Hakusan
Sky Shishiku
Uplands at 650 metres. A signature site of the Hakusan Tedorigawa UNESCO Global Geopark, looking over the Tedori alluvial fan.
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IshikawaNature & SceneryHakusan
Tedori Gorge
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
A 32-metre waterfall in the Tedori gorge. About 130 steps lead down to it.
Hakusan
Hakusan Ichirino Illumination
A ski area at the entrance to the Kaga Zenjodo pilgrim route, lit for four hours from sunset.
IshikawaNature & SceneryHakusan
Ubaga Falls
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
The first full insect museum on the Sea of Japan coast, with a greenhouse where butterflies fly all year.
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Kintsurugi Shrine
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
At the centre of a preservation district of traditional buildings. Its sodium bicarbonate water is called the silk-skin bath.
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Fukube Falls
A drop of 86 metres, the largest waterfall along the White Road; its spray can reach the road.
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Minamiryuzan Lodge
A lodge partway up Hakusan. Water is plentiful, so it has flush toilets.
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Sky Shishiku Gondola Sunset Service
On the second Saturday from May to October, the Shishiku gondola runs into the evening.
Hakusan
White Road One-Way Free Campaign in Hakusan
Stay at a participating inn and one direction of the Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road toll is free.
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Hakusan Seymour Ski Resort
Fifty minutes by car from Kanazawa, with runs from beginner to advanced.
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Shibayama Lagoon
The symbol of Katayamazu Onsen. A cycle path of about seven kilometres circles it, and tundra swans winter here.
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Tatsunokuchi Onsen Soyu Satoyama-no-Yu
A day-use bathhouse opened in 2009, with a garden-style open-air bath and sodium chloride-sulphate water.
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Japan Air Self-Defense Force Komatsu Air Base
Opened in 1961. The only fighter unit on the Sea of Japan coast is based here.
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Kakusenkei Riverside Terrace
Riverside platforms set in the Kakusen gorge, for new green in spring and colour in autumn.
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Yamanaka Onsen
Said to have been found by the priest Gyoki. Basho stayed nine days here in 1689 on his Narrow Road journey.
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Miyanoshita Cosmos Hiroen
Some 100 million cosmos flowers over grounds more than four times the size of Tokyo Dome.
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JAM Fukui Katsuyama Mountain Resort Green Season
From late April to early November the ski area opens in its summer form.
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Kazura Bridge
A vine bridge over the Asuwa gorge: 44 metres long, 1.8 wide and 12 above the water.