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Daihonzan Sojiji Soin
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Founded in 1321 by Keizan Jokin. After the great fire of 1898 the head temple moved to Tsurumi in Yokohama, leaving this as the founding temple.
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Suzu Endenmura Roadside Station
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A museum that carries on the agehama method of salt making, handed down in Noto for over 500 years, while telling its history.
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Gojinjo-daiko (Nafunemachi)
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A folk performance of Nafune in Wajima. In 1577, it is said, villagers in masks beat drums and drove off Uesugi Kenshin's troops.
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Noto Chirihama Roadside Station
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Beside the Chirihama Nagisa Driveway. Its footbath is named after the daikon-shaped leg.
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Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum
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Holds close to 400 works, mainly sculptural glass by contemporary artists from around the world.
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Yase-no-Dangai Cliffs
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The cliff that was the setting of Seicho Matsumoto's Zero no Shoten, within the Noto Kongo coast.
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Densetsu-no-Mori Park (Moses Park)
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A park based on the legend that Moses is buried at the foot of Mount Hodatsu.
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JR Kanazawa Station (Tsuzumimon Gate and Motenashi Dome)
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A glass structure shaped like an umbrella held out to arriving visitors, with a gate modelled on a hand drum.
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金沢21世紀美術館
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A circular contemporary art museum, known for Leandro Erlich's Swimming Pool.
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ひがし茶屋街
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Lattice fronts and stone paving run together. A national preservation district of traditional buildings.
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Korinbo
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Kanazawa's leading entertainment quarter. The name comes from a Hieizan priest who settled here.
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近江町市場
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A market that has served the Maeda house of the Kaga domain since 1721. About 170 shops line its narrow lanes.
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主計町茶屋街
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One of Kanazawa's three geisha quarters. Narrow lanes and fine lattice run on; a preservation district of traditional buildings.
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Katamachi
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The quarter from the Saigawa great bridge to Korinbo, where the restaurants and bars gather.
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Kenroku-en
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One of Japan's three great gardens. A special national scenic site, known for its winter rope supports.
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Omi-cho Market
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Walk the market in the quiet of morning, before the queues of midday.
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尾山神社
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Honours Maeda Toshiie and his wife Matsu. Its gate, mixing Japanese, Chinese and Western forms, is an important cultural property.
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Ishikawa Prefectural Library
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Reopened on a new site in 2022. A circular reading space open to the fourth floor holds about 500 seats.
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Kikubo Falls
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About seven metres wide and fifteen high, the largest waterfall in Tsubata.
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Uchinada Beach
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The largest swimming beach on the nine kilometres of Uchinada shore. Jellyfish appear from mid August.
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Nagamachi Samurai District
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The residential quarter of the Kaga domain's middle-ranking samurai, with earthen walls and stone-paved lanes.
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Uchinada Dunes
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A transverse dune field running from Kanazawa through Uchinada to Kahoku, averaging about 20 metres in height.
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Nishi Chaya District
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One of Kanazawa's three geisha quarters, one of the pleasure districts licensed by the Kaga domain in 1820.
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Ishikawa Prefectural Office 19th-Floor Observation Lobby
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About 80 metres up, glazed on all four sides; on clear days Hakusan and the Tateyama range show.
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