Nanao ( 七尾市 , Nanao-shi ) is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture , Japan . As of 31 March 2022 , the city had an estimated population of 49,660 people in 21,809 households. The total area of the city was 318.32 square kilometres (122.90 sq mi). Nanao is the fifth largest city by population in Ishikawa, behind Kanazawa , Hakusan , Komatsu , and Kaga .
14-521: Nanao Nanao may refer to: Places [ edit ] Nanao, Ishikawa ( 七尾市 ) , Japan Nanao Line a rail line through Nanao, Ishikawa Nanao Station a station on the Nanao Line Nan'ao County ( 南澳县 ), Shantou, Guangdong Nan'ao Island ( 南澳岛 ), forming most of Nan'ao County Nan'ao Subdistrict ( 南澳街道 ), a subdistrict of Shenzhen, Guangdong Nan-ao, Yilan ( 南澳鄉 ),
28-561: A humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Nanao is 13.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2392 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.9 °C. Per Japanese census data,
42-650: A character in the Bleach series Nanao Hibiya, a character in Reign of the Seven Spellblades . Nanao Kisaragi, a character in the light novel series Tsurune . Other [ edit ] The Eizo Nanao Corporation , a manufacturer of high-quality computer displays Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nanao . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
56-488: A township in Yilan County, Taiwan People [ edit ] Haruhi Nanao (born 1973), Japanese voice actress Nanao (model) (born 1988), Japanese model Naru Nanao , a Ryukyuan artist Nanao Sakaki (1923–2008), Japanese poet Tavito Nanao (born 1979), Japanese singer-songwriter who debuted in 1998 Nanao Singh Thokchom (born 1991), Indian boxer Characters [ edit ] Nanao Ise ,
70-502: 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. According to Alexander Vovin , the name is derived from Ainu not 'cape' or noto 'big cape'. It
84-493: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nanao, Ishikawa Nanao occupies the southeastern coast of Noto Peninsula and is bordered by the Sea of Japan on the east and north, and Toyama Prefecture to the south. Parts of the city are within the borders of the Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park . The name "Nanao" (七尾) literally means "Seven Tails" and
98-434: Is said to be named for the seven mountain ridges (or "tails") surrounding Nanao that are visible when viewed from Joyama (七尾城山), site of the city's historical castle ruins. These ridges are called Kikuo (菊尾, "Chrysanthemum Tail" ), Kameo (亀尾, "Turtle Tail" ), Matsuo (松尾, "Pine Tail" ), Torano'o (虎尾, "Tiger Tail" ), Takeo (竹尾, "Bamboo Tail" ), Umeo (梅尾, "Plum Tail" ), and Tatsuo (龍尾, "Dragon Tail"). Nanao has
112-551: Is written with two ateji ( ad hoc kanji used for an unrelated word): 能 nō 'ability' and 登 tō/to 'ascend'. The area of the Noto Peninsula is divided into three regions. 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
126-552: The Edo period Tokugawa shogunate , with the exception of the Tsuruhama area, which was retained by the shogunate directly as tenryō territory. Following the Meiji restoration , the area was organised into Kashima District, Ishikawa . The town of Nanao was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It was raised to city status on July 20, 1939. On October 1, 2004, Nanao expanded by annexing
140-484: 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. 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
154-590: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nanao&oldid=1231591419 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Japanese-language surnames Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names Hidden categories: Articles using infobox templates with no data rows Articles containing Japanese-language text Articles containing Chinese-language text Short description
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#1732773216764168-670: The local economy. Nanao has 13 public elementary schools and four middle schools operated by the city government, and four public high school operated by the Ishikawa Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private high school. The prefecture also operates one special education school. [REDACTED] West Japan Railway Company - Nanao Line [REDACTED] Noto Railway - Nanao Line The manga series Kimi wa Hōkago Insomnia and its live-action and anime adaptations take place in Nanao. Noto Peninsula The Noto Peninsula (能登半島, Noto-hantō )
182-539: The neighbouring municipalities of Nakajima , Notojima and Tatsuruhama (all from Kashima District). On March 25, 2007, the 2007 Noto earthquake caused some property damage in Nanao, but no fatalities. Nanao has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 18 members. Nanao is a regional commercial centre and a seaport on the Sea of Japan . Manufacturing, especially of bricks and cement, lumber processing, tourism, and agriculture are all major contributors of
196-624: The population of Nanao has declined over the past 40 years. The area around Nanao was part of ancient Noto Province and contained the Nara period provincial capital and provincial temple . During the Sengoku Period (1467–1568), Nanao Castle was a major stronghold of the Hatakeyama clan , and was contested by the Uesugi clan and Maeda clan . The area became part Kaga Domain under
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