The place name 'Tomo no ura' (literally, the inlet of an archer's bracer) refers to a time-honored harbor, port and sea area (bay), which is located in the south end of the Numakuma Peninsula in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, having flourished from ancient times.
鞆の浦（とものうら）は、広島県福山市の沼隈半島の南端にある古代より栄えた港・港町および海域（湾）である。