Many individuals and organizations are working to pass down “Noto's
Satoyama and Satoumi”. Projects include creating jobs, working withfarm guest houses, developing Noto's products (agricultural, forestry andﬁshing) as premium brands and collaborating between academia andgovernment to develop human resources.

Lifestyles in Harmony with Nature.

How to get to Noto
NotoSatoyama
AirportWajimaRailway

Anamizu

Railway (Shinkansen)
Expressway

Hakui

Noetsu Expressway
Himi Hokuriku
Shinkansen LineKomatsu

ToyamaKanazawa

Fukui

Hokuriku
Shinkansen
LineTsuruga
Hokuriku
Expressway

The Past Lives On, Conserved for the Future.
NotoPeninsula

Wakura Onsen
Nanao

Noto Satoyama
Kaido

Komatsu
AirportSuzu

Tokai-Hokuriku
Expressway

JoetsuNagaoka

Osaka

Kyoto

Okaya
JoetsuShinkansen
Line

Tokaido Shinkansen Line

NagoyaKan-Etsu
Expressway

TakasakiMatsumoto

Tomei Expressway

MaibaraNiigata

EchigoNagano Yuzawa
Joshin-Etsu
Expressway

Chuo Expressway
Meishin
Expressway

JoetsuShinkansen
LineTokyo

Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)

By Airplane

By Train■Tokyo (Haneda) → Noto Satoyama Airport

1 hr.

■From Outside Ishikawa

By Car
1 hr., 50 min.
2 hr., 10 min.

Kanazawa → Suzu

Osaka Sta. → Kanazawa Sta.

2 hr., 10 min.

■From Kanazawa

Kanazawa → Noto Satoyama Airport 1 hr., 30 min.
Kanazawa → Wakura Onsen

2 hr., 25 min.

Nagoya Sta. → Kanazawa Sta.

■From Kanazawa(via Noto Satoyama Kaido)
Kanazawa → Wajima

Tokyo Sta. → Kanazawa Sta.

1 hr., 10 min.

2 hr., 10 min.

Kanazawa Sta. → Wakura Onsen Sta.

1 hr.

Wakuraonsen Sta. → Noto Railway Anamizu Sta.

40 min.

Contact

Noto Regional GIAHS Executive Committee
Ishikawa Prefecture; Nanao City; Wajima City; Suzu City; Hakui City; Shika Town; Hodatsushimizu Town; Nakanoto Town;
Anamizu Town; Noto Town; Agricultural, forestry, ﬁsheries, commerce, manufacturing, and tourism organizations
Website: https://noto-giahs.jp/f-lang/english/index.html

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

Noto's Satoyama and Satoumi

Noto Satoyama Satoumi Portal

Secretariat (c/o Satoyama Promotion Oﬃce, Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries Department, Ishikawa Prefectural Government)
1-1 Kuratsuki, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8580 Japan
Tel: +81 (76) 225-1648 • Fax: +81 (76) 225-1618 E-mail: satoyama@pref.ishikawa.lg.jp

CONTENTSAbout Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, Notoʼs Satoyamaand Satoumi • Traditional Wisdom and Methods for Agriculture,Forestry, and Fisheries • Festivals and Traditional Techniques • Beautiful
Landscapes and Seascapes • Biodiversity and the Blessings of Naturein 2002 by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

This program aims to designate and conserve regional systems consisting of traditional

agriculture, forestry, and ﬁshing methods; traditional techniques; agricultural community

culture and scenery; biodiversity; and other component elements for future generations.

What are “Satoyama” and “Satoumi”?

“Satoyama” are areas that have developed through many years of human activities inagriculture and forestry. “Satoumi” refer to coastal areas that have deep ties withpeople′s lives and livelihoods.

G lobally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) program was established

Suzu
CityWajima
City

NotoTown

Anamizu Town
ShikaTown

Nanao City

Nakanoto Town

Hakui City
Ishikawa
Prefecture Hodatsushimizu

Notoʼs Satoyama and SatoumiTown

In June of 2011, “Noto's Satoyama and Satoumi” in the Noto Peninsula,
Ishikawa Prefecture, was oﬃcially designated as the Globally Important
Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) - the ﬁrst in Japan, along with“Sado's Satoyama in Harmony with Japanese Crested Ibis
(Sado City, Niigata Prefecture)”. The area includes
the four cities and ﬁve towns shown in the map.

“Notoʼs Satoyama and Satoumi” encompasses eﬀorts by people to maintain traditional agricultural,forestry, and ﬁshing methods, as well as festivals, traditional techniques, beautiful landscapes andseascapes, and rich biodiversity.

T raditional Wisdom and Methods

for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
Traditional and sustainable agricultural, forestry methods and ﬁshing methods, such as Hazaboshi,
a method for sun-drying harvested rice, and occupations like Ama female free-diving ﬁshers, arestill handed down from generation to generation.

Many of these techniques have long taken advantage of the natural landscapes, from terraced ricepaddies on sloped ground to oyster farming in the placid waters of Nanao Bay.

Abare Festival (Kiriko Festival)
Rice Terracesin the Mikohara Area

Ama Female Free-Diving Fishers

Oyster Farm in Nanao Bay

F estivals and Traditional Techniques

Festivals held throughout the region have strong ties to the agricultural, forestry, and ﬁshing industries.
These include the Kiriko festivals (from summer through autumn), in which large lantern ﬂoats several

meters tall are paraded through the streets to pray for a bountiful catch and plentiful harvest, and theAenokoto ritual, held to express gratitude to the rice ﬁeld deities.

In addition, various traditional techniques are passed down from generation to generation, such as Agehama
Salt Farming, which is no longer practiced anywhere else in Japan, and traditional crafts, including Wajima
Lacquerware, which is one of Japanʼs most iconic styles of lacquerware.

Hazaboshi Sun-drying bundled rice stalks

Aenokoto RitualSeihaku Festival

Agehama Salt Farming

Amamehagi Ritual

Wajima Lacquerware

Noto Jofu FabricNotoʼs landscapes and seascapes feature rice terraces such as the Shiroyone Senmaida on thesteep slopes along the Sea of Japan coastline; houses with thatched or black-tiled roofs andwhite-plastered walls; Magaki bamboo fences that protect houses from the strong winds oﬀ theSea of Japan; and more, amid scenery evocative of traditional agricultural and ﬁshing villages in Japan.

B iodiversity

B eautiful Landscapes and Seascapes

Courtesy of the Ishikawa Insect Museum

Golden-Rayed Lilies
on Mt. Sekido

Diving Beetles (Dytiscus sharpi)

Hokuriku Salamander

Swans in Ouchi Lagoon

Noto is home to a diverse range of wild animals and plants, including rare species, and more than 300
species of migratory birds have been identiﬁed here.

In addition, the cultivation of Noto vegetables like Nakajima-na (a green leafy vegetable), and nativevarieties like Noto Dainagon azuki beans, are also actively promoted.

T he Blessings of Nature

Chirihama Beach

Shiroyone Senmaida Rice Terraces

Noto Dainagon Azuki Beans

White-Plastered Houses
with Black-Tiled Rooftops

Magaki Fences in Kamiozawa

Korogaki Dried Persimmons

Noto Kirishima Azaleas

Old Fukura Lighthouse

Noto Vegetables

Noto Torigai Cockle