Noto Peninsula
The Noto Peninsula 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. Before the Meiji era, the peninsula belonged to Noto Province. The main industries of the peninsula are agriculture, fisheries, and tourism.
Name
According to Alexander Vovin, the name is derived from Ainu 'cape' or 'big cape'. It is written with two ateji : 能 nō 'ability' and 登 tō/to 'ascend'.Area and spots
Three regions
The area of the Noto Peninsula is divided into three regions.;Kuchi-Noto :South part of the area. Hakui City, Kahoku City, Hōdatsu-shimizu Town, Shika Town
;Naka-Noto :Middle part of the area. Nanao City, Wakura Onsen Resort, Naka-Noto Town, Tatsuruhama
;Oku-Noto :North part of the area. Wajima City, Suzu City, Noto Town, Anamizu Town, Noto Island
In film
The Noto Peninsula features prominently in the Japanese film noir Zero Focus, directed by Yoshitaro Nomura. The film features footage of the peninsula's coast, along with a dissection of the area's social distinctions. Noto Peninsula is also the setting of Hirokazu Koreeda's second film Maborosi and Shōhei Imamura's final film Warm Water Under a Red Bridge. 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.;Noto Railway: Small local railway from Wakura to Anamizu.
;Noto Airport: Located between Anamizu and Wajima. Air line to Tokyo International Airport.
;Noto Satoyama Kaido: Stretches from Kanazawa to Anamizu Town.
;No-etu Expressway : Comes from Oyabe 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.
Earthquakes
The 2007 Noto earthquake on March 25, 2007 shook the peninsula, causing one death and at least 170 injuries. Between May 2018 and June 2022 the northeastern tip of Noto experienced an earthquake swarm with over 20,000 earthquakes, including 10 with a magnitude over 4.A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck in May 2023. More than 200 died in the 2024 Noto earthquake on January 1, 2024.