[Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture] Japan’s first nautical chart “Riku Chukoku Kamaishi Port Map” and the development of Kamaishi (Part 2)

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[Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture] Japan’s first nautical chart “Rikuchu Kuni Kamaishi Port Map” and the development of Kamaishi (Part 1)

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Speaking of the creation of maps of Japan, Tadataka Ino carried out a national survey in 1987. So when was Japan's first nautical chart produced? When you think about it, you probably think of the port, the sea, and the background of the production, but I think of Dejima, an artificial island built as part of the national isolation policy during the Edo period, and the place where Perry visited on his black ship at the end of the Edo period. Uraga (present-day eastern part of Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture)" may have been the first nautical chart. It comes to mind. But it's actually different. Japan's first nautical chart is said to be ``Rikuchu no Kuni Kamaishi Port Map,'' which is the current location of Kamaishi Port in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture. Day...

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Fuji Steel Kamaishi Steel Works inaugurated

In 1950, after the end of the war, Nippon Steel was subject to the dissolution of zaibatsu (a total of 15 zaibatsu, including the four major zaibatsu such as Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, and Yasuda, were disbanded by GHQ's directive). After that, several successor companies were born, one of which was Fuji Steel Kamaishi Steel Works.

Fuji Steel's Kamaishi Steel Works is a blast furnace manufacturer that took over the steel division of Nippon Steel, and the production volume of crude steel (steel that has been refined in converters, electric furnaces, etc., and before being subjected to processing such as rolling and forging) is It has become Japan's second largest manufacturer of blast furnaces, along with Yawata Steel, the successor company to Nippon Steel.

Merged with Yawata Steel Corporation and established Nippon Steel Corporation.

After that, in 1970, Fuji Steel's Kamaishi Steel Works responded to larger equipment, eliminated redundant investments in the face of slowing demand, strengthened technological capabilities, and strengthened its international competitiveness amid capital liberalization and large-scale reorganization of the steel industry. For the purpose of strengthening the company, it merged with Yawata Steel Corporation and became Nippon Steel Corporation.

Nippon Steel Corporation overtook America's US Steel to become the world's top company in annual crude steel production, and became the first company in Japan with sales of 1 trillion yen.

From the city of iron and fish to the city of iron, fish, and rugby!

The Nippon Steel Kamaishi Seawaves, located in Kamaishi City, which is also famous for its rugby, has a long history, and its origins date back to 1959 as a business team at Fuji Steel's Kamaishi Steel Works.

In 1962, the company participated in the National Adult Competition for the first time, but had a tough time, losing to the Osaka Prefectural Police in the first round, but after merging with Yawata Steel Corporation in 1970, it began to grow significantly.

Name changed to "Nippon Steel Kamaishi Rugby Club" due to company merger

In 1970, along with the company name change to Nippon Steel, the team name was also "Nippon Steel Kamaishi Rugby Club . In the same year, they won their first championship at the National Adult Tournament, and from there, Kamaishi Rugby's meteoric rise began.

From 1978 to 1984, they achieved the feat of winning the National Adult Championship and the Japan Championship seven times in a row, and their strength earned "Ironmen of the North ," making them the team that created an era in Japanese rugby history. He has won 26 national titles (Japan Championships: 8 times, National Adult Championships: 9 times, National Athletic Meet: 9 times). They also won the YC&AC JAPAN SEVENS in sevens, making Kamaishi widely known as a rugby town

Participation in the tournament ceased after the 1992 National Adult Tournament, and after that, Nippon Steel's history as the Kamaishi Rugby Club ended in 2001 from the perspective of reviewing Nippon Steel's sports business management. Take it down.

However, in the same year, the team was reborn as a private club team with close ties to its home base of Kamaishi City, and the team was renamed ``Kamaishi Seawaves RFC .

Currently, the team's name from "Kamaishi Seawaves RFC" "Nippon Steel Kamaishi Seawaves" and the team continues to make strides. .

Because of the above, Kamaishi is known as a rugby town and is equipped with a full-fledged rugby stadium, which is rare in the Tohoku region.

Kamaishi Unosumai Fukko Stadium, completed in 2018

The Kamaishi Unosumai Reconstruction Stadium is located at the Kamaishi City Unosumai Elementary School and Kamaishi Higashi Junior High School, whose school buildings were completely destroyed and flooded by the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake caused by the Tohoku Pacific Coast Earthquake on March 11, 2011. It was completed on the site as one of the main measures to support reconstruction.

It is a stadium dedicated to ball games, located in Kamaishi Unosumai Sports Park in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, and was one of the venues for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, where the match between Fiji and Uruguay was held.

Information

• Name: Kamaishi Unosumai Recovery Stadium
• Address: 18th Chiwari 5-1, Unosumai-cho, Kamaishi, Iwate 026-0301
• URL: https://kamaishi-stadium.jp/

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Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, has prospered as an iron town since the Edo period, and was also an important area from the viewpoint of shipping and fishing.

It is a city as strong as steel, having stood up again and again despite suffering severe damage during World War II.

This strength has been demonstrated to a great extent in the sport of rugby.

Kamaishi City is highly expected to continue to develop further in the future. I recommend you to visit once.