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Ishikawa

From cultural Kanazawa to coastal Noto

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Ishikawa Top 10

  1. Autumn Leaves at Natadera Temple
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    Autumn Leaves at Natadera Temple

    Culture
  2. Yukidaruma Snowman Festival: Kuwajima
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    Yukidaruma Snowman Festival: Kuwajima

    Culture
  3. Wajima Morning Market
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    Wajima Morning Market

    Shopping
  4. Higashi Chaya Geisha Area, Kanazawa
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    Higashi Chaya Geisha Area, Kanazawa

    Kanazawa
  5. Symmetrical Beauty at Kenrokuen
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    Symmetrical Beauty at Kenrokuen

    Kanazawa
  6. Gold Leaf Ice Cream at Hakuichi's
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    Gold Leaf Ice Cream at Hakuichi's

    Kanazawa
  7. Old-Time Farm Life: Shunran-no-Sato
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    Old-Time Farm Life: Shunran-no-Sato

    Activities
  8. Kanazawa's Garden of Eden
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    Kanazawa's Garden of Eden

    Kanazawa
  9. 21st Century Contemporary Art
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    21st Century Contemporary Art

    Kanazawa
  10. Satoyama Living in Wajima, Noto
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    Satoyama Living in Wajima, Noto

    Activities

Upcoming Ishikawa Events

Seihakusai Dekayama Matsuri
Culture

Seihakusai Dekayama Matsuri

Early May

The Seihakusai Dekayama Matsuri in Nanao, Ishikawa; not every day you get to help pull a 20-ton float down the narrow streets of..

Ohtokonushi-Jinja Shrine Free
Abare Matsuri
Culture

Abare Matsuri

Early Jul

Abare Matsuri, or Rampage Festival, is an annual event in the town of Noto, Ishikawa. One of Japan's most violent and fiery fe..

Yasaka Shrine (Ushitsu) 2 Free
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Where to eat in Ishikawa

Soshin, Kanazawa 7
Cafe

Soshin, Kanazawa

Peter Lin

Soshin is a Japanese-style cafe located in the historic Higashi Chaya area in Kanazawa. This charming cafe serves great coffee and..

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Places to stay in Ishikawa

HOTEL MYSTAYS Kanazawa
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HOTEL MYSTAYS Kanazawa

Charles Colfer

HOTEL MYSTAYS Kanazawa provides a perfect home-base of operations for any trip within Japan and if you choose to stay in Kanazawa..

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Two Days in Kanazawa 8
Culture

Two Days in Kanazawa

Grant Casey

For those interested in traveling to Kanazawa by train, bus, or plane, here is a two day itinerary with a guide to sightseeing spots..

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Nosaku Kanazawa 6
Shopping

Nosaku Kanazawa

Kim B

Nosaku, in Kanazawa, is renowned for their high quality lacquerware. The store has a long history of creating these lacquerware..

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About Ishikawa

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Chubu
Island Honshu
Capital Kanazawa
Population 1,169,788
Area 4,186.15 sq. km

The opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen route between Nagano and Kanazawa, Ishikawa’s capital, in March 2015 has skyrocketed Ishikawa Prefecture (石川県, Ishikawa-ken) up the list of popular Japanese tourist destinations; now, Kanazawa can be reached in just under two and a half hours from Tokyo by bullet train.

This means that the breathtaking Kenroku-en is more easily accessible, as is Myoryu-ji (also known as the Ninja Temple).

The view of the Senmaida (1000 Rice Fields) adjacent to the Sea of Japan is absolutely fabulous, while Ishikawa is also home to Mount Maru (one of the Three Holy Mountains of Japan), delicious seafood, and relaxing hot springs, as well as many ski slopes in the winter.

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