Shika, Ishikawa
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| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu Hokuriku |
| Prefecture | Ishikawa |
| District | Hakui |
| Government | |
| • -Mayor | Masaru Koizumi |
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| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
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| Phone number | 0767-32-1111 |
| Address | 1-1 Sueyoshi Senko, Shika-machi, Hakui-gun, Ishikawa-ken 925-0198 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | Official website |
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Geography
Shika occupies the southwestern coastline of Noto Peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan on the west. It is one and a half hours from Kanazawa by car. Shika has a humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Shika is 13.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2405 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.5 °C.[2]
Part of the town is within the limits of the Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park.
Neighbouring municipalities
Climate
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Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[5] the population of Shika has declined over the past 50 years.
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1970 | 31,323 | — |
| 1980 | 30,636 | −2.2% |
| 1990 | 28,782 | −6.1% |
| 2000 | 25,396 | −11.8% |
| 2010 | 22,216 | −12.5% |
| 2020 | 18,630 | −16.1% |
History
The area around Shika was part of ancient Noto Province. During the Sengoku Period (1467–1568), the area was contested between the Hatakeyama clan, Uesugi clan and Maeda clan, with the area becoming part of Kaga Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Following the Meiji restoration, the area was organised into Hakui District, Ishikawa, and the village of Shika was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Shika was raised to town status on February 1, 1936. On September 1, 2005, the former town of Togi was annexed by Shika.
On January 9, 2015, a resident reported a wooden boat to the local police, which was washed up on the shore. Due to Hangul characters on the boat it was suspected to be from North Korea. The police arrested one man on the boat, who claimed he had left North Korea unintended in mid-December 2014 when conducting an inspection of the boat.[6][7]
On January 1, 2024, the region experienced intense shaking due to the 2024 Noto earthquake. The town experienced the highest possible intensity on the Shindo scale - 7, and 23 people were killed. It was also among the first to receive a major tsunami warning since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake.
Economy
Once a centre for the garment manufacturing industry, the local economy is now dominated by the presence of the Shika Nuclear Power Plant operated by Hokuriku Electric Power Company. Commercial fishing and agriculture are also important to the local economy.
Education
Shika has two public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Ishikawa Prefectural Board of Education.
Transportation
Railway
- The town has no passenger railway service since the closure of the Hokuriku Railway's Noto Line on June 25, 1972.
Highway
Sister cities
- Template:Flagicon Karawang, West Java, Indonesia, friendship city since January 25, 1999
- Template:Flagicon Colwood, British Columbia, Canada, friendship city since May 11, 1999
Local attractions
- Fukura Lighthouse, built in 1867, the oldest wooden lighthouse in Japan
- Mount Takatsume
- Noto Kongo coastline
Notes
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- ^ Official home page
- ^ Shika climate data
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）. JMA. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）. JMA. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ Shika population statistics
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Police questioning man found on boat suspected to have arrived from North Korea". Mainichi. 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Man whose boat washed ashore in Ishikawa Pref. says he came from North Korea". Mainichi. 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
External links
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