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石川県 · Regional selections

Kanazawa Castle Park

金沢

The site of the Maeda family's castle and a national historic site. The Hishi turret, the Gojikken storehouse and the Hashizumemon turret have been re…

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Early Opening of Kenrokuen and Kanazawa Castle Park

金沢

Both open early all year round. Admission to Kenrokuen is free at that hour.

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石川県立美術館

金沢

Holds Ninsei Nonomura's national-treasure pheasant censer, old Kutani ware and pieces handed down in the Maeda house.

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Ishikawa Kanazawa Port Ono Karakuri Museum

金沢

Tells the work of the late-Edo engineer Benkichi Ono, with mechanisms you can handle.

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Roadside Station Takamatsu

金沢

A roadside station on the Noto Satoyama Kaido, looking out over the sunset on the Sea of Japan.

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Mori-no-Himitsukichi Indoor Woodland Play Center

金沢

An indoor play centre opened in July 2024, with large play structures made of prefectural timber.

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Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of History

金沢

Housed in a red-brick building that was an army arsenal; the building is an important cultural property.

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Ishikawa Nishida Kitaro Museum of Philosophy

金沢

A museum on the thought and life of the philosopher Kitaro Nishida.

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白山比咩神社

白山

Head shrine of some 3,000 Hakusan shrines nationwide, taking Mount Haku itself as its sacred body.

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Mount Hakusan

白山

One of Japan's three sacred mountains with Fuji and Tateyama. Rich in alpine plants, it is also called the mountain of flowers.

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Hakusan Dinosaur Park Shiramine

白山

Stands where geology began in Japan, with a Diplodocus skeleton over 20 metres long.

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Sky Shishiku

白山

Uplands at 650 metres. A signature site of the Hakusan Tedorigawa UNESCO Global Geopark, looking over the Tedori alluvial fan.

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Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road

白山

A motor road linking Hakusan with Shirakawa-go, passing through the special protection zone of Hakusan National Park.

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Tedori Gorge

白山

A gorge cut by the Tedori River. From the Komon bridge to the Taizan bridge, eight kilometres of cliffs 20 to 30 metres high.

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Wataga Falls

白山

A 32-metre waterfall in the Tedori gorge. About 130 steps lead down to it.

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Minamiryuga Horse Riding Ground Campsite

白山

The only place to pitch a tent on Hakusan, about three hours up the mountain path from Bettodeai.

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Train Park Hakusan

白山

Next to the Hakusan rolling stock depot of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, where trains under inspection can be seen.

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Hakusan Ichirino Illumination

白山

A ski area at the entrance to the Kaga Zenjodo pilgrim route, lit for four hours from sunset.

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Matsuto Seaside Park

白山

A seaside park 1.5 kilometres north to south, with a barbecue ground and an indoor pool.

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Ubaga Falls

白山

Named because the water running down the rock face looks like wild white hair. Partway along the White Road.

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Ishikawa Prefecture Fureai Insect Museum

白山

The first full insect museum on the Sea of Japan coast, with a greenhouse where butterflies fly all year.

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Ko-Maiko Coast

白山

A shore chosen among Japan's hundred finest, and the swimming beach closest to a station in Ishikawa.

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Kintsurugi Shrine

白山

Said to date from 95 BC. Once called Tsurugimiya, it is held to be the origin of the place name Tsurugi.

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Shiramine Onsen Sotoyu

白山

At the centre of a preservation district of traditional buildings. Its sodium bicarbonate water is called the silk-skin bath.