Noto Peninsula

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Landsat image with high-resolution data from Space Shuttle.

Noto Peninsula (能登半島, Noto-hantō) is a peninsula that projects north into the Sea of Japan from the coast of Ishikawa prefecture in central Honshū, the main island of Japan.

Location

1 Area and Spots
- 1.1 Three Regions
- 1.2 Famous Spots
2 In Film
3 Traffic
4 Products
5 Events

[edit] Area and Spots

[edit] Three Regions

Area of Noto Peninsula is divided to 3 regions.

Kuchi-Noto (Entrance of Noto): South part of the area. Hakui City, Kahoku City, Hōdatsu-shimizu Town, Shika Town
Naka-Noto (Middle of Noto): Middle part of the area. Nanao City, Naka-Noto Town
Oku-Noto (Depths of Noto): North part of the area. Wajima City, Suzu City, Noto Town, Anamizu Town

[edit] Famous Spots

Wakura Onsen: locates on Nanao City. Very good health resort. This town is terminal of JR Nanao Line.
Keta Great Shrine: locates on Hakui City. Well known as the god of finding lover and marriage.
Wajima Morning Market: held on center of Wajima City. Shoppers can buy various and fresh fish and vegetables cheaply.
Soji Temple: locates on Wajima City. Great head temple of Soto Zen Buddhism. Here is the older cathedrals, and the newer one locates on Kanagawa Prefecture, now.
Mitsuke Jima: which means "found island". Locates on Suzu City. The name comes from the legend where Saint Kukai found his magic stick here.
Unoke: locates on Kahoku City. First office computer in Japan was manufactured by Unoke Electronics(now PFU) established in this town.
Anamizu: known as one of the place where Percival Lowell made a stay during his visit to Japan. Memorial hall for him stands on small hill near Anamizu bay.

[edit] In Film

The Noto Peninsula features prominently in the Japanese film noir "Zero Focus" (Zero no Shoten, 1961), directed by Yoshitara Nomura. The film features breathtaking footage of the peninsula's coast, along with an interesting dissection of the area's social distinctions.

[edit] Traffic

JR Nanao Line comes from Kanazawa to Wakura Onsen Station via Unoke, Hakui, Nanao.
Noto Railway: Small local railway from Wakura to Anamizu.
Noto Airport: locates between Anamizu and Wajima. Air line to Tokyo International Airport.
Noto Tollway: comes from Kanazawa to Anamizu Town.
No-etu Expressway: (partly opened) comes from Oyabe (Toyama) to Wajima via Nanao and Noto Airport.
Suzu Road: Free elongation of Noto tollway. From Anamizu to Suzu.
Route 249: National Road go around the Noto Peninsula.

[edit] Products

Wajima-nuri: Famous and very gorgeous Japanese lacquerware, producted around the Wajima City.
Ishiri: Special fish sauce, used for local dishes.
Kan-buri: Japanese amberjack on winter. Yellowtails are called different name as they grow. In Noto, they called "Kozokura" -> "Fukuragi" -> "Ganto" -> "Buri".
Potato cakes: Many confectioner of this cake spread in Oku-Noto.