Nose, Osaka

Nose 能勢町
Town
Location of Nose in Osaka Prefecture
Nose Location in Japan
Coordinates: 34°58′N 135°25′E / 34.967°N 135.417°ECoordinates: 34°58′N 135°25′E / 34.967°N 135.417°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kansai Kinki
Prefecture	Osaka Prefecture
District	Toyono
Government
• Mayor	Kazuhiro Naka
Area
• Total	98.68 km^2 (38.10 sq mi)
Population (December 1, 2009)
• Total	11,839
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
City Hall Address	28 Shukuno, Nose-chō, Toyono-gun, Osaka-fu 563-0392
Website	www.town.nose.osaka.jp

Nose (能勢町 Nose-chō) (Japanese pronunciation: [nose]) is a town situated in Toyono District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of 11,839 and a density of 120 persons per km². The total area is 98.68 km².

"Noma Keyaki" in Nose

Nose is noted for the "Noma Keyaki", a 1,000-year-old Keyaki tree, 25 m tall, 11.95 m trunk circumference.^[1]

In 1837, there was an important peasant revolt in Nose, in the context of the Tenpō famine (1833-1839), some months after Ōshio Heihachirō’s riot.^[2]

References

1. Osaka Toyono County: Noma Keyaki (in Japanese; google translation)
2. J. Newmark, Yamadaya Daisuke’s 1837 Nose Movement, Early Modern Japan: An Interdisciplinary Journal v. 22 (2014), p. 8-28

External links

• Media related to Nose, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons
• Nose official website (Japanese)