Anamizu Town

A monument honors Pluto's prophet here.

Percival Lowell monument

Photo by Toby Howard (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Hasebe Nobutsura and Anamizu Castle

A warrior named in the Tale of the Heiketook command of Anamizu Castle.

Hasebe Nobutsura (長谷部信連), a warrior of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods, was appointed steward of the Ōya estate in Noto province in 1186 and entered Anamizu Castle as its lord. His descendants, the Chō clan, held it for the next 390 years. Hasebe Shrine (長谷部神社), which honors him, holds the annual Hasebe Festival — in 2025, the 63rd was held on July 19, with a samurai procession through town.

1186: appointed steward of the Ōya estate
Held by the Chō clan for 390 years
July 19, 2025: 63rd Hasebe Festival

02 ／ Boramachi Yagura

Towers once used to watch for mulletstill stand beside the highway.

At their peak, Anamizu counted more than 40 boramachi yagura (ボラ待ちやぐら) — towers where fishers watched all day for schools of grey mullet before pulling in their nets. The practice ended in the autumn of 1996. Towers can still be seen today at Negi Pocket Park and Nakai Fureai Park, both along National Route 249.

Peak: more than 40 towers
Autumn 1996: the practice ended
Still seen at 2 roadside parks

03 ／ Noto-Kashima Station

Cherry trees on both sides of the platformform a tunnel of blossoms each spring.

能登鹿島駅.jpg — Photo by Akimoto (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Noto-Kashima Station (能登鹿島駅), an unstaffed stop on the Noto Railway, is officially named Noto-Kashima but nicknamed "Noto Sakura Station." Each spring, about 100 cherry trees planted along both sides of the platform form a tunnel of blossoms. The usually quiet station fills with visitors during the flower season.

About 100 cherry trees
Nicknamed "Noto Sakura Station"
Unstaffed stop on the Noto Railway

Living here

Oysters grow in the calm waters of Anamizu Bay.

about 8,000 people
Rural district town

Plump oysters raised in the calm waters of Anamizu Bay (穴水湾) are a local specialty, celebrated each winter at an oyster festival. In Okinami, five kiriko lanterns are paraded to Ebisu Shrine every August for the Okinami Tairyo Festival, and Noto Wine, made from grapes grown in Asahigaoka, is produced in the town.

People living here: 7,890people
Area: 183.21km²
Households: 3,288households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 11 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —4 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Anamizu Town in Japan37.231°N 136.912°E

Territory of Anamizu Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

15.2km

輪島市, 能登町, 七尾市, 志賀町

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Anamizu Town isthis kind of town.

01Percival Lowell, the American astronomer who predicted the existence of Pluto, visited Anamizu and described its boramachi yagura in his book NOTO. His monument now stands beside Pluto (プルート), a community center by Anamizu Station.
02Hasebe Nobutsura, a warrior of the late Heian period, became steward of this area in 1186 and entered Anamizu Castle as its lord. Hasebe Shrine, which honors him, held its 63rd Hasebe Festival in July 2025, with a samurai procession.
03At their peak, more than 40 boramachi yagura stood in Anamizu; towers can still be seen today at two roadside parks. Noto-Kashima Station, an unstaffed stop on the Noto Railway, is known as "Noto Sakura Station" for the cherry trees lining its platform.

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Anamizu Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗