is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

located in

Iwate Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture (behind Hokkaido) at , with a population of 1,165,886 (as of July 1, 2023). Iwate Prefecture borders Aomori Pre ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. , the village had an estimated

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of 4,201, and a

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of 52 persons per km² in 1660 households. The total area of the village is .

Geography

Noda is located in far northeastern Iwate Prefecture, bordered by the

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to the east. The western portion of the village is within the

Kitakami Mountains is a mountain range in northeastern Honshu, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.Kitakami Mou ...

. Parts of the coastline of Noda are within the borders of the

Sanriku Fukkō National Park is a national park extending along the Sanriku Coast of Japan from Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture through Iwate Prefecture to Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture. The national park was created on 24 May 2013 and covers a land area of . History On ...

Neighboring municipalities

Iwate Prefecture * Fudai * Iwaizumi * Kuji

Climate

Noda has a cold

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(

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''Cfb'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Noda is 8.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1273 mm with September as the wettest month and February as the driest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 21.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around -2.9 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Noda population statistics
/ref> the population of Noda peaked in around 1960 and has declined steadily over the past 60 years.

History

The area of present-day Noda was part of ancient Mutsu Province, dominated by the

Nambu clan The was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled most of northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region of Japan for over 700 years, from the Kamakura period through the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The Nanbu claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji of Kai Pr ...

from the

Muromachi period The , also known as the , is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate ( or ), which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi ...

, and part of Hachinohe Domain under the

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars ...

. During the early

Meiji period The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonizatio ...

, the village of Noda was created within Kita-Kunohe District on April 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. The area was swept by the

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created by the

1896 Sanriku earthquake The was one of the most destructive seismic events in Japanese history. The 8.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 19:32 (local time) on June 15, 1896, approximately off the coast of Iwate Prefecture, Honshu. It resulted in two tsunami waves whic ...

, which killed 261 villagers and destroyed 411 houses. Kita-Kunohe District and Minami-Kunohe Districts merged to form Kunohe District on April 1, 1897. The village again suffered from the effects the tsunami of the

1933 Sanriku earthquake The occurred on the Sanriku coast of the Tōhoku region of Honshū, Japan on March 2 with a moment magnitude of 8.4. The associated tsunami caused widespread devastation. Earthquake The epicenter was located offshore, east of the city of ...

, which killed seven people and destroyed 58 houses. The

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami On 11 March 2011, at 14:46:24 Japan Standard Time, JST (05:46:24 UTC), a 9.0–9.1 Submarine earthquake, undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region. It lasted approx ...

also created extensive damage.

Government

Noda has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a

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village council of eight members. Noda, together with the neighboring city of Kuji, contributes two seats to the Iwate Prefectural legislature. In terms of national politics, the village is part of Iwate 2nd district of the

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of the

Diet of Japan , transcription_name = ''Kokkai'' , legislature = 215th Session of the National Diet , coa_pic = Flag of Japan.svg , house_type = Bicameral , houses = , foundation=29 November 1890(), leader1_type ...

Economy

The local economy is based on

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and to a lesser extent on agriculture. The area was formerly noted for its salt production.

Education

Noda has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the village government. There is one public high school operated by the Iwate Prefectural Board of Education.

Transportation

Railway

* Sanriku Railway – Rias Line ** - Tofugaura-Kaigan -

Highway

References

External links

Official Website

Noda village tourist information centre
{{Authority control Villages in Iwate Prefecture Populated coastal places in Japan