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*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 泊 ''(Tomari / Tumai)''
Tomari was a district of the city of [[Naha]], the chief port of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], and a major port in its own right.
A one-kilometer-long, narrow earthen embankment called the [[Chokotei|Chôkôtei]] connected the tiny off-shore island of Ukishima, where most of the other districts of Naha were located, to the Okinawan "mainland," ending at the temple of [[Sogenji|Sôgenji]] in Tomari.
While the port of Naha was the chief site for receiving foreign ships, ships from [[Yaeyama]], [[Miyako]], [[Amami Islands|Amami]], and other outlying islands within the kingdom, including those bringing [[tribute]], made port at Tomari. The ''[[Tomari satonushi]]'', the chief administrator for the district, was also in charge of receiving and managing the tribute from Amami; the district also contained warehouses for storing the tribute goods.<ref>Uezato. pp62-63.</ref>
==References==
*Uezato Takashi. "The Formation of the Port City of Naha in Ryukyu and the World of Maritime Asia: From the Perspective of a Japanese Network." ''[[Acta Asiatica]]'' 95 (2008). pp57-77.
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Cities and Towns]]
Tomari was a district of the city of [[Naha]], the chief port of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], and a major port in its own right.
A one-kilometer-long, narrow earthen embankment called the [[Chokotei|Chôkôtei]] connected the tiny off-shore island of Ukishima, where most of the other districts of Naha were located, to the Okinawan "mainland," ending at the temple of [[Sogenji|Sôgenji]] in Tomari.
While the port of Naha was the chief site for receiving foreign ships, ships from [[Yaeyama]], [[Miyako]], [[Amami Islands|Amami]], and other outlying islands within the kingdom, including those bringing [[tribute]], made port at Tomari. The ''[[Tomari satonushi]]'', the chief administrator for the district, was also in charge of receiving and managing the tribute from Amami; the district also contained warehouses for storing the tribute goods.<ref>Uezato. pp62-63.</ref>
==References==
*Uezato Takashi. "The Formation of the Port City of Naha in Ryukyu and the World of Maritime Asia: From the Perspective of a Japanese Network." ''[[Acta Asiatica]]'' 95 (2008). pp57-77.
<references/>
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Cities and Towns]]