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Ishikawa

From cultural Kanazawa to coastal Noto

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  1. Wajima Lacquerware - Perfection
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    Wajima Lacquerware - Perfection

    Culture
  2. Gold Leaf Ice Cream at Hakuichi's
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    Gold Leaf Ice Cream at Hakuichi's

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

    Activity
  4. Kanazawa’s Gold Leaf Production
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    Kanazawa’s Gold Leaf Production

    Kanazawa
  5. Wajima Morning Market
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    Wajima Morning Market

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

    Kanazawa
  7. Noto Peninsula Discovery
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    Noto Peninsula Discovery

    Beauty & Spa
  8. Omicho Market in Kanazawa
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    Omicho Market in Kanazawa

    Kanazawa
  9. Kaga City
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    Kaga City

    Photostory
  10. Kanazawa Castle View
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    Kanazawa Castle View

    Kanazawa

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Where to eat in Ishikawa

Soshin, Kanazawa 7
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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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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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