Nature & geography・Shimonoseki & Kanmon
YojibegaseYojibegase
Also known as: 与次兵衛ヶ瀬・Yojibegase Reef
A submerged reef that once lay in the Oseto channel of the Kanmon Strait. It surfaced at low tide, was feared as a deadly shoal, and is said to have caught a ship carrying Toyotomi Hideyoshi in July 1592. The ship’s captain, Akashi Yojibei, took responsibility and killed himself, and a memorial raised afterward gave the reef its name. It lay beside Ganryujima and was blown up with explosives between 1912 and 1917 (Taisho 1 to 6).
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