nakanoyu, which is adjacent to the prefectural Fujidana housing complex and the park, was a place for residents to relax. Although the number of public baths in Yokohama dropped sharply due to the war in World War II, the number of public baths in Yokohama increased due to high economic growth, and in the 1940s and 1940s, it stabilized at around 340s. This photo was taken during such a heyday after the war. Hiroshi Hirose, the photographer, from Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture, is a resident of the housing complex prefectural Fujidana, who regularly interacted with people from Nakanoyu.

August 6, 2021, "Asahiyu," Tsurumi-ku barley run by Ejiri Fukumatsu

　People from Noto Peninsula have expanded their business to other industries based on public baths. Fukumatsu also sold bath salts and also managed the transportation industry. After the war, Fukumatsu became a leading figure in the industry, including serving as the first president of the Kanagawa Prefectural Public Bath Environmental Sanitation Association. Many young people came from their hometown to admire Fukumatsu, but the trend has ceased with the end of high economic growth. Due to the mechanization of equipment, public baths were mainly family management.

Ishidorii of Hisashi Hiko Shrine Photo taken on November 15, 2017

　Kutehiko Shrine is located in Kue, Nakanoto-cho, Kashima-gun, Ishikawa Prefecture. Ishidorii was established in September 1922 (Daisho 11) by the Tokyo Yokohama Rakushinkai, organized by people from Hisae. Tomio Tomiyama (Fujimi-cho, Naka-ku, `` Koshinoyu ''), who served as chairman of the Kanagawa Bath Association and the Yokohama Bathhouse Association in the early Showa War as a public bath manager in Yokohama, and Kuyoshi Kado (Naka-ku Makita-cho "Eikuyu"), Utaro Nakamura (Isesagi-cho, Naka-ku) and Utaro Ishida (Nishibe-cho, Naka-ku) (Nishizawa, Naka-ku) can be confirmed).

Name of donor engraved on pillar September 11, 2019

　The Ishidorii of Notohime Shrine is engraved with "Keitaro Nagase, 1-51, Fukutomi-cho, Yokohama-shi". In the public bath industry in Yokohama, there was a network of people from Noto Peninsula. For example, in the same Fukudomimachi, there is "Fukutomiyu" owned by Goro Tamata (currently from Sone, Nakanoto-cho, Kashima-gun), who served as chairman of the Federation of Yokohama Bathing Association, and its management is Tomio Tomiyama's niece Hikoharu Matsuda (born Hisae), the husband of his niece. Keitaro also supported the activities of Hikoji, a distant relative.