Title Kashima: A Sacred Island for Local Fishermen

  • Kochi
Topic(s):
$SETTINGS_DB.genreMap.get($item) Shrines/Temples/Churches National Parks/Quasi-National Parks
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2019
Associated Tourism Board:
Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park
Associated Address:
Saga, Hata-gun-kuroshio-cho , Kochi

鹿島:地元漁師の聖なる島


土佐清水の人々にとって森は古くから薪を採ったり建材を得たりする場所でした。しかし、清水湾の小島、鹿島の木はほとんど切られたことがありません。この島には漁師が豊漁を祈る神社があり、島は神聖な場所と考えられていたからです。鹿島の豊かな森は土佐清水が現代に呑み込まれる前と変わらぬ姿を見せています。


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鹿島の植生

ムサシアブミ (日本のコブラリリー;Arisaema ringens)

タブノキ (日本のペルセア;Machilus thunbergii)

ヤマモモ (日本のベイベリー;Morella rubra)

スダジイ (Castanopsis sieboldii)

アコウ (海イチジク;Ficus superba)

イヌマキ (イヌマキ;Podocarpus macrophyllus)


Kashima: A Sacred Island for Local Fishermen


The forest has long been a source of both firewood and building materials for the people of Tosashimizu. Nevertheless, very few trees have ever been cut down on the small island of Kashima, in Shimizu Bay. This was considered a sacred place, where fishermen would pray for an ample catch at the local Shinto shrine. Kashima’s lush forest stills appears much as it did before the modern world caught up with Tosashimizu.


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Plant life on Kashima.

Musashiabumi (Japanese cobra lily; Arisaema ringens)

Tabunoki (Japanese persea; Machilus thunbergii)

Yamamomo (Japanese bayberry; Morella rubra)

Sudajii (Castanopsis sieboldii)

Ako (Sea fig; Ficus superba)

Inumaki (Yew plum pine; Podocarpus macrophyllus)


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