Hakui City

Myojo-ji holds ten historic buildings.

Myojo-ji

Photo by shiro524 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Karatoyama Ritual Sumo

Held with no water, no salt, and no pause,this sumo honors a sumo-loving god.

Karatoyama Shinji Zumo (唐戸山神事相撲) is said to have begun in reverence of Iwatsukuwake no Mikoto (磐衝別命), the sumo-loving deity enshrined at Hakui Shrine (羽咋神社). Fought without water or salt, and without a single pause, it also launches careers: its winning ozeki is given the title "oyakata." Since 2025 the date has moved to the autumn equinox, and in 2026 it is scheduled for September 23.

Ishikawa Prefecture Intangible Folk Cultural Property (designated 2015)
Winning ozeki given the title "oyakata"
Since 2025, held on the autumn equinox

02 ／ The Seven Mounds of Hakui

A monstrous bird's feather,bitten off by dogs, named this town.

Behind Hakui Shrine lie the Seven Mounds of Hakui (羽咋七塚), including Ōtsuka (大塚), said to be the grave of the deity Iwatsukuwake no Mikoto. Legend says a bird with poisonous feathers once tormented the people here, until the god and his three dogs defeated it — and because the dogs bit off its feathers, the place was named "Hakui" (羽咋, "feather-biting"). In 1917 the Imperial Household Agency designated Ōtsuka as the tomb of Iwatsukuwake no Mikoto.

Legend: three dogs bit off a monstrous bird's feathers
Ōtsuka designated an imperial tomb in 1917
Ōtani-zuka and Mizuinu-zuka are among the Seven Mounds

03 ／ Cosmo Isle Hakui

Spacecraft that flew and returned to Earthnow stand inside a museum.

Cosmo Isle Hakui (コスモアイル羽咋), a public space science museum, displays real spacecraft and equipment described as having flown in space and returned to Earth. A placard beside its Vostok return capsule, from the former Soviet Union, states it "actually went to space." A full-scale Mercury capsule, made of the same material as the original, and an Apollo command module are also on view. The museum is closed on Tuesdays.

Displays real spacecraft that returned from space
Vostok return capsule said to have flown in space
Closed on Tuesdays

Living here

Ama divers harvest natural rock oysters at Shibagaki.

about 20,000 people

Mikohara rice (神子原米) became known after being presented to the Vatican in 2005. In summer, ama divers harvest natural rock oysters by hand at Shibagaki Fishing Port (柴垣漁港). The Chirihama Nagisa Driveway (千里浜なぎさドライブウェイ), where cars can drive along the beach, is often closed to traffic on days of high waves. Keta Taisha (気多大社), once the Ichinomiya (一宮) of old Noto Province, also stands in the city.

People living here: 20,407people
Area: 81.85km²
Households: 8,046households
Rent (average for rentals): 45,505yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 18 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —10 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 across 1 prefectures.

Hakui City in Japan36.894°N 136.779°E

Territory of Hakui City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

11.4km

Ishikawa Prefecture: 志賀町, 宝達志水町, 中能登町
Toyama Prefecture: 氷見市

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

Hakui City isthis kind of town.

01Hakui sits at the base of the Noto Peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan. At Myojo-ji (妙成寺), the head temple of the Nichiren sect, ten nationally designated buildings, including a five-story pagoda, stand within the grounds.
02Behind Hakui Shrine lie the Seven Mounds of Hakui, tied to a legend of how the town's name — "Hakui," or feather-biting — came to be. Karatoyama Shinji Zumo, held in honor of the shrine's deity, is fought with no water, no salt, and no pause.
03Cosmo Isle Hakui, a space science museum, displays real spacecraft that flew and returned to Earth. The city is also rich in both sea and mountain foods, from Chirihama's coast to the Mikohara hills.

See the town as it is now.

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

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