Niigata
Mikuni Highway Shiozawa-juku Makino-dori
A street at Shiozawa in Minamiuonuma, recreating an Edo post town with the gangi arcades of snow country.
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NiigataCulture & HistoryNiigata
Ryugakubo Pond
A pond in Tsunan. Some 43,000 tonnes of water rise daily, so the whole pond is replaced each day.
Niigata
Setta, Miyauchi
The Settaya district of Nagaoka, where brewing storehouses stand together along walkable streets.
NiigataShrines & TemplesSado
Myosenji Temple
A temple in Sado that began in 1278 when a disciple of Nichiren made his house a temple. A five-storey pagoda stands here.
Niigata
Sakaguchi Memorial Museum
A memorial hall in Joetsu on the work of the applied microbiologist Kin'ichiro Sakaguchi, with brewing tools.
IshikawaContemporary ArtWajima
Shiroyone Senmaida Rice Terraces
The signature landscape of the Noto Satoyama Satoumi World Agricultural Heritage site: 1,004 paddies on a slope running to the sea. A national scenic site.
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.
IshikawaCulture & HistoryIshikawa
Wakura Onsen
Facing Nanao Bay, 1,200 years old — held to be the only sea hot spring in the Hokuriku region.
Ishikawa
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.
IshikawaCulture & HistoryIshikawa
Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum
Holds close to 400 works, mainly sculptural glass by contemporary artists from around the world.
IshikawaArchitectureKanazawa
Kazuemachi Chaya District
One of Kanazawa's three geisha quarters. Narrow lanes and fine lattice run on; a preservation district of traditional buildings.
IshikawaShrines & TemplesKanazawa
Oyama Shrine
Honours Maeda Toshiie and his wife Matsu. Its gate, mixing Japanese, Chinese and Western forms, is an important cultural property.
IshikawaCulture & HistoryIshikawa
Nishi Chaya District
One of Kanazawa's three geisha quarters, one of the pleasure districts licensed by the Kaga domain in 1820.
IshikawaShrines & TemplesHakusan
Shirayama Hime Shrine
Head shrine of some 3,000 Hakusan shrines nationwide, taking Mount Haku itself as its sacred body.
Hakusan
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.
IshikawaArchitectureKomatsu
Natadera Temple
Holds the national scenic site Kigan Yusenkyo, with a main hall, a three-storey pagoda, a goma hall and a belfry.
IshikawaCulture & HistoryIshikawa
Ataka Checkpoint
The setting of Kanjincho, one of the eighteen great kabuki plays. Bronzes of Benkei and Togashi were raised in 1940.
IshikawaCulture & HistoryIshikawa
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.
Ishikawa
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.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Saiko-ji Temple
The mortuary temple of Katsuie Shibata and his wife Oichi.
FukuiCulture & HistoryAwara - Sakai - Fukui
Shibata Shrine
Where Katsuie Shibata and Oichi met their end. Nobunaga granted Katsuie 490,000 koku, and he built his castle here.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Fukui Castle Ruins
The castle built by Hideyasu Yuki, second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Stone walls and moat remain.
FukuiMuseumsFukui
Ichijodani Asakura Family Site
The castle-town site of five generations of the Asakura, spanning about a century, some ten kilometres southeast of Fukui City.