The 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. The main industries of the peninsula are agriculture, fisheries, and tourism.
Peninsula on Honshū Island, Japan
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Noto Peninsula
Native name:
能登半島
Landsat image with high-resolution data from Space Shuttle
According to Alexander Vovin, the name is derived from Ainunot 'cape' or noto 'big cape'.[1]
It is written with two ateji (ad hoc kanji used for an unrelated word): 能nō 'ability' and 登tō/to 'ascend'.
Area and spots
Three regions
The area of the Noto Peninsula is divided into 3 regions.
Located in Nanao City, this onsen (or "hot springs") is a famous health resort. The JR Nanao Line also terminates here.
Keta Great Shrine
Located in Hakui City and well known as a shrine for finding a lover and for a good marriage.
Wajima Morning Market
This market is held in the center of Wajima City. Shoppers can buy a variety of fresh fish and vegetables cheaply.
Soji Temple
located in Monzen Town, is a head temple of Sōtō Zen Buddhism. Here there are also older cathedrals, as well as a newer one located in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Mitsuke Jima
Meaning "found island" it is located in Suzu City. The name comes from the legend in which Saint Kukai found his magic stick here.
Unoke
Located in Kahoku City, the first office computer in Japan was manufactured by Unoke Electronics (now PFU), which was established in this town.
Anamizu
Known as one of the places where Percival Lowell made a stay during his visit to Japan, a memorial hall dedicated to him stands on a small hill near Anamizu Bay.
In film
The Noto Peninsula features prominently in the Japanese film noir Zero Focus (Zero no Shoten, 1961), directed by Yoshitaro Nomura. The film features breathtaking footage of the peninsula's coast, along with an interesting dissection of the area's social distinctions. Noto Peninsula is also the setting of Hirokazu Koreeda's second film Maborosi (1995) and Shōhei Imamura's final film Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (Akai Hashi no Shita no Nurui Mizu, 2001). Suzu, the city located at the tip of the Noto Peninsula is the setting for the 2014 film Saihate Nite.
Transportation
JR Nanao Line comes from Kanazawa to Wakura Onsen Station via Unoke, Hakui, Nanao.
Comes from Oyabe (Toyama) to Wajima via Nanao and Noto Airport.
Suzu Road
A free elongation of the Noto Tollway, from Anamizu to Suzu.
Route 249
National road that stretches around the Noto Peninsula.
Products
Wajima-nuri
Famous for beautiful Japanese lacquerware produced around Wajima City.
Ishiri
A special fish sauce used for local dishes.
Kan-buri
A fish (Japanese amberjack) that is eaten in winter. Yellowtails are called by different names as they grow. In Noto, they are called "Kozokura" -> "Fukuragi" -> "Ganto" -> "Buri".
Sweet Potato Candy
There are many confectioners of this cake located in Deep Noto.
Sea Salt
Noto is the only region in Japan to still produce salt using the Agehama method of salt manufacture, where sea water is brought up in buckets from the ocean to salt fields.
Events
On March 25, 2007, the 2007 Noto earthquake shook the peninsula, causing one death and at least 170 injuries.
Heritage designation
The Noto Peninsula was designated as a part of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) in 2011.[2]
References
Vovin, Alexander (2020). A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (2nded.). Leiden, Boston: Brill. p.63. ISBN978-90-04-42211-7.
"World Agricultural Heritages"(PDF). MAFF(Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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