Why is this written in katakana instead of hiragana?


Why in this image ノ is written in katakana and not in hiragana? [![enter image
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の in traditional proper nouns are commonly written in katakana.

  * [壇ノ浦](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dan-no-ura)
  * [三ノ宮駅](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sannomiya_Station_\(JR_West\))
  * [鬼ノ城](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki_castle)
  * [沖ノ鳥島](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinotorishima)

Practically, this can help people notice that this の is part of the proper
noun and not the ordinary particle.

Historically, hiragana were not much preferred in proper nouns and official
documents anyway. Meiji Constitution published in 1889 looked [like
this](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD%E6%86%B2%E6%B3%95#/media/File:Meiji_Kenpo02.jpg).
(See: [Orthography at the turn of the previous
century](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/14848/5010)) There were many
[katakana-only person names](http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/09/19/why-old-
japanese-women-have-names-in-katakana/) and place names in the old days. For
the same reason, I would hardly expect hiragana in nameplates of real temples.
Although this 火ノ寺 seems to be the name of a fictional temple, I can say this ノ
adds an old and authentic look to the name.




の in traditional proper nouns are commonly written in katakana.

  * [壇ノ浦](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dan-no-ura)
  * [三ノ宮駅](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sannomiya_Station_\(JR_West\))
  * [鬼ノ城](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki_castle)
  * [沖ノ鳥島](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinotorishima)

Practically, this can help people notice that this の is part of the proper
noun and not the ordinary particle.

Historically, hiragana were not much preferred in proper nouns and official
documents anyway. Meiji Constitution published in 1889 looked [like
this](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD%E6%86%B2%E6%B3%95#/media/File:Meiji_Kenpo02.jpg).
(See: [Orthography at the turn of the previous
century](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/14848/5010)) There were many
[katakana-only person names](http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/09/19/why-old-
japanese-women-have-names-in-katakana/) and place names in the old days. For
the same reason, I would hardly expect hiragana in nameplates of real temples.
Although this 火ノ寺 seems to be the name of a fictional temple, I can say this ノ
adds an old and authentic look to the name.

