Suematsu Temple Ruins
is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Hakuho period Buddhist temples in Japan, Buddhist temple located in the Suematsu neighbourhood of what is now the city of Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a Historic Sites of Japan, National Historic Site in 1939, with the area under designation expanded in 1969. History Suematsu temple ruins a located in a paddy field near the delta of the Tedori River at an elevation of . The actual name of the temple is unknown, and it does not appear in historical records, so the temple is named "Suematsu Haiji" after the location. From the Edo period, farmers uncovered a very large foundation stone, called the "Karato stone" and many fragments of roof tiles and pottery in the area, so the presence of a ruined temple was known for a long time. A ''Karato'' stone is the stone which supports the core pillar at the centre of a Japanese pagoda, and from the size of the stone unearthed, ...
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Nonoichi, Ishikawa
is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 52,143 in 23,111 households, and a population density of 3,800 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Nonoichi is in central Ishikawa Prefecture, sandwiched between the geographically much larger cities of Kanazawa and Hakusan. The city is located on flatlands on the fertile floodplain of the Tedori River Neighbouring municipalities *Ishikawa Prefecture **Kanazawa ** Hakusan Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Nonoichi has grown rapidly over the past 50 years. Climate Nonoichi has a humid continental climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Nonoichi is 14.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2,542 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3. ...
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