Registration Date：2009.06.30
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It is a village of Kitamae shipowners who prospered in shipping from the Edo Period to the Meiji Period. The townscape, which still retains strong traces of those days, is characterized by the beautiful monotone of white plaster walls and black roof tiles unique to Noto. The narrow, intricate alleys further deepen the flavor of the streets.
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Kuroshima-machi is located in the Monzen-machi area of Wajima City in the northwest part of the Noto Peninsula. The settlement faces the Sea of Japan to the west, and is located on a gentle slope that rises from the coast to the foot of the mountain, forming a long north-to-south line along the road. It is said that Kuroshima was established in the first half of the 16th century, with fishing as its primary industry. In the first half of the 18th century, however, influential owners of ships on the Kitamae shipping route appeared, and the settlement grew with the development of the Japan Sea coastal routes and the shipping industry. The preservation district is the settlement of “Noto Tenryo”, which was under the direct control of the Edo Shogunate (the government of Japan at that time) and developed as a place where ship owners and sailors of the Kitamae ships lived, and includes the entirety of the settlement as well as the cemetery and other parts of it that existed at its commercial peak. The most prosperous area, which flourished in the late 19th century, is well preserved, and the traditional main building along with the gardens, earthen-walled storehouses, shrine and temple buildings, stone structures, and trees convey the historical landscape of the area.
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