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Keta Taisha Shrine

4.0

137 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Ishikawa Pref. Hakuishi Jikemachi Cook 1-1

The Keta Taisha Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Jike Town, Hakui City. The Shrine, which is dedicated to the worship of the Shinto deity Okuninushi-no-mikoto, is said to have been built around 2,000 years ago. The sacred grove in which the Inner Shrine is situated is known as the “Forbidden Forest,” and has been designated as a National Natural Monument (note that there is no admission to the Forest).

A lot of shrines have forested areas, but they’re often quite manicured. Keta Shrine was like it was made with the forest in mind. Some parts were downright Ghibli-ish, especially the torii that led...
Cosmo Isle Hakui

4.5

90 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Pref. Hakuishi Tsurutamachi Menda 25

This museum is located in MendaTsurutamachi, Hakui City. Displayed here are artifacts such as a space capsule that was returned from space, actual materials used in the space program, and research on UFOs. In the adjoining CosmoTheater, a program about space and science is aired on a planetarium dome type screen.

This is a really fun thing to do if you are in the Hakui area. It is not expensive with an 800JPY entrance fee. No guided tour but a walk through to see actual historical Soviet aerospace items along...
Chirihama Beach Driveway

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Ishikawa Prefecture Hakui

Chirihama Beach Driveway is a tourist highway that extends for approximately 8 km along sandy beach from Imahama, Hodatsushimizu-cho, Hakui District, in Ishikawa Prefecture to Chirihama Town. The sand has been compacted so hard by the action of the waves that it is as hard as a surfaced road, making it possible for cars and buses to drive along the beach; it is the only beach driveway of its kind in Japan. In summer, many tourists visit the area to relax at the beach or go shellfish-gathering. In TripAdvisor’s 2016 Travelers’ Choice Awards for the Best Beaches in the World, Chirihama Beach ranked number one within Japan.
Myojo-ji Temple

4.0

45 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Hakuishi Takidanimachi Yo -1

Myojo-ji Temple in Hakui City, Ishikawa Prefecture is the head temple of the Nichiren school of Buddhism in the Hokuriku region; it is the largest temple in Northern Ishikawa (the region that was formerly known as Noto Province). Ten of the buildings within the temple precincts have been designated as National Important Cultural Properties; unusually, three of these buildings—the Soshi-do hall, Hon-do hall and Sanko-do hall—are laid out in a row, a practice which was unique to the Nichiren school; the Myojo-ji Temple is the only temple in Japan where the buildings arranged in this way have retained their original appearance. The Myojo-ji Temple also has the only five-storeyed pagoda in the Hokuriku region; built on top of a small hill, it has become a famous symbol of the Temple.

This place was very calm and tranquil. A small admission fee, but an excellently maintained temple, a pleasant and quiet walk through took about an hour.
Roadside Station Togiumi Kaido

3.5

20 Reviews

Transportation

Ishikawa Pref. Hakuigunshikamachi Togiryoukemachi Ta-11

A roadside station situated along National Route 249 in Shika Town, Hakui County, Ishikawa Prefecture. Located close to Masuhogaura Beach, famous for its sakuragai tellins, and visitors can park their car and stroll the beach. A bench installed along the beach, recognized by Guinness as the longest in the world, creates a unique view. Inside, the station's shop sells shellwork made with the pink shells of sakuragai, as well as tasty foods made with Noto beef perfect for taking home as a souvenir. The station's soft serve ice cream, made with Irish cobbler potatoes, is particularly popular. The adjoining Sea Side Villa Bokkai resort hotel can also be used as a daytrip spa facility.

観光の帰り道でお土産を購入するために利用しました。お菓子を買ってレジに並んだら、「お土産は買わないの？」と尋ねられたので、「これがお土産です」との回答をしました。もっとなんやかんやたくさん買えってことなんでしょうが、不毛なやり取りでした。ちなみに今回購入したおみやげは能登名物と書かれた「ひっぱり餅」で、いわゆるきな粉餅でしたね。
Ishikawa Nishida Kitaro Museum of Philosophy

4.0

22 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Kahokushi Uchihisumi Well 1

This museum is in Uchihisumii, Kahoku City. This museum of philosophy displays materials pertaining to the local philosopher Nishida Kitaro. It is the only museum of philosophy in Japan. This museum, built around the theme of 'to think' by the architect Ando Tadao, is equipped with a 300 seat auditorium, seminar rooms, an observation lounge, a library housing books on philosophy, and a cafe.

かほく市出身の哲学者西田幾多郎を顕彰し、哲学の普及・啓発を図るために造られた文化施設です。展示室は三つに分かれ、「哲学へのいざない」、「西田幾多郎の世界」、「西田幾多郎の書」となっています。考えることがテーマのようで瞑想の空間「ホワイエ」もあります。また、展望ラウンジからは日本海、河北潟、そして遠方には白山連峰を展望できます
Chirihama Beach

4.5

2 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Hakuishi Chirihamamachi

A beach which extends from the southern part of Hakui City to Imahama, Hodatsushimizu Town. An eight-kilometer-long stretch of the beech designated the Chirihama Nagisa Driveway is the only beach in Japan where regular vehicles and even buses can drive on the sand along the water's edge. Driving on the beach may be prohibited depending on the weather, so be sure to check the day of your intended visit. The beach's find sand also becomes quite hard when mixed with water, making it ideal for creating sand art. Each year from April to October, a variety of sand sculptures are created on the beach. The beach's waters are wide and shallow, and people can swim here in summer. During this time, visitors can also see beach plants like Japanese roses and seashore false bindweed.

I participated in a motorbike rally called SSTR, which is popular in Japan, and visited as the goal. It is the only sightseeing road in Japan where you can drive your car or motorcycle along the...
Yokoji Temple

4.0

7 Reviews

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Ishikawa Hakui-shi Sakaimachi I11

This temple is in Sakaimachi, HakuiCity. This temple was established in 1312 by the Zen master and founder of the Soto School, KeizanJokin. The temple was commissioned by Emperor Godaigo, and flourished. It was destroyed by fire during the Onin war and rebuilt during the Edo period. On New Year's eve the Yokoji ceremony of sounding the temple bell is performed while kneeling.

①永光寺川に沿うて、散策路が整理されているから終点までウオーク。 ② すぐ、永光寺への参道、そのまま、進むと永光寺。 ③ 境内散策後、山門の左端に、「標識展望台」へ等立ってるので、進む（凡そ分）と第１展望台。 ④帰路は、標識を確認しながら、五老峯経由で、永光寺に着く ⑤留意事項です。第１展望台に行く場合は、受付に届けるように。
Sunset Bridge Uchinada

4.0

6 Reviews

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Ishikawa Kahoku-gun Uchinadamachi Daigaku 1- Miyasaka

This Uchinada Town landmark is also known as the Uchinada Bridge. The design of the 344-meter-long cable-stayed bridge was inspired by yukuzuri, a traditional technique and symbol of winter in the Hokuriku region in which ropes are arranged around trees to protect them from heavy snows. The elegant bridge is a sight to behold even in the daytime, but it is at night when visitors are particularly recommended to check it out. From sunset to 9:00 p. m., the bridge is lit up, wrapping the area in a romantic atmosphere. Because of its beauty, it is a perfect date destination, and the bridge has also been nominated for inclusion in the Lover’s Sanctuary Project as one of the most powerful love spots in the country.

道の駅からのサンセットブリッジは風景が海側、山側最高の風景です今度サンセットパーク道の駅もリニューアルオープンしました、施設でこれから人が多くなると思います。
Roadside Station Kurikara Genpei no Sato (Kurikarajuku)

Transportation

Ishikawa Pref. Kahokuguntsubatamachi Takehashi Nishi 270

"A roadside station located in Kurikara, Tsubata Town. The station is adjoined by a banquet hall, training facility, and a hot spring bath facility renowned for the skin beautifying properties of its waters called Genpei no Yu. In the station's ""Juku no Ichi"" shop, you can buy local foods such as ""Kurikara Soba"" noodles, a local specialty product, as well as local liquors, crafts, and more. The station also offers simple and comfortable Japanese-style hotel rooms and various discount lodging plans which include sightseeing trips to area spots like the Kurikara Fudo-ji Temple and the Kenrokuen garden. The family plan is particularly popular and includes two meals. Women will be interested in the ""Kaga Kaiseki Take"" plan, which includes kaiseki course cuisine made with fresh ingredients from Kanazawa. The station's restaurant, only open for breakfast and dinner, serves seasonal Japanese cuisine. Visitors are encouraged to try the ""Genpei Bento"" boxed meal."
Alice-kan Shika

3.0

6 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Pref. Hakuigunshikamachi Akasumi No 21

An Alice in Wonderland-themed interactive museum where you can learn about electricity and nuclear power located in Shika Town, Hakui County, Ishikawa Prefecture. In the first floor exhibition room, characters from Alice in Wonderland guide you through an amazing world. Outside the museum, there's a natural grass lawn, playground with obstacle course, and a cycling road on which you can ride fun pedal-powered vehicles. Seasonal events such as science demonstrations and experiments. Entry is free.

北陸電力がやっている、広報、電力の仕組みの紹介またいろいろイベント情報をの発新で電力の紹介だが今一つアピールがわかりずらい。
Roadside Station Uchinada Sunset Park

Transportation

Ishikawa Pref. Kahokugunuchinadamachi Daigaku 1-4-1

"A roadside station located on a hill in Uchinada Town with a sweeping view of the surrounding scenery extending from Mt. Hakusan to Mt. Tateyama located a 20 minute drive from the Kanazawa-higashi Interchange on the Hokuriku Expressway. Located between the Sea of Japan and Kahokugata Lagoon, the Uchinada Bridge, known as the ""Sunset Bridge,"" is located a short distance away on foot; lit up at night, the bridge is an extremely popular date spot. Uchinadacho Total Park and the Uchinada-machi Museum are also located within a 10 minute walk of the station, making it a convenient base for area sightseeing. The station has a farm fresh shop, cafe, and restaurant, and also holds music and food events on many evenings."
Taira Family Garden

3.0

6 Reviews

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Ishikawa Hakui-gun Shikamachi Machi 30-63

A garden considered to represent Noto’s gardening culture. Members of the mighty Taira family once served as the headsmen of 13 villages under the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate government. The family is said to have descended from the chief vassal of the Hatakeyama clan, whose members served as the governors of Noto Province, and they possessed a vast, 20,000-square-meter estate. This famous shoin-style garden was designed for enjoying the view of a central pond from the estate and was built in the mid-Edo period and bears aspects of both Muromachi period and Edo period gardening styles. One of the most celebrated private house Japanese gardens in the Noto area, it has been designated a Prefectural Place of Scenic Beauty due to its excellently preserved condition.

この平家は、木曾義仲に敗れて、この地の落ち延びた平家の末裔。能登国の守護畠山氏の重臣の一人、平式部大夫の子孫と伝えられ、江戸時代には天領の大庄屋を勤めた。屋敷から眺める池泉観賞式の書院庭園で、池泉と四季を通じて青苔に覆われた築山からなる枯淡静寂のたたずまいである。敷地は、南西から東南に面した鉤形になっており、現存する書院とともに、江戸中期における天領大庄屋時代の面影を偲ぶに足る格式を伝え、能登地...
Buzaiin Temple

4.0

3 Reviews

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Ishikawa Hakui-shi Shirosemachi Ru 8

"This zen dojo is said to find its roots in a thatched hut built by the zen monk KeizanJokin over 700 years ago, around the Kamakura period. Later, in 1312, his student Meiho Sotetsu built a hall here, which became Noto's first zen dojo. The hall holds many temple treasures, among them mid-Heian period wooden statues of the standing Shokan Kannon Bodhisattva, the ""horse-necked"" Bato Kannon Bodhisattva, and the 11-Headed Kannon Bodhisattva, all of which are registered National Important Cultural Assets. The KessyoDaihannyakyo sutra, written in the blood of the historical abbot and his students, is registered as a Hakui city cultural asset. The view of Hakui and its natural surroundings from this temple on the side of a mountain is perfect for a moment of soothing contemplation."

①釣鐘に刻してある文字、昔話？の様な事柄。是非、住職に頼んで、説明を受けてください ② ここに、血判の古文書、を保存。時間の許す限り、住職と話をされるように。気軽に応じてくださる
Uchinada Town History and Folklore Museum House of Wind and Sand

3.0

1 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Kahoku-gun Uchinadamachi Miyasaka Ni 455

"Located near the Sunset Bridge, a 344-meter-long cable-stayed bridge, the museum is a one-floor building with no steps and exhibits the history of Uchinada, various materials, kites, cultural assets, etc. The four exhibition rooms include a section on the Awagasaki Amusement Park that existed in the Taisho era, a section on the Uchinada struggle that pioneered the postwar base opposition movement, and a folk and history section that reproduces earthenware and fishing tools. The museum also offers guided tours of the adjacent ""Karetei"" teahouse."

内灘の歴史民俗の資料を展示しています。展示室は、第１から第４まで分かれ、粟ヶ崎遊園コーナー・内灘闘争コーナー・凧コーナー・内灘の民俗と歴史コーナーとなっています。かつて内灘に粟ヶ崎遊園があったことや米軍砲弾試射場の反対運動であった内灘闘争などを知る良い機会となりました。
Umikko Land Nanatsuka

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Kahoku-shi Shiroo Mu 1-3

An outdoor activity center situated adjacent to a shallow coastline. Located just off the Shiroo Interchange, facilities include a campground, barbecue ground, and museum. The Umi to Nagisa no Hakubutsukan museum looks at the relationship between human beings and the sea and was designed by leading postwar Japanese architect Shozo Uchii. Inspired by the design of a ship, the building won the 22nd Ishikawa Prefecture Architecture Award. The museum’s collection consists of over 3,000 items, and visitors can learn about living on the sea of the Noto Peninsula through computer-powered interactive exhibits and other displays.
Old Fukura Lighthouse

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Ishikawa Hakui-gun Shikamachi Fukurako

This lighthouse stands on a precipitous cliff called known as Hiyoriyama. The lighthouse’ origins are said to stretch back to 1608 when a man called Hino Sukenobu who lived in Fukura would light bonfires at night to guide ships operating on the dark sea. The current, extant lighthouse was built in 1876. A stone-paved path leads to the lighthouse, and an old-fashioned atmosphere still hangs in the air over the nearby fishing port. The square, five-meter-tall, three-story wooden lighthouse is Japan’s oldest extant wooden lighthouse. The lighthouse is specially illuminated at night in the summer and winter.
Kita Residence

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Ishikawa Hakui-gun Hodatsushimizucho Kita-kawashiri Ra 1-1

“Tomurayaku” was a government position created in the Edo period by the samurai Maeda Toshitsune, third lord of Kaga Domain. Placed in charge of 10 villages, the tomurayaku would collect taxes and provide overarching management and supervision of the agricultural community under his authority. This residence belonged to one such tomurayaku, its thatched roof seeming to symbolize the “tip of the brush,” a term which also meant “leader” or “head” in Japanese. The tatami mat rooms of the main building are decorated in a style suiting the station of the tomurayaku. The structure has four entrances, each serving a different purpose – for example, one was for conducting the business of village administration, another for welcoming the lord of the domain. The residence is adjoined by a museum which displays cultural assets and ancient documents concerning Kaga Domain, making it possible for visitors to deepen their understanding of the history of the time.
Onomatopoeia Statues

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Ishikawa Hakui-shi Kawaramachi

This stone statues stand around the traffic circle in front of JR Hakui Station. The five statues were created by sculptor Hiroshi Mabuchi, a graduate of the Kanazawa College of Art. Hakui City is a “UFO town”– records note sightings of flying saucers dating back to the Edo period. These statues of Japanese sci-fi onomatopoeia were placed here in 2005 by the Hakui Station Ekimae Shopping Street Business Cooperative as part of efforts to revitalize Hakui. Visitors can stand, pose, and take pictures on top of statues of onomatopoeia such as “ジャーン(jyaaan)” Featured on TV and in various other media, an unending stream of tourists make their way here to strike an unusual pose and take a commemorative photo or two.
Uchinada Sand Dunes

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Ishikawa Kahoku-gun Uchinadamachi

This sand dunes extend from Awagasaki-machi, Kanazawa City northward to Unoke, Kahoku City. About one kilometer wide, they run along the Japan Sea Coast, a succession of transverse dunes about 20 meters high. Uchinada Town has become a bedroom community for Kanazawa, but the region was formerly used as a firing range by the U. S. military. It is also known for the disputes that local residents opposed to the firing range and their supporters had with the police. Nowadays, it has become a place for marine sports and surf casting, and it attracts crowds of visitors in the summer. Parts of the sand dunes are used for farm fields and rice paddies, and Unoke is famous for throughout Japan for its unique Prefectural Sand Dune Agriculture Experiment Station.

Ishikawa Hakui / Kahoku

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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.