() is a

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situated in Toyono District,

Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...

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. As of October 2016, the town has an estimated

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of 9,971 and a

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of 100 persons per km² (262/sq mi). The total area is 98.68 km² (38.1 sq mi). Nose is noted for the "Noma Keyaki", a 1,000-year-old Keyaki tree, 25 m tall (82 ft), 11.95 m (39.2 ft) trunk circumference.Osaka Toyono County
Noma Keyaki
(in Japanese
google translation

History

People lived in Nose area in the Jomon Period, (ca. 10,000 BCE – ca. 300 BCE). Nose's ancient name is ''Kusaka Village''. It is mentioned in the Nihon Shoki, completed in 720 CE. In 1837, there was an important peasant revolt in Nose, in the context of the

Tenpō was a after '' Bunsei'' and before '' Kōka.'' The period spanned from December 1830 through December 1844. The reigning emperor was . Introduction Change of era * December 10, 1830 () : In the 13th year of ''Bunsei'', the new era name of ' ...

famine (1833-1839), some months after

Ōshio Heihachirō was a Japanese philosopher, revolutionary, writer, and Yoriki of the in Osaka. Despite working for the government, he was openly against the Tokugawa regime. He is known for his role as leader in the rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate. ...

’s riot.

Geography

Nose is surrounded in all directions, including

Mount Miyama is a {{Convert, 790.5, m, ft, 0, abbr=on　mountain, located on the border of Nose, Osaka and Nantan, Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Ka ...

(791m) and

Mount Kenpi is one of the mountains in the Hokusetsu Mountains and is a part of Hokusetsu Natural Park, located in Nose, Ōsaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefe ...

(784m). Besides, many streams, Yamabe, Hitokuraohroji, Noma and Tajiri Rivers flow in the Inagawa River basin, and

Katsura River The is a continuation of two other rivers, the Hozu River, a small, speedy river which begins in the mountains near Kameoka and then slithers through the mountains separating Kameoka and Kyoto; and the Ōi River (大堰川 ''Ōi-gawa''), whi ...

also flow in the town.

Climate

Nose has a

Humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...

(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Nose is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Nose in 2020 is 9,079 people. Nose has been conducting censuses since 1920.

Transportation

Rails

No train stations locate at Nose. The nearest station is Yamashita Station,

Kawanishi, Hyōgo 270px, Lake Chimyo 270px, Aerial view of Kawanishi city center 270px, Tada-in is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 155,165 and a population density of 2900 persons per km². The total area of ...

Roads

* National highway ** National Route 173 ** National Route 477 *

Prefectural road in Japan are roads usually planned, numbered and maintained by the government of the respective prefecture (-to, -dō, -fu or -ken), independent of other prefectures – as opposed to national roads (kokudō), which in legal terms include ...

** Osaka Prefectural Route 4 ** Osaka Prefectural Route 54

References

External links

*
Nose official website

Nose Town Tourism & Local Products
Towns in Osaka Prefecture {{Osaka-geo-stub