noun
landing place; boat landing
Refers to a place where a boat or ship comes ashore or where people disembark. Related to the verb 上がる (to go up/ashore).
See also: 上がる
漁師たちは上がり場で網を引き上げた。
The fishermen hauled up their nets at the landing place.
この島には小さな上がり場しかない。
This island has only a small landing place.
noun
Used at bathhouses, pools, or similar facilities for changing clothes. Often implies a raised floor area where one steps up after bathing.
温泉の上がり場で浴衣に着替えた。
I changed into a yukata in the hot spring's changing room.
プールの上がり場はいつも混んでいる。
The pool's changing room is always crowded.
Compound of 上がり (noun form of 上がる 'to go up, come ashore') + 場 (place). The meaning 'changing room' likely developed from the raised floor area in traditional bathhouses.