Noto Province
Noto ( Japanese. 能 登 国 , Noto no kuni ) or Nōshū ( 能 州 ) was one of the historical provinces of Japan on the peninsula of the same name in the area of today's Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan. Noto bordered Etchu and Kaga .
The province was spun off from the Echizen province in 718 , merged with Etchū in 741 and finally independent again in 757.
The old provincial capital ( kokufu ) was in what is now Nanao , possibly in the Furuko-machi district, which means "old provincial capital", or in Fuchū-machi, which was a later name for a provincial capital. The provincial temple ( kokubun-ji ) was in the Kokubu-machi district.
For most of the Sengoku period , Noto was ruled by a branch line of the Maeda clan from Kaga.
Coordinates: 37 ° 9 ' N , 136 ° 51' E