Hiromura Embankment information

Hiromura Embankment
広村堤防
	Aerial view of the Hiromura Embankment
	Hiromura Embankment Hiromura Embankment (Japan)
Location	Hirogawa, Wakayama, Japan
Region	Kansai region
Coordinates	34°1′40″N 135°10′19″E / 34.02778°N 135.17194°E
History
Periods	Edo period
Site notes
	National Historic Site of Japan

The Hiromura Embankment (広村堤防, Hiromura teibō) is an Edo period seawall on the Kii Channel coast in what is now part of the town of Hirogawa, Wakayama, Japan.^[1] It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1938.^[2] It was built by Hamaguchi Goryō after the 1854 Ansei-Nankai earthquake and continued to protect the town against the tsunami of the 1946 Nankai earthquake.

^ 稲むらの火の館 [Inamura no Hi no Yakata] (in Japanese). Akita Prefecture. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
^ "広村堤防" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. August 20, 2021.

[1] 稲むらの火の館 [Inamura no Hi no Yakata] (in Japanese). Akita Prefecture. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

[2] "広村堤防" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. August 20, 2021.

History
広村堤防
Aerial view of the Hiromura Embankment
Hiromura Embankment Show map of Wakayama Prefecture Hiromura Embankment (Japan) Show map of Japan
Location	Hirogawa, Wakayama, Japan
Region	Kansai region
Coordinates	34°1′40″N 135°10′19″E / 34.02778°N 135.17194°E / 34.02778; 135.17194
Periods	Edo period
Site notes
National Historic Site of Japan