Leisure / Hobbies Spots in Ishikawa Area
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- Banshoen Park
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- Ishikawa Kaga-shi Yamashiro Onsen
- A park overlooking Yamashiro Onsen, the foremost hot spring district in the Hokuriku region and also known as “Yunogawa.” The Banshoen Sazaedo, a unique, spiral-shaped observatory resembling a turban shell, stands on a small, lush hill in the park. From the observatory, visitors can get a sweeping view of Kiba Lagoon, Shibayama Lagoon, the Hakusan Mountains, and even the distant Sea of Japan. Stone Buddhist statues stand along a nature trail extending away from the Sazaedo, its gently undulating curves ending behind the Yakuoin Onsenji Temple. There are many steps and hills in the park, but the park provides bamboo canes created by a local volunteer group, helping everyone to enjoy a pleasant walk on its grounds.
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- Uchinada Beach
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Kahoku-gun Uchinadamachi
- One of the beaches of the Uchinada Coast extending nine kilometers north to south along the Sea of Japan. The biggest beach on the coast, it is also the closest to Kanazawa City. The beach is wide and sandy, its waters shallow. During swimming season, the beach is visited not only by town residents but also people from across the prefecture and beyond. In most years, jellyfish appear from around the time of the Bon Festival, and thus it is recommended to come before this time. You can see people enjoying marine sports such as windsurfing and bodysurfing as early as before the start of the rainy season.
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- Oyoyo Shorin Shintatemachi Store
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- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Shintatemachi 3-21
- A secondhand bookstore which carries books from a wide array of genres, including literature, philosophy, the social sciences, art and design, picture books, and books of Hosho Noh chants. The store also buys old books and can provide advice on organizing your own collection. In addition, the store opens up stalls at analog record events and antique book markets.
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- Gallery Tonellico
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Ikedamachi 3-30
- This gallery in the heart of Kanazawa exhibits artworks including paintings, calligraphy, photographs, and arts & crafts. The pure white space is simple and modern, and helps bring out the inherent beauty of each piece, earning this museum enduring popularity. The second floor is the opposite to the first, with a black enshrouded space hosting a variety of special exhibitions.
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- Kenmin Seaside Park Kenmin Seaside Pool
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- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Fushojimachi 11-1-1
- This popular seaside pool facility has nine diverse pools as well as a cooling mist attraction. The facility is open from July 1 to August 31, but the park in which it is located also has two baseball fields, a softball field, a multipurpose ground, rowboats, and a barbecue area open from April 1 to October 30.
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- Kabokuen
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Suehiromachi Utatsuyama Park Uchi
- Utatsuyama Park is located a 15-minute drive from Kanazawa Station. In this garden situated inside the park, visitors can view some 8,000 azaleas gathered in one place. 12 varieties of azaleas have been planted in the garden, and when they come into bloom from mid-April to mid-May each year, large numbers of visitors come here to see the flowers.
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- Goishigamine Prefectural Nature Park
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- Ishikawa Kashima-gun Nakanotomachi Takabatake Harayama
- This nature park extends from Mt. Sekido to Mt. Goishigamine (461. 1 meters), from their ridges to their bases. The park is a popular destination for picnics, camping, and other outdoor recreational activities. The park’s campground can accommodate 200 campers and also has a barbeque area. From the park’s scenic lookouts, visitors can get sweeping views of Nanao Bay and Toyama Bay, and the rural scenery of the Ouchi Rift Valley.
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- Notojima Marine Park Beach
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Nanao-shi Notojimasanamimachi 29-2
- A calm beach located on the inner side of Nanao Bay, making it the perfect destination for families with children. Visitors can enjoy the sandy beach and go shellfish gathering in its rocky areas; the Hyokkori Onsen Shima-no-Yu bathhouse also adjoins the beach, meaning you can enjoy a hot spring bath after a full day of swimming and playing in the sun.
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- Kinoura Coast (Kinoura Marine Park)
- Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Suzu-shi Oritomachi Kinoura
- This coast has been designated as a special region of a Quasi-national Park, due to the abundance and variety of its marine animals and plants. The water is especially clear, even for this area, and it is a well-known spot for both diving and fishing. The prefecture-owned vacation village features a swimming beach, a campground, a park, and an observation deck.
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- Hachigasaki Camping Ground
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Suzu-shi Takojimamachi 1-1
- A campground located right in front of white sands and blue ocean. At night, you can enjoy a campfire under a beautiful star-filled sky. From mid-July to the end of August, you can pitch a tent and camp in the great outdoors. Facilities include a barbecue area, shared cooking area, and hot water showers, ensuring a comfortable outdoor experience. The campground does not rent tents, so be sure to bring your own.
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- Cape Nature Trail
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Suzu-shi Noroshimachi
- This 10. 7-kilometer-long nature trail starts in Suzu City’s Takaya-machi, passes through Kinoura and Orito, and ends in Noroshi. Reefs, virgin forest, sandy beaches, and other diverse terrain features can be found along the route, and walkers can take in the great outdoors. The trail was also selected for inclusion in a list of 500 of Japan’s beautiful walking routes. A walking rally is held on the trail each year on the first Sunday in October.
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- Rojo Park
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Komatsu-shi Marunouchikouenmachi 19
- This park was built on the site of the outermost region of Komatsu Castle, once the residence of Maeda Toshitsune, the third lord of Kaga Domain. A traditional Japanese strolling garden built around two ponds and a waterfall in the center, a stream connects the ponds and the waterfall and artificial hills provide a background landscape. The park also has cultural facilities, including a history museum, art museum, library, and teahouse. The grounds are also famous for cherry blossoms, wisteria flowers, azaleas, irises, and other seasonal flowers, as well as an old pine of historical interest.
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- Komatsu City Miyamoto Saburo Museum of Art
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- Ishikawa Komatsu-shi Konmademachi 5
- This art museum displays the works and appeal of Saburo Miyamoto, a western-tradition painter born in Matsuzaki Town, Komatsu city, Ishikawa prefecture. They hold events throughout the year, including temporary and special exhibits. There are exhibits perfect for parents and children, making this perfect for families to get more familiar with art.
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- Galleria
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Hakusan-shi Kawachimachi Gotsu I1
- This gallery displays and sells works of art by artists from across the country and the world, and also sells a variety of other products such as natural material bags direct from Italy. In addition, visitors can enjoy a meal here made with choice ingredients. Further, the facility has a rental exhibition space and hall.
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- Ishikawa Agriculture and Forestry Research Center Forestry Experimental Station Forest Park
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Hakusan-shi Sannomiyamachi Ho 1
- This forest park has a central lawn surrounded by a flowering tree garden, conifer forest, native plant forest, deciduous broad-leafed tree forest, evergreen broad-leafed forest, special purpose forest, cherry tree and camellia garden, and Japanese garden, and more than 15,000 trees spanning 800 varieties grow on its grounds. In particular, the park boasts some of the largest swaths of cherry trees and camellias of any in the country. Visitors can also see wild birds, serow, and squirrels. Bears can appear in the forest, so particularly care should be paid in the early mornings and the evenings.
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- Hakusan City Museum
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Hakusan-shi Nishishinmachi 168-1
- This museum contains exhibits such as a model recreating what the studio of Living National Treasure-designated swordsmith Masamine Sumitani looked like in action. The museum also has exhibits on the achievements of Akegarasu Haya and Hakka Matsumoto, and a model which recreates the Todaiji Temple’s Yokoe-no-Sho manor, a designated National Historic Site. In addition, visitors can view folk items such as farming equipment used in the region in ancient times.
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- Tsurugi Station
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Hakusan-shi Tsurugihonmachi 4-50-3-1
- A station on the Hokuriku Railroad Ishikawa Line located in Tsurugi-honmachi, Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The station has two platforms with two sets of tracks, one for each platform; the station is only staffed during the daytime. Once, the station was served by the now-abolished Nomi Line; later, the Hokuriku Railroad stations up to Kaga Ichinomiya Station were abolished, and today, this station is the last stop on the Ishikawa Line.
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- Hakusan Sabo Science Museum
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Hakusan-shi Shiramine Tsu 40-1
- This science museum introduces the history of erosion control projects in Mt. Hakusan as well as the abundant plant- and wildlife found in the area. The museum also serves as an information center and disaster preventing base in the event of a disaster. The museum also has a mountain climbing simulator and a realistic, 1/2 scale model of Hyakumangan no Iwa Rock, a testament to the force of a flood in 1934.
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- artra
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Shimotsutsumichou 7 Altaville 2/3 F
- This is an art shop on the second floor of the “Ultra Building” in Shimotsutsumi Town, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The shop sells items such as glass crafts and Kutani ware, accessories, miscellaneous goods, paintings, and picture frames, etc. at reasonable prices. It is a popular spot for Kanazawa souvenirs and exhibits and sells items mainly by young local artists. The third floor is a gallery where exhibitions are held and the fourth floor is an art school.
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- Kazue Town Ryokusuien Park
- Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kazuemachi
- Kazue Town Ryokusuien Park is located in the Chayagai area in the Kazue Town district of Kanazawa City. A section of the Sogamae (a defensive moat and earthen wall) that provided two layers of protection for Kanazawa’s castle town has been reconstructed in the Park, enabling visitors to get a real feel for the history of the castle town. In spring, visitors can also enjoy the sight of beautiful shidare zakura (weeping cherry) trees.
Ishikawa Areas
Long, thin Ishikawa prefecture runs along the Sea of Japan up into Noto Peninsula. Highlights of the seaside towns lining the west coast include Kanazawa, often described as a "Little Kyoto" thanks to its old wooden tea houses and geisha culture as well as its picturesque Japanese garden, Kenroku-en.
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