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石川県 · Shrines & temples

Shirayamahime Jinja

白山市加賀

Hakusan stands with Fuji and Tateyama as one of the three sacred mountains of Japan. What this shrine venerates is water. Snow that falls on Hakusan b…

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Keta Taisha

羽咋市能登

The Irazu-no-Mori in its grounds is a Natural Monument, and the public is still forbidden to enter.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Sojiji Soin

輪島市能登

An old Soto Zen temple. It was once the head temple; after a fire the head moved to Yokohama, and this site remained as the founding temple.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Oyama Jinja

金沢市金沢

It enshrines Maeda Toshiie. The gate, set with stained glass, is an unusual design mixing Japanese, Chinese and Western elements.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Natadera

小松市加賀

Halls stand among strange rock formations. Here Basho wrote in the Narrow Road that the autumn wind was whiter than the stones of Ishiyama.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Ataka Sumiyoshi Jinja

小松市加賀

It stands on the site of the Ataka barrier, known as the setting of the Kanjincho tale of Yoshitsune and Benkei, and draws prayers for getting through…

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Shirayama Okumiya

白山市加賀

At the 2,702-metre summit of Hakusan, one of the three sacred mountains of Japan.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Omote Sando

白山市加賀

A stone stairway through cedars. The sound of the Tedori river never stops.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Sugawara Jinja

金沢市金沢

The shrine the geisha of the teahouse district worshipped at.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Myoryuji

金沢市金沢

Pitfalls, hidden staircases, escape routes. The devices the Kaga domain built in against emergency are still there.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Oyama Shinmon

金沢市金沢

A three-storey gate mixing Japanese, Chinese and Western styles. The stained glass at the top is said to have served as a lighthouse.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Utatsuyama

金沢市金沢

A hill looking down on Kanazawa. Utasu Jinja enshrines the ancestral spirits of the Kaga domain.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Kigan Yusenkyo

小松市加賀

The caves are said to represent paradise and hell. Passing through the rock is a rebirth.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Juzo Jinja

輪島市能登

The shrine behind a morning market said to have run for over a thousand years.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Sojiji Soin Garan

輪島市能登

Damaged in the Noto Peninsula earthquake; restoration continues.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Irazu no Mori

羽咋市能登

A Natural Monument. The public is still forbidden to enter.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Ataka no Seki

小松市加賀

The setting of the Kanjincho tale, and the source of a belief in getting through hard tests.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Iouji

加賀市加賀

The guardian temple of Yamanaka Onsen, where Basho stayed a long while.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Kanazawa Jinja

金沢市金沢

Next to Kenrokuen. The spring called Kinjo Reizawa is said to be the origin of the name Kanazawa, the golden marsh.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Utasu Jinja

金沢市金沢

Behind the Higashi Chaya district. It enshrined the ancestral spirits of the Kaga domain.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Ishiura Jinja

金沢市金沢

Held to be the oldest shrine in Kanazawa. A hundred and one vermilion torii stand in a row.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Myosenji (Anamizu)

穴水町能登

Its stone five-storey pagoda is an Important Cultural Property.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Suzu Jinja

珠洲市能登

At the tip of the Noto peninsula. It holds a flute said to have been dedicated by Yoshitsune.

石川県 · Shrines & temples

Gozengamine

白山市加賀

At 2,702 metres. Climbers come to watch the sun rise.