Hakui

Hakui is a town located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. As of one February 2018, the metropolis had an predicted populace of 22,052 in 8566 households, and a population density of 270 people in step with km². The general vicinity of the metropolis was 81.85 square kilometres. The area around Hakui has been settled because the pre-Jomon period become part of historic Noto Province.

The ichinomiya of Noto province, Keta Taisha is positioned in Hakui, and shrine legend asserts that this is the region at which Okuninushi landed with 300 of his folders from Izumo to subdue the inhabitants of Noto Peninsula throughout the reign of the demi-legendary eighth Emperor Kogen or tenth Emperor Sujin. The call of "Hakui" is derived from the kanji ha, which means feathers, and which means to consume. This name comes from an historic legend which tells of Prince Iwatsuku the son of Emperor Kogen killing a huge chook which plagued the location. The Prince's puppies went to the beast's body and pulled away mouthfuls of feathers.