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Gojinjo-daiko (Nafunemachi)
A folk performance of Nafune in Wajima. In 1577, it is said, villagers in masks beat drums and drove off Uesugi Kenshin's troops.
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Noto Chirihama Roadside Station
Beside the Chirihama Nagisa Driveway. Its footbath is named after the daikon-shaped leg.
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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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Yase-no-Dangai Cliffs
The cliff that was the setting of Seicho Matsumoto's Zero no Shoten, within the Noto Kongo coast.
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Densetsu-no-Mori Park (Moses Park)
A park based on the legend that Moses is buried at the foot of Mount Hodatsu.
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JR Kanazawa Station (Tsuzumimon Gate and Motenashi Dome)
A glass structure shaped like an umbrella held out to arriving visitors, with a gate modelled on a hand drum.
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Kenroku-en
One of Japan's three great gardens. A special national scenic site, known for its winter rope supports.
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Omi-cho Market
Walk the market in the quiet of morning, before the queues of midday.
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Ishikawa Prefectural Library
Reopened on a new site in 2022. A circular reading space open to the fourth floor holds about 500 seats.
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Kikubo Falls
About seven metres wide and fifteen high, the largest waterfall in Tsubata.
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Uchinada Beach
The largest swimming beach on the nine kilometres of Uchinada shore. Jellyfish appear from mid August.
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Nagamachi Samurai District
The residential quarter of the Kaga domain's middle-ranking samurai, with earthen walls and stone-paved lanes.
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Uchinada Dunes
A transverse dune field running from Kanazawa through Uchinada to Kahoku, averaging about 20 metres in height.
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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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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.
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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.
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Early Opening of Kenrokuen and Kanazawa Castle Park
Both open early all year round. Admission to Kenrokuen is free at that hour.
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Ishikawa Kanazawa Port Ono Karakuri Museum
Tells the work of the late-Edo engineer Benkichi Ono, with mechanisms you can handle.
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Roadside Station Takamatsu
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
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.
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Ishikawa Nishida Kitaro Museum of Philosophy
A museum on the thought and life of the philosopher Kitaro Nishida.