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Ishikawa Prefecture Tourism Information

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Kanazawa Castle Park Sannomaru Square | Kanazawa Castle Park Sannomaru Square, 1-1 Marunouchi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture 920-0937 | Ishikawa Prefecture Public Works Department Parks and Green Space Division
Kenrokuen | Kenrokuen Garden, 1 Kenrokucho, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture 920-0936 | Ishikawa Prefecture Public Works Department Parks and Green Space Division
Gyokusenin Maruteien Garden | Gyokuseninmaruteien, 3 Marunouchi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture 920-0937 | Ishikawa Prefecture Public Works Department Parks and Green Space Division
Hokuriku Shinkansen Kanazawa Station | Kanazawa Station, 1-1 Kinoshinbomachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture 920-0858 | Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting
Kiba Marsh and Hakusan | Kibagata, Sandanimachi, Komatsu-shi, Ishikawa 923-0844 | Komatsu City Office
Komatsu City Officel Komatsu City Hakusan | Komatsu City Office, 91 Komademachi, Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture 923-0904 | Komatsu City Office
Kiba Marsh | Sandanimachi, Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture 923-0844 | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Rokkosaki Lighthouse | Rokkosaki Lighthouse, I-51, Noroshimachi, Suzu, Ishikawa 927-1441 | Suzu Tourism Navi Net
Tarumi Waterfall | Tarumi Waterfall, Minamitokikuni, Machinomachi, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture 928-0204 | Suzu City Office
Chirihama | Noto Chirihama Rest House, T-4-1, Chirihama-cho, Hakui City, Ishikawa Prefecture 925-0054 | Hakui City Office
Mitsukejima | Mitsukejima Parking Lot, Ushimaha, Horyumachi, Suzu City, Ishikawa 927-1223 | Suzu City Office
Ataka Coast / Ataka-no-Seki Barrier | Ataka-no-Seki Barrier, Atakamachi, Komatsu, Ishikawa 923-0003 | Komatsu City Office
Sosogi Coast | Sosogi Coast, Sosogi, Machinomachi, Wajima-shi, Ishikawa 928-0206 | Wajima City Office
Shiroyonesenmaida | Shiroyone no Senmaida, Shiroyone-machi, Wajima-shi, Ishikawa 928-0256 | Wajima City Office
Ono Lighthouse | Ono Lighthouse, 4 Ono-machi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa | Japan Coast Guard
Wakura Onsen Nanao West Bay | Hotel Kaibo, 12-3 Wakasakibe, Wakura-machi, Nanao-shi, Ishikawa-ken 926-0175 | Nanao City Office
Wajima Port | Kanazawa Port and Airport Construction Office Wajima Office, 1-205 Kawaimachi, Wajima City, Ishikawa 928-0001
Tedori River | Tedori River upstream live video / Kanazawa River National Highway Office
Ishikawa Prefectural Coasts | Kanazawa / Kaga Coast, Noto coast | Live Catch! 2
Prefectural Roads | Ishikawa Michi Information Net | Ishikawa Prefectural Government
Prefectural Roads | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Road Condition Live Videos – National highways 8, 157, 160, 249, Hebei, Kanazawa, Kaga, etc. | Michi Navi Ishikawa
Prefectural Rivers | Disaster Prevention Information Ishikawa – Saigawa, Tedorigawa, Kakehashiga, Nakanogawa | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kanazawa River National Highway Office

Ishikawa Prefecture Tourism Information

Ishikawa Prefecture of the Hokuriku region on the Japan Sea side is in contact with Toyama Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture and Fukui Prefecture. The size of the prefectural land is about 100km from east to west, about 200km from north to south, 4,815 square km and the coastline is about 580km. The prefecture is divided into Noto region of Noto Peninsula in the northern prefecture and Kaga refion in the southern prefecture, and it consists of 11 Cities, 5 Counties and 8 towns. The prefectural population is about 1.16 million people, and the population of the prefectural capital, Kanazawa City, is 460,000 people, 40% of the total population of the prefecture.

Kanazawa City flourished as the castle town of Kaga Maeda family, which yield one million koku of rice and dominated Noto Province, Kaga Province and Ecchu Province, and it is still the center of the economy in the Hokuriku region.

As the tourist destinations of the prefecture, there are the nationally designated special scenic spot “Kenrokuen” in Kanazawa City, “Kanazawa Castle Park,” “Seisonkaku” of nationally designated important cultural property, “Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art”, the country’s important traditional Monuments Preservation District “Higashi Chaya Street”, “YuYu Onsen (hot spring)”, “Wajima Asaichi (morning market)” of Wajima City, and “Shiroyone no Senmaida (one thousand paddy fields of Shiroyone)” and “Wakura Onsen” of Nanao City.

In addition, there are many traditional crafts that have been developed as regional industries and artistic cultures in various places in Ishikawa Prefecture. The 10 traditional crafts, Kaga Yuzen, Kutaniyaki, Kanazawa Buddhist altar, Kanazawa lacquerware, Kanazawa foil, Kaga embroidery, Wajimanuri, Yamanaka lacquerware, Ushikubi pongee and Nanao Buddhist altar, are designated as a national designation of traditional craft, and other six species are prefectural specified traditional crafts and 20 species are rare traditional crafts.

There are local cuisines such as “Kaburazushi (turnip sushi),” a kind of “Narezushi,” the sushi of fermented fish and vegetables, and “Jibuni,” stews of duck or chicken fillets sprinkled with flour and seasonal vegetables.