Noto 能登町 | |
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_townoffice_200411.jpg) Noto Town Hall | |
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 Location of Noto in Ishikawa Prefecture | |
  Noto | |
| Coordinates:37°18′23.7″N137°8′59.9″E / 37.306583°N 137.149972°E /37.306583; 137.149972 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu Hokuriku |
| Prefecture | Ishikawa |
| District | Hōsu |
| Area | |
• Total | 273.27 km2 (105.51 sq mi) |
| Population (February 1, 2018) | |
• Total | 15,687 |
| • Density | 57.405/km2 (148.68/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| City symbols | |
| - Tree | Ilex integra |
| - Bird | Crested kingfisher |
| - Fish | Japanese amberjack |
| Phone number | 0768-62-1000 |
| Address | Noto-cho, Hōsu-gun, Ishikawa-ken 927-0492 |
| Website | Official website |
Noto (能登町,Noto-chō) is atown located inHōsu District (formerlyFugeshi District),Ishikawa Prefecture,Japan. As of 1 October 2020[update], the town had an estimatedpopulation of 15,687 in 7,689 households, and apopulation density of 65 persons per km2.[1][2] The total area of the town was 273.27 square kilometres (105.51 sq mi).
Noto occupies the northeastern coastline ofNoto Peninsula, facing theSea of Japan on the east and south. Noto has ahumid continental climate (KöppenCfa) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Noto is 12.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2282 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.1 °C.[3]
Much of the town is within the limits of theNoto Hantō Quasi-National Park.
Per Japanese census data,[4] the population of Noto has declined over the past 50 years.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1970 | 33,138 | — |
| 1980 | 31,277 | −5.6% |
| 1990 | 28,065 | −10.3% |
| 2000 | 23,673 | −15.6% |
| 2010 | 19,565 | −17.4% |
| 2020 | 15,687 | −19.8% |
The area around Noto was part of ancientNoto Province. During theSengoku Period (1467–1568), the area was contested between theHatakeyama clan,Uesugi clan andMaeda clan, with the area becoming part ofKaga Domain under theEdo periodTokugawa shogunate. Following theMeiji restoration, the area was organised intoFugeshi District, Ishikawa.
On March 1, 2005, the town ofNoto and the village ofYanagida, both formerly fromFugeshi District, merged with the town ofUchiura, formerly fromSuzu District, to form the new town of Noto. Also on this date, Fugeshi District merged with Suzu District to become the newly createdHōsu District. Thekanji of the name was changed from 能都 to 能登 after the merger, but the pronunciation remains the same.
The economy of Noto was traditionally heavily dependent oncommercial fishing and agriculture.
Noto has six public elementary schools and four public middle schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Ishikawa Prefectural Board of Education.
The high school isIshikawa Prefectural Noto High School [ja].
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Noto's mascot isNotorin (のっとりん), a fairy of the Satoyama-Satoumi sea. Her name comes from the Noto dialect meaning "momentous". Her body is made up of "no" hiragana letter. She is green (to represent Satoyama and Satoumi) and blue (to represent the sea). Her body contains a wave pattern as well. Her feet are coloured purple to symbolize blueberries. She wears arhododendron obtusum flower on her head. She is designed by Fujio Kuroda fromShizuoka Prefecture.[6]
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