Nakanoto

History

The area around Nakanoto was part of ancient Noto Province. During the Sengoku Period (1467–1568), the area was contested between the Hatakeyama clan, Uesugi clan and Maeda clan, with the area becoming part of Kaga Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Following the Meiji restoration, the area was organised into Kashima District, Ishikawa. The town was founded on March 1, 2005, from the merger of three towns in the district: Kashima, Rokusei, and Toriya.

Geography

Nakanoto occupies the base of Noto Peninsula and is bordered by Toyama Prefecture to the south. Natural features of Nakanoto include Mount Sekidou and Fudo waterfall. It is one and a half hours from Kanazawa by train. Nakanoto has a humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Nakanoto is 13.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2411 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.8 °C. *Ishikawa Prefecture **Hakui **Nanao **Shika *Toyama Prefecture **Himi

Most-observed species

• Black Kite

  Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  142
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  120
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  112
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

  Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 · Aves
  108
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  106
• White Wagtail

  Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  96
• Brown-eared Bulbul

  Hypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck, 1830) · Aves
  87
• Large-billed Crow

  Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 · Aves
  86