Ishikawa
Noto-no-Kuni Ichinomiya Keta Taisha
The first shrine of Noto province. Said to be over 2,100 years old, it honours Onamuchi-no-mikoto.
Culture & History in Ishikawa10 entries
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Before tracing culture and history — how shrines and temples differ, and how to pay respects
Many of Japan's cultural properties are found at shrines or temples. The two belong to different religions, and their entrances and ways of worship differ. Start with the differences and the etiquette.INSTAGRAM / 6
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Wakura Onsen
Facing Nanao Bay, 1,200 years old — held to be the only sea hot spring in the Hokuriku region.
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Daihonzan Sojiji Soin
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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Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum
Holds close to 400 works, mainly sculptural glass by contemporary artists from around the world.
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Nishi Chaya District
One of Kanazawa's three geisha quarters, one of the pleasure districts licensed by the Kaga domain in 1820.
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Torigoe Ikko-ikki History Museum
The visitor centre for the Torigoe castle site, a national historic site, showing finds from the last stronghold of the Kaga Ikko uprising.
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Ataka Checkpoint
The setting of Kanjincho, one of the eighteen great kabuki plays. Bronzes of Benkei and Togashi were raised in 1940.
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Yamanaka Onsen Kiku-no-Yu
The communal bathhouse of a hot-spring town 1,300 years old. Basho wrote a verse here on the scent of its water.
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Awazu Onsen
Said to have been opened by the priest Taicho, the oldest hot spring in the Hokuriku region, with 1,300 years of history.