is a town

Towns of Japan

A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...

 located in Hakui District

Hakui District, Ishikawa

is a district located in Ishikawa, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 39,888 and a density of 111.35 persons per km². The total area is 358.23 km².-Mergers:...

, Ishikawa

Ishikawa Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is Kanazawa.- History :Ishikawa was formed from the merger of Kaga Province and the smaller Noto Province.- Geography :Ishikawa is on the Sea of Japan coast...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is one hour from Kanazawa, Ishikawa

Kanazawa, Ishikawa

is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.-Geography, climate, and population:Kanazawa sits on the Sea of Japan, bordered by the Japan Alps, Hakusan National Park and Noto Peninsula National Park. The city sits between the Sai and Asano rivers. Its total area is 467.77 km².Kanazawa's...

 by Nanao Line.

Hōdatsushimizu was formed March 1, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Oshimizu

Oshimizu, Ishikawa

Oshimizu was a town located in Hakui District, Ishikawa, Japan.On March 1, 2005 Oshimizu was merged with the town of Shio, both from Hakui District, to form the town of Hōdatsushimizu and no longer exists as an independent municipality....

 and Shio

Shio, Ishikawa

Shio was a town located in Hakui District, Ishikawa, Japan.On March 1, 2005 Shio was merged with the town of Oshimizu, both from Hakui District, to form the town of Hōdatsushimizu and no longer exists as an independent municipality....

, both from Hakui District

Hakui District, Ishikawa

is a district located in Ishikawa, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 39,888 and a density of 111.35 persons per km². The total area is 358.23 km².-Mergers:...

. Hōdatsushimizu is named after Mount Hōdatsu, the highest mountain in the Noto Peninsula

Noto Peninsula

thumb|right|240px|Landsat image with high-resolution data from Space Shuttle.Noto Peninsula is a peninsula that projects north into the Sea of Japan from the coast of Ishikawa prefecture in central Honshū, the main island of Japan...

 and a compound of former names (Shio + Oshimizu).

As of August 2011 population data, the town has a registered population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of 14,741. The total area is 111.68 km².

Hōdatsushimizu is famous for Mount Hōdatsu, Hōdatsu-kuzu

Kudzu

Kudzu is a plant in the genus Pueraria in the pea family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It is a climbing, coiling, and trailing vine native to southern Japan and southeast China. Its name comes from the Japanese name for the plant, . It is a weed that climbs over trees or shrubs and grows so...

and Chirihama nagisa driveway, the only tourist highway on the sandy beach in Japan. Paleolith tools have been dug up in Hōdatsushimizu.

In Hōdatsushimizu, there are the Houdatsu and the Shio libraries.

External links

• Hōdatsushimizu official website