渡(わた)し場(ば)

わたしば
noun
ferry landing; ferry crossing point
transportationgeography
1. ferry landing; ferry crossing point
The place on a riverbank or shore where a ferry boat takes on and lets off passengers. Common in descriptions of pre-modern travel, before bridges were built.
渡(わた)し場(ば)で船(ふね)を待(ま)つ。
To wait for the boat at the ferry landing.
昔(むかし)、この川(かわ)には渡(わた)し場(ば)があった。
Long ago there was a ferry crossing on this river.
橋(はし)ができる前(まえ)は、村(むら)の人(ひと)たちは渡(わた)し場(ば)から舟(ふね)に乗(の)って対岸(たいがん)へ渡(わた)っていた。
Before the bridge was built, the villagers boarded boats at the ferry landing and crossed to the far bank.

From 渡(わた)す (to carry across) + 場(ば) (place). Many Japanese place names preserve old crossings, and the word appears frequently in historical fiction and local history.

Common collocations

  • 渡(わた)し場(ば)に着(つ)く: to reach the ferry landing
  • 渡(わた)し場(ば)の跡(あと): the site of a former ferry crossing
  • 渡(わた)し船(ぶね): a ferry boat

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Related Words

Compare: 船着(ふなつ)き場(ば) (boat landing, dock)
Compare: 港(みなと) (harbor, port)
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Added 2026.7.26 21:19 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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