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May 2024 Issue Noto Peninsula and Yokohama
Yokohama has the sea, port, greenery, history, region, people, and various attractions. We will deliver the color of this town as "Yokohama Aya Discovery". This time, I would like to talk about the connection between Noto (Ishikawa Prefecture) and Yokohama, which were severely damaged by the January earthquake.
Last Updated June 3, 2024
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Noto Peninsula and Yokohama
Ritsuto Yoshida, Senior Researcher, Museum of Yokohama Urban History
On the first day of 2024 (6), a magnitude 7.6 earthquake with the epicenter at the tip of Noto Peninsula occurred, and the Hokuriku region was hit by a major shaking with a seismic intensity of 7 recorded in Shika Town and Wajima City. . Many people still live in affected areas still have inconvenienced lives, such as tsunami, landslides and large-scale fires, and it takes time to restore roads and water supply.
Photographed on December 4, 2022, Osoji Temple Soin Temple, Monzen-cho, Wajima City
The Noto Peninsula is far from Yokohama, but it has a deep connection. For example, So the Soto sect in Tsurumi Ward originated in Mon Wajima City. In addition, there were many roots of people who run a public bath in Yokohama city and supported them were on the Noto Peninsula. Shrines in Kashima-gun, Haku-gun, and Nanao City in Ishikawa Prefecture have the letters "Yokohama" engraved on torii, komainu, and lanterns. Successful sento managers in Yokohama actively donated money as a return to their hometown, and the people who saw it moved to Yokohama. The public health of Yokohama citizens was supported by people from Noto Peninsula.
Since the opening of the port in 1859 (Ansei 6), Yokohama has built a community by accepting immigrants from various regions, both domestically and internationally. Yokohama is connected to various regions through migrants to cities, like Noto Peninsula.
Here, focusing on the contents of the exhibition "Sento and Yokohama" held at the Yokohama Museum of History in Yokohama Archives of History in 2018, we will introduce the connection between Noto Peninsula and Yokohama along with photos of various places in Yokohama and Noto Peninsula.
Employees of Nakanoyu, Fujidana, Nishi Ward September 28, 1958 Photographed by Yokohama Archives of History Motochika Hirose
Bathroom of Nakanoyu in housing complex Fujidana, Nishi Ward Prefecture. A photograph of a female employee before the start of business. With the light of the soft day, the smile is impressive. The owner of "Nakanoyu" is from the Noto Peninsula, and its employees came from Noto Peninsula. The work of female employees ranged from customer service to baby-care and cleaning. You can see karan (water tap) in front of the women, and paint pictures and advertisements on the back wall. You can see the state and facilities of the bathroom in the 1930s.
Panoramic view of Nakanoyu, Fujidana, Nishi Ward September 28, 1958 Photographed by Yokohama Archives of History Tsuchika Hirose
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 was drastically reduced due to the war damage of World War II, the number increased during the rapid economic growth, and stabilized at around 340 houses in the 1930s and 1940s. This photo was taken during the heyday of the war. Photographer Haruchika Hirose (born from Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture) is a resident of housing complex, Fujidana Prefecture, where he interacted with the people of Nakanoyu on a daily basis.
Photographed by Ejiri Fukumatsu Statue September 12, 2019
A bust in the precincts of Renjoji Temple in Nakajima, Nakajima-cho, Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture. It was erected on May 20, 1972 by "Nakajimacho Ejiri Fukumatsu Honoring Society". Born in Nakajima on January 1, 1899 (Meiji 32), Fukumatsu moved to Tokyo in 1913 (Daisho 2) and became independent as a manager in 1923 (Daisho 12). Later, he ran several public baths, centered on Asahiyu, a group of alma mater, community hall, and donated large amounts to shrines and temples.
Photographed on August 6, 2021, Tsurumi-ku raw wheat "Asahiyu" run by Ejiri Fukumatsu
People from the Noto Peninsula expanded their business to other industries based on public baths. Fukumatsu also sold bath salts and also managed the transportation business. After the war, Fukumatsu became a leading figure in the industry, including serving as the first president of the Kanagawa Prefectural Public Bath Environmental Hygiene Association. Many young people came from their hometowns in fond of Fukumatsu, but with the end of high economic growth, the flow stopped. Due to the mechanization of facilities, public baths were mainly managed by family management.
Photographs of Hito Maro Shrine and Mishima Shrine Photographed on November 14, 2017
Hisha and Mishima Shrine located in Se, Nakashima-cho, Ishikawa Prefecture. The company's stone pillars were erected on March 11, 1942 (Showa 17) by Otoyoshi Takenaka, who ran "Fuji Takeyu" in Tennoucho, Hodogaya-ku, and engraved with the letters "Yokohama" . Along with Takenaka's success, you can see his thoughts on his hometown. In addition, Ishidorii was donated in August 1987 by Seiichiro Maruyama, who ran "K" in Ginza, Tokyo. Unfortunately, both the stone pillars and Ishidorii were destroyed by the recent Noto Peninsula earthquake.
Photographed by Ishidorii of Hisashi Shrine on November 15, 2017
Ku Shrine is located in Hisae, Nakano-cho, Kashima-gun, Ishikawa Prefecture. Ishidorii was established in September 1922 (Daisho 11) by the Tokyo Yokohama Rakushinkai, a group of people from Hisae. Tomio Tomiyama (Koshi-no-Yu" Fujimi-cho, Naka-ku), who served as chairman of the Kanagawa Bathhouse Association and the Yokohama Bathhouse Association Federation in the first half of the Showa War, and Kuyoshi Kado (Naka-cho, Naka-ku), Utaro Nakamura ("Risseikan" in Isesaki-cho, Naka-ku), and Utaro Ishida (Name Hazawa-Yu, Nishitobe-cho, Naka-ku).
Ishidorii of Noto Hiji Shrine Photographed on September 11, 2019
Noto Hime Shrine is located in Notobeshimo, Naka-No-cho, Kashima-gun, Ishikawa Prefecture. Ishidorii was donated by Keitaro Nagase, a glassware wholesaler, in 1923. The industry magazine "Basyu Review" published in January 1935 (Showa 10), describes Keitaro as a "big wealthy asset." Keitaro is Tomio Tomiyama's brother-in-law and handles glassware used by public baths in Yokohama, such as mirrors, cups and glass appliances. People from Noto Peninsula also took root in industries related to public baths.
The name of the donor engraved on the pillar, September 11, 2019
On Ishidorii of Noto Hime Shrine, it is engraved with "Keitaro Nagase, 1-51, Fukutomi-cho, Yokohama-shi". In the public bath industry in Yokohama, a network of people from Noto Peninsula was spreading. For example, in Fukudomimachi, there is "Fukutomiyu" owned by Goro Tamata (now from Sone Nakanoto-cho, Kashima-gun), who served as chairman of the Yokohama Bathhouse Association Federation, and its management is Tomio Tomiyama. He was assigned to Hikoharu Matsuda (born in Ku the husband of his niece. Keitaro also supported the activities of Hikoji, a distant relative, Hikoji.
As you can see, you will be impressed by the depth of local love that thinks of Noto Peninsula, the hometown where the successful public bath manager in Yokohama was born and raised. Young people who came to Yokohama from Noto's mountain villages and fishing villages in Noto have left their homes as new managers after training at their relatives and comrades. In Yokohama, there were many public bath owners from Niigata and Toyama prefectures, and they built a network of local people like Noto. I think about the history of such urban immigrants and the connection between Noto and Yokohama, and I would like to support and support the reconstruction of Noto from Yokohama.
※For more information, please refer to "Museum of Yokohama Urban History Bulletin" No. 18 (March 2024) and "Sento and Yokohama" (Yokohama Hometown History Foundation, 2018) edited by the Yokohama Museum of History in Yokohama Archives of History.
Notice
Along with Museum of Yokohama Urban History, which is closed for renovation, will reopen on Saturday, July 20, 2024, a panel exhibition "Noto Peninsula and Yokohama-Interaction between People Connected Public Baths" will be held. The exhibition period is from Saturday, July 20, 2024 to Sunday, September 29. We look forward to your continued support.
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