IshikawaCulture & HistoryIshikawa
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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Ishikawa Prefectural Office 19th-Floor Observation Lobby
About 80 metres up, glazed on all four sides; on clear days Hakusan and the Tateyama range show.
IshikawaExperiencesIshikawa
Kanazawa Castle Park
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 rebuilt.
Ishikawa
Early Opening of Kenrokuen and Kanazawa Castle Park
Both open early all year round. Admission to Kenrokuen is free at that hour.
IshikawaCraft ExperiencesIshikawa
Ishikawa Kanazawa Port Ono Karakuri Museum
Tells the work of the late-Edo engineer Benkichi Ono, with mechanisms you can handle.
Ishikawa
Roadside Station Takamatsu
A roadside station on the Noto Satoyama Kaido, looking out over the sunset on the Sea of Japan.
Ishikawa
Mori-no-Himitsukichi Indoor Woodland Play Center
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
Housed in a red-brick building that was an army arsenal; the building is an important cultural property.
Ishikawa
Ishikawa Nishida Kitaro Museum of Philosophy
A museum on the thought and life of the philosopher Kitaro Nishida.
IshikawaExperiencesHakusan
Mount Hakusan
One of Japan's three sacred mountains with Fuji and Tateyama. Rich in alpine plants, it is also called the mountain of flowers.
Hakusan
Sky Shishiku
Uplands at 650 metres. A signature site of the Hakusan Tedorigawa UNESCO Global Geopark, looking over the Tedori alluvial fan.
IshikawaExperiencesHakusan
Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road
A motor road linking Hakusan with Shirakawa-go, passing through the special protection zone of Hakusan National Park.
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.
IshikawaNature & SceneryHakusan
Wataga Falls
A 32-metre waterfall in the Tedori gorge. About 130 steps lead down to it.
Hakusan
Minamiryuga Horse Riding Ground Campsite
The only place to pitch a tent on Hakusan, about three hours up the mountain path from Bettodeai.
IshikawaExperiencesHakusan
Train Park Hakusan
Next to the Hakusan rolling stock depot of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, where trains under inspection can be seen.
Hakusan
Hakusan Ichirino Illumination
A ski area at the entrance to the Kaga Zenjodo pilgrim route, lit for four hours from sunset.
IshikawaExperiencesHakusan
Matsuto Seaside Park
A seaside park 1.5 kilometres north to south, with a barbecue ground and an indoor pool.
IshikawaNature & SceneryHakusan
Ubaga Falls
Named because the water running down the rock face looks like wild white hair. Partway along the White Road.
IshikawaNature & SceneryHakusan
Ishikawa Prefecture Fureai Insect Museum
The first full insect museum on the Sea of Japan coast, with a greenhouse where butterflies fly all year.
IshikawaExperiencesHakusan
Ko-Maiko Coast
A shore chosen among Japan's hundred finest, and the swimming beach closest to a station in Ishikawa.
Hakusan
Kintsurugi Shrine
Said to date from 95 BC. Once called Tsurugimiya, it is held to be the origin of the place name Tsurugi.
IshikawaNature & SceneryHakusan
Shiramine Onsen Sotoyu
At the centre of a preservation district of traditional buildings. Its sodium bicarbonate water is called the silk-skin bath.
Hakusan
Fukube Falls
A drop of 86 metres, the largest waterfall along the White Road; its spray can reach the road.