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
Used at bathhouses, pools, or similar facilities for changing clothes. Often implies a raised floor area where one steps up after bathing.
The fishermen hauled up their nets at the landing place.
This island has only a small landing place.
I changed into a yukata in the hot spring's changing room.
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.