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www.ishikawa-roadtrips.jp CONTENTS Michino-eki Introduction 0 2 道の駅 0 4 While the majority of About Ishikawa Prefecture Michino-eki (lit. roadside An Ishikawa trip Itinerary 0 6 station) is a public facility overseas tourists in set up along the main Scenic Wonders 0 8 with a rental car Japan visit Tokyo with roads all over the Noto Tourist Facilities 12 country, offering travel its soaring skyscrapers and Kyoto, which boasts a wealth Area Activities 16 information, rest, food, 18 drink, Wi-Fi connection, of temples, Ishikawa is highly recommended for you to Local Specialities and on-the-spot sales of 20 visit and experience the untouched side of Japan. Toyama local products. Itinerary 2 2 Located between the Sea of Japan and Mt. Hakusan, Scenic Wonders 2 4 Ishikawa offers travelers beautiful scenery created by Kaga Tourist Facilities 26 rustic fishing and farming villages, historic temples and Area Activities 2 8 What is MAPCODE? shrines, hot springs in the mountains, and rich nature. Local Specialities 30 When you drive around Fukui 32 sites with no telephone Taking a rental car trip will not only allow you to go to numbers, use MAPCODE Itinerary 3 4 to identify the location. sightseeing spots that tour groups do not normally visit, Scenic Wonders 36 We've made a list of but it will also give you ample freedom to travel. 3 8 MAPCODEs that will be of Hakusan Tourist Facilities great help of your road Let’s take hold of the steering wheel and feel free to Area Activities 4 0 trip. Enter the MAPCODE Local Specialities 4 2 (9 digit number) of your explore the charm of Ishikawa. destination into the GPS Gifu / Nagano 4 4 navigation, and it will Kanazawa Area 4 6 show you the way. Event Schedule 5 0 *“マップコード”and 5 3 “MAPCODE” are Map of Ishikawa registered trademarks of Access / Information Guide 59 DENSO Corporation.

02 03 NOTO KAGA HAKUSAN KANAZAWA

Beautiful Ishikawa in beautiful Japan

Plan your trip to visit NOTO four areas in Ishikawa 能 Sea of Japan AREA 登 Ishikawa Prefecture, located right in the middle of Honshu, Japan, Retaining a rustic, original Ishikawa Pref. Japanese landscape has well-diversiﬁed tourism assets, with its own historical culture and abundant nature. Ishikawa Prefecture comprises four districts: Noto, centered on the peninsula protruding into the Sea of Japan; Kaga, which boasts hot spring towns and abundant nature; Hakusan, located at the foot of KAGA 加 Mt. Hakusan, one of the three holy mountains in Japan; and AREA 賀 Kanazawa, which is the central city of Ishikawa Prefecture. Each area Boasting hot spring towns contains a variety of sightseeing spots, including scenery to enjoy and natural beauty while driving or scenic spots accessible only by car. Find the places NOTO AREA you wish to visit and plan your own journey. An unexpected view from the car window may become the highlight of your drive. KANAZAWA AREA Kanazawa station, a stop for the Hokuriku Shinkansen, would make HAKUSAN a convenient starting point for your drive. An 白 eﬃcient round tour is possible by using the HAKUSAN AREA AREA 山 Located at the foot of the two airports at Noto and Komatsu. holy Mt. Hakusan KAGA AREA

Nagoya KANAZAWA 金 Kyoto AREA 沢 The atmosphere of a castle Osaka town still remains

04 05 Paciﬁc Ocean 能登 12Rokkozaki NOTO Suzu Enden-Mura (The Tip of the Peninsula) すず塩田村 Suzu City Noroshi 禄剛崎 Okunoto Salt Farm Village 28 Pottery Center 狼煙すず塩田村 13 珠洲市陶芸センター 28 Sea of Japan Sosogi Coast Suzu ware Museum 曽々木海岸珠洲焼館 249 Kiriko Lantern Suzunari 249 すずなり Museum 12 Wajima Morning Market 16 17 キリコ会館 6 Oku Not o 輪島の朝市 Senmaida Rice Fields Mitsukejima 14 白米千枚田奥能登 Wajima Lacquerware Museum 18 11Island 見附島輪島塗会館 Senmaida Pocket Park Mitsuke Beach 千枚田ポケットパーク見付 i Magaki-no-sato 19 Wajima Wajima Onsen 間垣の里 38 輪島 6 Koiji Beach 15 輪島温泉恋路海岸 Wajima 288 輪島 Wajima Kobo Nagaya 57 NOTO AREA 輪島工房長屋 35 266 1 Sakura toge 57 桜峠 Retaining a rustic, original Japanese landscape

284 Sojiji Temple Notosatoyama Airport のと里山空港 Noto Satoyama Airport 總持寺祖院 20 のと里山空港 10 Noto Satoyama Airport 303 249 Tsukumowan bay 九十九湾 Kuroshima District 21 のと里山空港 I.C Kadomi Residence 273 黒島地区 Noto Satoyama Kaido 271 26 Kotogahama Beach 222 のと里山海道琴ヶ浜 Anamizu Akakami 穴水赤神 50 34 Head to the tip of the peninsula on a drive through Boramachi Yagura Tower Anamizu ボラ待ちやぐら Tatto-no-Hama Beach Station 立戸の浜 the original Japanese landscape 穴水駅 Anamizu Bay Noto Sailing Adventure 穴水湾 Notojima Aquarium 能登セーリングアドベンチャー People living in the Noto Peninsula, surrounded by the Sea of Japan, have been Noto tetsudou (Local Train) ❽ のとじま水族館 192 のと鉄道

NOTO AREA deeply involved with the sea and made a living mainly through fishing and NOTO AREA Masuhogaura Nakajima Roman Toge Twin Bridge Noto Notojima Notojima Island なかじまロマン峠ツインブリッジのとのとじま Beach 22 Togiumi kaido 能登島 agriculture. This place where humans and nature coexist was selected as Japan’s 増穂浦とぎ海街道 265 ❼ Notojima 255 first “Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System” (GIAHS). Hatagoiwa Rock 257 47 機具岩 Glass Art Museum 能登島ガラス美術館 Wakura Onsen Marin Park Beach 246 Noto also offers a great driving route where you can enjoy the refreshing sea 23 和倉温泉マリンパーク Ganmon Cave 36 48 ❾ NOTO NOTE 巌門 Notojima Ohashi Bridge 249 能登島大橋 (Notojima Lifestyle Labo) breeze and varied scenery. Departing from Kanazawa, visit the small Notojima 301 JR Wakura Onsen Station ノトノオトサイクリングツアー JR和倉温泉駅 Noto 236 ❻ island on the east side of the peninsula and stay at Wakura Onsen. The next day, 18 Wakura Shokusai Ichiba 和倉I.C 能登食祭市場 116 36 289 go to Rokkozaki on the tip of the peninsula for views across the calm sea and Iori 116 いおり stay at the port town of Wajima. Why not go on a 3-day, 2-night Korogaki no sato Shika Nishiyama 西山I.C ころ柿の里しか 252 Uwadanayada drive, where you will encounter the culture, tastes, and 46 上棚矢駄I.C Naka Noto 245 251 Orihime no sato Nakanoto Nanao Otomari scenery of Noto while heading back home? 中能登織姫の里なかのと七尾大泊I.C ITINERARY Myojoji Temple ❺ 159 妙成寺 ❹ Yanaida Keta Taisha Shrine 柳田I.C 1st day 2nd day 3rd day 気多大社 304 Chirihama ❸ Noto Chirihama ❶ Kanazawa ❾ Wakura Onsen 16Wajima Morning Market 千里浜I.C のと千里浜 415 Chirihama ↓ Noto Satoyama kaido Freeway Route 57 - Noto Satoyama kaido Freeway - ↓ 3 min / 650m [Mapcode: 283 828 226*25] ❷ 39 min / 37km ↓ Route 303 - Route 284 Beach Driveway 1 h 23 min / 72km [Mapcode: 590 305 250*77] 千里浜なぎさドライブウェイ ❷ Chirihama Beach Driveway 17Kiriko Lantern Museum 10Tsukumowan bay Imahama ↓ Route 232 ↓ Route 249 今浜I.C Noetsu 2 min / 2km [Mapcode: 135 000 459*52] ↓ Route 35 - Route 249 4 min / 1km [Mapcode: 283 829 248*00] Expressway ❸ Michino-eki Noto Chirihama 25 min / 15.3km [Mapcode: 329 222 059*03] 18Wajima Lacquerware Museum 能越自動車道 11 Takamatsu Route 249 Mitsukejima Island Route 134 - Route 38 高松 ↓ 8 min / 5.5km [Mapcode: 135 152 856] Route 52 - Route 28 ↓ 21 min / 12km [Mapcode: 283 798 851*60] Mount Hodatsu ↓ 34 min / 23.9km [Mapcode: 329 525 151*82] 宝達山 ❹ Keta Taisha Shrine 19Magaki-no-sato 471 12Rokkozaki (The Tip of the Peninsula) ↓ Route 46 ↓ Route 38 - Route 249 10 min / 4.4km [Mapcode: 135 302 673*30] ↓ Route 28 - Route 249 28 min / 16.5km [Mapcode: 283 726 644*33] ❺ Myojoji Temple 32 min / 22.9km [Mapcode: 913 114 044*82] 20Sojiji Temple Route 46 - Route 298 13Okunoto Salt Farm Village Route 249 ↓ 37 min / 25km [Mapcode: 135 423 164*06] Route 249 ↓ 9 min / 3.9km [Mapcode: 283 422 024*74] 249 ↓ 18 min / 13.6km [Mapcode: 552 869 001*52] Uchinada ❻ Michino-eki Noto Shokusai Ichiba 21Kuroshima District 内灘I.C 8 Route 47 14Senmaida Rice Fields Route 249 Uchinada ↓ 26 min / 17km [Mapcode: 135 776 469] Route 249 ↓ 24 min / 19.3km [Mapcode: 471 703 498*36] Onebu Kurikara Genpei-no-sato Sunset Park 倶利伽羅源平の郷 ↓ 19 min / 11.4km [Mapcode: 552 615 639*52] 大根布JCT 内灘サンセットパーク ❼ Notojima Glass Art Museum 22Masuhogaura Beach Route 257 15Wajima Route 249 - Route 36 60 ↓ ↓ 5 min / 3km [Mapcode: 590 494 148*03] (Stay Overnight) 12 min / 7.6km [Mapcode: 471 220 469*00] ❽ Notojima Aquarium 23Ganmon Cave 304 Route 257 - Route 47 Route 36 - Route 249 - Noto Satoyama kaido Freeway ❶ Kanazawa ↓ 22 min / 14.6km [Mapcode: 590 523 457*33] ↓ 40 min / 40.7km [Mapcode: 471 012 826*63] 25 金沢 JR Kanazawa 210 ❾ Wakura Onsen Toyama Prefecture ❷ Chirihama Beach Driveway Station 富山県 JR金沢駅 (Stay Overnight) ↓ Noto Satoyama kaido Freeway - Route 200 Kanazawa 42 min / 40.3km [Mapcode: 135 000 459*52] ❶ 06 金沢 Kanazawa 07 能登 Noto Area - Scenic Wonders -1 NOTO Discover the beautiful natu re of each season

Masuhogaura Beach [Map:C-3] This beach is known as one of the three best sites for small shells. Pink sakura shells are washed up on the beach during winter and are then used in shellwork. The 460-meter-long bench is the best spot for watching the sun setting over the Sea of Japan. NOTO 0 Togi-ryoke-machi, Shika-machi, Scenic Hakui County Wonders ! 0767-32-1111 The Satoyama Kaido vehicle-only road, traversing the Noto Peninsu- ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/6500 01 [Mapcode: 471 220 469*00]

NOTO AREA la north to south, is a great driving route that takes in the blue coast- NOTO AREA line and green hills. When you ﬁnd some scenery that you like, stop the car and take a picture.

Chirihama Beach Driveway [Map:C-4] You can drive a car on this sandy beach, Boramachi Yagura Tower [Map:D-2] which makes it quite rare in the world. Nakai Bay features a calm sea with few The hard, tightly packed sand means waves. The yagura, a wooden tower built there is an approx. 8-kilometer drive to in the water, is a sightseeing monument enjoy along the shore. 0 that conveys the image of the Bora ﬁshing !Chirihama-machi, Hakui City that was once undertaken in the sea here. 0767-22-1118 (Commerce and Tourism Division, 0 Negi/ Nakai/ Uchiura, Anamizu-machi, Housu County ïHakui City) ! 0768-52-3790 https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/kanko/20003.html ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/6485 [Mapcode: 135 000 459*52] Visit for the spectacu lar [Mapcode: 283 079 422*00]

sea and mountain vi ews

Noto Satoyama Kaido Freeway Kuroshima District [Map:C-2] This 90-kilometer vehicle-only road From the 17th to 19th centuries, this district was connecting Kanazawa and the Noto Pen- Ganmon Cave [Map:C-3] Hatagoiwa Rock [Map:C-3] home to ship owners and seamen who were insula is a great driv- A large-scale cave mouth, 6 meters wide, 15 These unusual rocks were formed by the rough waves engaged in maritime trade in the Sea of Japan. ing road along the meters high, and 60 meters deep, was formed of the Sea of Japan. The two rocks standing next to Designated as an Important Preservation District blue coastline by coastal erosion. Old pines grow above the each other, 16 and 12 meters high respectively, are for Groups of Historic Buildings in Japan, it retains and running cave mouth. There are popular excursion connected by a shimenawa rope. In winter, they take an atmospheric townscape with a row of houses through green boats that tour around the nearby sites. on a mysterious air when illuminated after sunset. characterized by black roof tiles and wooden walls. hills. 0 Togi-Ushioroshi, Shika-machi, Hakui County 0 Shitsumi, Shika-machi, Hakui County 0 Kuroshima-machi, Monzen-machi, Wajima city ! 0767-32-1111 ! 0767-32-1111 ! 0768-43-1135 ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/kanko/20002.html ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/6279 ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/21322 [Mapcode: 471 012 826*63] [Mapcode: 471 132 317*00] [Mapcode: 471 703 498*36]

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Mitsukejima Island [Map:E-2] The rough coastline eroded by waves completely changes after Rokkozaki, with a calm landscape of the bay and inlet unfolding. Mitsukejima Island is Noto’s symbol, rising 28 meters up out of the sea. There is a small rock path that takes you close to the island. 0 Horyumachi-Ukai, Suzu City ! 0768-82-7776 (Suzu City Tourism and Exchange Division) ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/kanko/20000.html [Mapcode: 329 525 151*82] View the blue sea and lush green village from the car window

The sea is calm along the coastline of the bay that stretches down the east side of Magaki-no-sato [Map:C-2]

NOTO AREA the Noto Peninsula. However, the west side of the peninsula is characterized by NOTO AREA a rough coastline exposed to the waves of the Sea of Japan. The sea view Magaki is a type of fence made from 3-meter-high bamboo trees arranged changes completely at Rokkozaki, sitting at the northernmost tip of the peninsu- next to each other with no gap. The two la. This is unique to Noto protruding into the Sea of Japan. districts of Magaki-no-sato, Kamiozawa and Ozawa, feature a unique landscape in NOTO which these bamboo fences are installed around villages to protect the houses Scenic from the strong wind blowing in from the Wonders Check out a dras tically Sea of Japan. Senmaida Rice Fields [Map:D-2] 02 0 If you drive about 11 kilometers along the ! Ozawa-machi/ Kamiozawa-machi, Wajima City changing sea vi ew 0768-36-2001 route 249 from the center of the city of ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/18439 Wajima, you will arrive at Shiroyone [Mapcode: 283 726 644*33] Senmaida rice terraces. These rice terraces, which local farmer have cultivated for over 1300 years, are interwoven with the beautiful scenery of Noto and the Sea of Japan in the background entertain the eyes of visitors. 0 Shiroyone-machi, Wajima City ! 0768-23-1146 (Wajima City Tourism Division) ï http://senmaida.wajima-kankou.jp/en/ [Mapcode: 552 615 639*52]

Tsukumowan Bay [Map:E-2] This ria coast made up of small and large coves has gentle waves and clear water, with a view of the calming scenery. 0 Noto-cho, Housu County ! 0768-62-8532 (Noto-cho town government) ï http://www.notocho.jp/lan/en/sightseeing-spot/tsukumo/ [Map:D-1] Sosogi Coast [Mapcode: 329 222 059*03] A splendid cliff view stretches for about 2 (The Tip of the Peninsula) [Map:E-1] kilometers along the coast and is national- Rokkozaki ly designated as a Place of Scenic Beauty as Rokkozaki is situated on the tip of the peninsula and well as a Natural Monument. In the harsh has a 130-year-old white-walled lighthouse. Park your winter season, fluffy white cotton-like car at the “Roadside station Noroshi” and walk up the “Wave Flowers” cover the sea surface, slope and steps for a wide panoramic view from the cliff, where you can also hear the breaking waves. blowing like snow in the seasonal wind. 0 0 Machino-machi Sosogi, Wajima City Noroshi-machi, Suzu City ! ! 0768-82-7776 (Suzu City Tourism and exchange Division) 0768-32-0408 (Sosogi Tourism Association) ï ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/kanko/20005.html https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/kanko/20006.html [Mapcode: 552 775 001*28] [Mapcode: 913 114 044*82]

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Notojima Glass Art Museum [Map:D-3] Wakura Onsen [Map:C-3] Located on a small hill overlooking the This lively hot spring resort in Nanao, the sea, this art museum exhibits glass sculp- central city of Noto Peninsula, features a tures based on works by Picasso and Cha- number of large ryokans along the coast over- gall, among others. looking the shimmering blue of Nanao Bay. 0 125-10, Koda-machi, Notojima, Nanao City [Wakura Onsen Soyu] ! 0767-84-1175 0 Wakura Onsen, Nanao City ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/kanko/20016.html ! 0767-62-2221 N 9:00 - 17:00 (April to November), 9:00 - 16:30 ï http://www.wakura.or.jp/en/ (December to March ) / Closed : 3rd Tuesdays (3rd N 7:00 - 22:00 / Closed : All Year Round / l 440 JPY Wednesday when Tuesday is a public holiday); 12/29 [Mapcode: 590 305 250*77] Notojima Aquarium [Map:D-3] - 1/1; Exhibition Preparation Period / l 800 JPY Noto Shokusai Ichiba [Mapcode: 590 494 148*03] There is so much to see at this aquarium, (Nanao Fisherman's Wharf) [Map:D-3] including a dolphin and sea lion show, The tourist facilities, comprising a number sea otter feeding, and a penguin walk. It of restaurants and Noto’s specialty shops, can get particularly crowded during the also serve as a “Michino-eki.” summer, with many family visitors. 0 Ingai 13-1, Fuchu-machi, Nanao City 0 15-40 Magarimachi-Notojima, Nanao City ! ! 0767-52-7071 0767-84-1271 ï http://www.shokusai.co.jp ï https://www.notoaqua.jp/global/english/ N N 8:30 - 18:00 (1F), 11:00 - 22:00 (2F, varies 9:00 -17:00 (March 20 - November), 9:00 - 16:30l depends on restaurants) / Closed : (December - March 19) / Closed : 12/29 - 12/31 / 1,850 JPY Tuesday, 1/1 / l Free Entry Fee NOTO [Mapcode: 590 523 457*33] [Mapcode: 135 776 469*88] Kadomi Residence [Map:C-2] Tourist Housing a collection of items, the former Facilities

NOTO AREA residence of the Kadomi family is open NOTO AREA 01 to the public. These shipping merchants made their fortune from the maritime trade based in the Sea of Japan. It is located in the Kuroshima District, which is designated as an Enjoy a slow drive Important Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings in Japan. The district has a streetscape and stopping by places distinguished by remnants of the Edo period. 0 Ro 94-2, Kuroshima-machi, Monzen-machi, Wajima City The strategically developed road ! 0768-43-1135 network in the Noto District ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/4973 N 9:00 - 17:00 (last admittance 16:30) / Closed : Mondays (Next should prevent you from getting day when Monday is a public holiday), 12/29 - 1/3 / l 310 JPY lost while driving. Let’s enjoy a [Mapcode: 471 703 498*36] slow drive, stopping oﬀ at diﬀerent places. Also, stop at Michino-eki, which have been developed in various places with the aim of helping you have a safe and comfortable car journey.

Keta Taisha Shrine [Map:C-4] Equipped with rest facilities, these serve as an oasis for drivers, in addition to This 2100-year-old shrine stands on a hill Michino-eki providing sightseeing information and selling local specialties. facing the Sea of Japan. It features magnificent historic shrine constructions, such as the gate and a worship hall, which are designated as National Important Cultural Properties. 0 KU-1 Jikemachi, Hakui City ! 0767-22-0602 ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/kanko/20010.html N 8:30 - 16:30 / Closed : Open All Year Round / l Free Entry Fee Myojoji Temple [Map:C-4] [Mapcode: 135 302 673*30] Founded in 1294, its ten buildings, includ- Michino-eki Michino-eki Michino-eki Noto Chirihama [Map:C-4] Takamatsu [Map:C-4] Wajima [Map:C-2] ing the main hall and five-storied pagoda, With a focus on food, it offers a Located on the side of the Noto There is a tourist information are designated as National Important selection of high-quality local Satoyama Kaido vehicle-only road. desk and a store selling local Cultural Properties. It also has some beau- ingredients and products. specialties. 0 Fu 16-3, Futatsuya, Kahoku City tiful and well-renowned gardens. 0 Ta 1-62, Chirihama-machi, ! 076-281-2221 0 20-1-131, Kawai-machi, 0 Yo-1, Takidani-machi, Hakui City Hakui City ï https://www.michi-no-eki.jp/ Wajima City ! 0767-27-1226 ! 0767-22-3891 stations/viewe/467 ! 0768-22-1503 ï http://myojoji-noto.jp/english.html ï https://www.michi-no-eki.jp/ N 8:00 - 19:00 TFree Wi-Fi ï https://www.michi-no-eki.jp/ N 8:00 - 17:00 (April to October), 8:00 - 16:30 (November stations/viewe/14144 [Mapcode: 336 402 879] stations/viewe/474 to March) / Closed : Open All Year Round / l 500 JPY. N 9:00 - 18:00 (depending on the facility) N 10:00 - 18:00 TFree Wi-Fi [Mapcode: 135 423 164*06] [Mapcode: 135 152 856] [Mapcode: 283 799 242]

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Wajima Lacquerware Museum [Map:C-2] Wajima Morning Market [Map:C-2] The first floor contains a shopping area run jointly The morning market is said to have a history dating back by around 60 lacquerware specialty shops in over 1000 years and is open almost every day. The high Wajima City. The second floor has a display of differ- street where the market is held contains shops selling ent materials related to the production process and seafood, vegetables, lacquerware, Japanese confection- the history and culture of Wajima lacquerware. ery, etc. and gets crowded with many shoppers. 0 0 ! 24-55, Kawai-machi, Wajima City ! Asaichi-dori Ave. Kawai-machi, Wajima City ï 0768-22-2155 ï 0768-22-7653 (Wajima Asaichi Association) N https://wajimanuri.or.jp/frame-e.htm l Wajima Kobo Nagaya [Map:C-2] https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/kanko/20022.html 8:30 - 17:00 / Closed : Open all year round / 300 JPY Wajima lacquerware, one of the oldest lacquer- N 8:00 - Noon / Closed : 2nd Wednesdays and the Kiriko Lantern Museum [Map:C-2] [Mapcode: 283 798 851*60] 4th Wednesdays every month. 1/1 - 1/3 From July to September, a vibrant “Kiriko Festival” wares in Japan, is popular in the country as a [Mapcode: 283 828 226*25] is held in various places across the Noto Peninsula. luxury item. At Wajima Kobo Nagaya, you can Kiriko is a huge lantern that is regarded as yorishiro, see the manufacturing process of Wajima lacquerware and experience its pattern painting. a representative object of a divine spirit. A number 0 of Kiriko, which plays a main part in the festival, are ! 4-66-1, Kawai-machi, Wajima City on display at the Wajima Kiriko Art Museum. 0768-23-0011 ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/kanko/20020.html 0 Marine-town 6-1, Wajima City ! 0768-22-7100 N 9:00 - 18:00 (May to August), 9:00 - 17:00 (September to April) / ï http://wajima-kiriko.com/en/ Closed : Wednesdays (Open on 10th, 25th of every month as well as N 8:00 - 17:00 / Closed : Open All Year on the Wednesdays when local markets are in operation.) / l Free NOTO Round / l 620 JPY [Mapcode: 283 829 001*33] Tourist [Mapcode: 283 829 248*00] Facilities Okunoto Salt Farm Village [Map:D-1] NOTO AREA Salt-making using a traditional 02 NOTO AREA “Agehama-style” technique contin- ues to be performed in this coastal Noto is a gold mine for tradition- area. You can experience salt-making at al culture, such as Wajima-nuri, Suzu Endenmura and also buy natural salt regarded as one of the best made using the Agehama-style technique. 0 Japanese lacquerwares, in ! 1-58-1 Shimizu-machi, Suzu City addition to the energetic Kiriko ï 0768-87-2040 N https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/kanko/20021.html Festivals held in various parts of 9:00 - 17:00 (Last Admittance 16:30) / Closed : the Noto Peninsula every Open All Year Round / l 100 JPY [Mapcode: 552 869 001*52] summer. Why not tour around the related facilities to explore Japanese traditional techniques, aesthetic sense, and spirituality? Explore Japanese aesthetic sense and spirituality Sojiji Temple [Map:C-2] It was founded in 1321 as the main temple Suzu Ware Museum [Map:E-1] of the Soto school. After the precincts were destroyed in the 1898 Great Fire, the moun- Suzu ware is pottery produced in and around tain gate and butsuden hall, etc. were Suzu between the late 12th century and the rebuilt, retaining the qualities of the past end of the 15th century. The museum exhib- along with the buildings that survived. its Suzu ware from different eras. 0 1-2-563, Takojima-machi, Suzu City 0 KO-1-18 Monzen Monzen-machi, Wajima City ! 0768-82-6200 ! 0768-42-0005 ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/5642 ï https://noto-soin.jp/en/ N 9:00 - 17:00 / Closed : 12/29 - 1/3 / l 310 JPY N 8:00 - 17:00 / Closed : Open All Year Round / l 400 JPY [Mapcode: 329 684 465*82] [Mapcode: 283 422 024*74] ©珠洲市 Noto Satoyama Airport [Map:D-2] Oku-noto Triennale [Map:E-1] The airport is located in the center of the Noto Penin- The OKU-NOTO TRIENNALE was held in Suzu, a town sula, with two daily flights (two round-trips) to Tokyo on the northernmost tip of the Noto Peninsula in 2017. International / Haneda Airport. The deck on the third It showcased works by 39 pairs of artists in various floor has views of the airplanes as well as out to places across the city. Some of the works remained on Nanao Bay and Notojima Island in the distance. permanent display after the end of the art festival. 0 10-11-1, Sue, Mi-machi, Wajima City 0 Suzu City ! 0768-26-2000 ! 0768-82-7720 (Oku-noto Triennare office) ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/13397 ï http://oku-noto.jp/en/ N 8:30 - 17:30 / Closed : Open all year round [Mapcode: 329 682 693*11] [Mapcode: 283 475 067*52]

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Sailing Experience Cycling Tour Based on the Nanao Bay, which is calm With a population of around 3,100, Noto- Jump into the nature and culture of Noto throughout the year, Noto Sailing Adven- jima is a small island, 72 kilometers ture organizes and manages activities around, located in the sea off the east Surrounded by the sea and blessed with nature, Noto offers an abundance of using yachts. On the sailing experience, side of the Noto Peninsula. While driving outdoor activities. In addition to plenty of marine leisure, this is the only place in you will board the yacht with staff, have a is fun, riding a bicycle will help you feel the whole of Japan where you can experience some of the activities on offer, such go at handling the sail, and sail through closer to the island’s relaxing air. as traditional salt making at the seaside. A craft experience should also not be the Noto sea. Passengers will also raise Notojima Lifestyle Labo offers cycling and lower the sail as a member of the tours, where a Noto resident guide will missed to satisfy your intellectual curiosity. crew. If you are lucky, you may see wild take you around the island. A bicycle trip dolphins. In addition to sailing, there are offers you a glimpse into people’s ordi- sea kayaking and dinghy experiences nary lives. An English guide is also avail-

NOTO AREA available. able. NOTO AREA

[Noto Sailing Adventure] [Map:C-3] [NOTO NOTE (Notojima Lifestyle Labo)] [Map:D-3] 0 "Café Yuho", I14, Sode, Nakajima-machi, Nanao City 0 Ni-bu 16, Mukouda-machi, Notojima, Nanao City ï http://sailingadventure.jp % [email protected] N 9:00 - 18:30 / Closed : Thursdays ï https://notonote.amebaownd.com , English Spoken N 9:00-12:30 / 13:30-17:00 (3 hours and 30 min.) / [Mapcode: 590 510 188*41] Season: March - November , English Spoken [Mapcode: 590 465 369*88] Wajima-nuri Experience Salt Making Experience Wajima-nuri produced in Wajima City is a Okunoto Salt Farm Village; Michino-eki Suzu luxury lacquerware representative of Japan Enden-Mura is a tourist facility that conducts that features high strength and durability as “Agehama-style” salt making, which dates well as artistic beauty. back over 400 years in Noto, and aims to Wajima Kobo Nagaya exposes the Wajima-nuri disseminate its culture. The Agehama-style is production process, in addition to offering its a technique used in salt-making. Seawater is decorative techniques, chinkin and makie. spread across an area of sand called a salt field Chopstick making using the chinkin technique and left to evaporate in the sun. The concen- is highly recommended. You use a chisel to trated seawater is then boiled in a caldron to carve a pattern onto the surface of a chopstick, obtain the salt crystals. This facility allows you rub some lacquer into the grooves, and apply to experience a part of this traditional salt Suzu-yaki Experience Going to the beach gold powder to it. A pattern will then emerge. making. The salt made with old-fashioned Sazu-yaki is a type of pottery that was There are beaches everywhere in Noto, includ- wisdom and techniques contains abundant [Wajima Kobo Nagaya] [Map:C-2] produced mainly in Suzu City, Noto from ing sandy beaches and rocky areas with beau- 0 4-66-1, Kawai-machi, Wajima City minerals and has a mild taste. the latter half of the 12th to the end of tiful scenery. Among the recommended ! 0768-23-0011 [Okunoto Salt Farm Village] [Map:D-1] the 15th centuries. The practice was then beaches are Masuhogaura, which runs ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/kanko/20020.html 0 1-58-1, Simizu-machi, Suzu City N 9:00 - 18:00 (May to August), 9:00 - 17:00 (September subsequently revived in the 1970s. The adjacent to a campsite with an auto camping ! 0768-87-2040 to April) / Closed : Wednesdays (Open on 10th, 25th of ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/kanko/20021.html pottery is produced using local earth that ground and cabins, Marine Park Beach, with its every month as well as on the Wednesdays when local N 13:00 - 16:00/ Season: 5/1 - 9/30 / l 2000 yen is rich in iron and then baked with no calm waves and a public hot spring nearby, markets are in operation.) / l Free [Mapcode: 552 868 029*06] glaze applied. This creates a rough matte and Mitsuke Beach, from which the Tateyama [Mapcode: 283 829 001*33] texture and a chic gray-black color. In the mountain range can be seen in the distance experience, you will use a potter’s wheel on a clear, sunny day. All of these beaches have and make a shape by hand. With 1 kg of facilities such as changing rooms and showers, A goldmine of a beautiful coast Noto is a wonderful area that has the beau- clay, it is possible to create a large plate or so you can just drop by during your drive. and delicious food two to three small plates or bowls. tiful scenery of Chiri- 0[Masuhogaura beach] [Map:C-3] hama and Wajima, hot spring towns that represent Noto such as [Suzu City Pottery Center] [Map:E-1] I 3-1, Aikami, Shika-machi, Hakui County 0 ! 0767-42-2125 [Mapcode: 471 220 606*47] Wakura Onsen and Wajima Onsen, and various events that take ! 1-2-480, Takojima-machi, Suzu City place across the Noto Peninsula. The magnificent Noto Kiriko ï 0768-82-3221 0[Marine Park Beach] [Map:D-3] Festival is held in the summer. Noto has kind people, beautiful sea, N https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/5654l ! 29-2, Sanami-machi, Notojima, Nanao City delicious food, and clean air. Please enjoy your stay in Noto. 9:00 - 17:00 3000 yen 0767-84-1113 [Mapcode: 590 405 816*85] [Mapcode: 329 685 604*55] 0[Mitsuke Beach] [Map:E-2] PHAN THI HUYNH LIEN From Vietnam and living in Ukai, Houdatsu-machi, Suzu City Nakanoto-machi. ! 0768-84-2318 [Mapcode: 329 524 037*41]

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Sushi Intangible Cultural Heritage, sushi is Among the range of the most famous around the world. Japanese cuisine that While Ishikawa is famous for its tasty has been registered sushi, you will enjoy even more as UNESCO delicious sushi in Noto, where fish and shellfish are landed right there at the port. Noto Notodon bowl Local Specialities As its name suggests, this dish is served in a bowl and contains different ingredients from Noto, There is a big variety, ranging from luxury versions to Food and culture developed by more simple ones. The chopsticks served with the dish are also made in Noto’s Satoyama and Satoumi, cert ified as a Noto and can be taken home as a souvenir. Globally Important Agricultural He ritage System *Noto’s Satoyama and Satoumi spreads across four cities and five towns in Noto. Cold and warm currents intersect off NOTO AREA the coast of Noto, making it a rich NOTO AREA fishing area inhabited by a variety of fish and shellfish. It is for this reason that fish from Ishikawa has a reputation for being delightful in Japan. Noto has plenty of delicious

ingredients thanks to its thriving Sweet Shrimp fishery and agriculture. Since it is Sweet shrimps live on the deep seabed off the coast of the Noto Peninsula. During the best also one of the best sake brewing season, which runs from early September to late February, While eating them raw is the areas in the country, many restau- best way to enjoy the taste of these fresh sake sweet shrimps, deep-frying or rants serve locally produced . putting them in miso soup are Food culture is not the only thing to also recommended. have been nurtured by the climate of Noto. Wajima lacquerware Wajima Lacquerware Kano-gani Crab naturally developed as a tool for You will see Wajima lacquerware shops Known by their brand name, Kano-gani, snow crabs from everyday use by the people in here and there when walking down the Ishikawa are the king of tastes from the Sea of Japan in street in Wajima. Wajima lacquerware, a winter. The thick legs are packed with meat, which seems to Wajima, Noto. Its design was then traditional craft representative of Japan, is a overflow when you crack the shell. Boiling brings out the masterpiece that can be cherished for life. sweet, moist, delicate flavor to be enjoyed. gradually improved and it is now celebrated as Japan’s best lacquer- Oyster Noto Oyster ware as a form of art craft. (magaki) farming thrives in Nanao Bay. The thick and sweet oysters are best enjoyed in winter. iwagaki oysters begin to circulate around April, Most of them are wild caught and are characterized by their rather big Noto-Ushi Beef meat. They are The branded Noto Beef comes most tasty in from cattle raised in the rich nature of summer. Noto and is distinguished by its fine meat and high-quality fat. It is dubbed “hard-to-find beef” due to its low circulation volume and the fact that it can only be eaten in Ishikawa.

18 19 能登 Around Noto - TOYAMA NOTO

TOYAMA ISHIKAWA Drive from Noto to NAGANO FUKUI GIFU Toyama along the coast

AROUND NOTO

上棚矢駄I.C 245 251 Orihime-no-sato Nakanoto Nanao Otomari TOYAMA 織姫の里なかのと七尾大泊I.C 159

Yanaida 柳田I.C Noto Chirihama 304 のと千里浜

415 Unazuki Mikohara Himi うなづき神子原 Himi Himi Banya-gai 氷見I.C 氷見 Kurobe ひみ番屋街黒部I.C JR Himi Station Amaharashi Wave Park JR氷見駅雨晴 Namerikawa ウェーブパーク TakamatsuNoetsu Expressway Fugan Canal Kansui Park なめりかわ富岩運河環水公園

AROUND NOTO 能越自動車道 come on park Hokuriku Expressway AROUND NOTO 471 Manyonosato Takaoka Shinminato 北陸自動車道万葉の里高岡カモンパーク新湊 Marchen Oyabe Kurobe Gorge Railway ❻ メルヘンおやべ黒部峡谷鉄道 8 JR Toyama Station JR富山駅 Tateyama ❹ Tonami 立山I.C Ooiwasan Nissekiji Temple 砺波 Toyama Kitokito Airport 359 大岩山日石寺富山きときと空港 Toyama ▲ Mount 富山I.C Shomyo Falls Oyabe Tonami Tonami ❶Tonami Tulip Gallery Tateyama Station Tateyama 小矢部・砺波JCT 砺波I.C チューリップ四季彩館立山駅称名滝立山 ❶ Tonami Tulip Fair Shogawa ❺ ❺ Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route 庄川 Shogawa Onsen Area Fukumitsu Murodo Station 福光 ❸ Inami 庄川温泉郷室堂駅 The city park has seasonal ﬂowers to 井波 Toyama Prefecture This mountain sightseeing route takes Fukumitsu Zuisen-ji 41 富山県 enjoy, particularly tulips from Tonami 福光I.C Temple Toga Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route you through a majestic mountain land- 瑞泉寺利賀 Hosoiri City. The Tonami Tulip Fair is held here Tokai-Hokuriku 228 細入立山黒部アルペンルート scape via a cable car, ropeway, trolley- Expressway 156 東海北陸自動車道 from late April to early May every year. It 304 bus, and other forms of transport. The Ainokura is the biggest ﬂower festival in Japan Taira 229 period from spring to early summer sees 相倉たいら 34 and showcases three million tulips. Gokayama National Routes 160 and 415 run from Nanao City, Ishikawa the huge Snow Walls appear. 五箇山I.C ❷ Gokayama Gifu Prefecture 0 五箇山 0 100-1 Nakamura, Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture to岐 Hi 阜県 mi and Amaharashi Beaches in Toyama 11 Kokuyurin, Bunasakasoto, Ashikuraji, ! Kami Taira 0763-33-7716 [Tonami Tulip Gallery] 上平 Suganuma Prefecture. Nick named Noto Tateyama Seaside Line, they Tateyama-machi, Nakaniikawa County, Toyama 41 ï 菅沼 Rail Mountain Bike ! https://foreign.info-toyama.com/en/spot/?spot_id=41&ret_list_p=2 レールマウンテンバイク 076-432-2819 471 make perfect dr iving「Gattan Go!!」routes along the coast. There are also [Mapcode: 122 505 380*60] ï https://foreign.info-toyama.com/en/spot/?spot_id=11&ret_list_p=1 Shirakawago 471 Hakusan Ichirino Onsen 白川郷I.C other sightseeing places to visit in Toyama Prefecture. Fukube Falls 360 41 Shinhotaka Ropeway [Mapcode: 889 278 109*28] 山一里野温泉新穂高ロープウェイふくべの大滝 477 Shirakawa-go Okuhida-Onsengo

❷ Gokayama ❸ Zuisen-ji Temple ❹ Ooiwasan Nissekiji Temple ❻ Kurobe Gorge The two Gassho-style villages of Ainokura and A sculptor was invited from Kyoto to Located at the base of the Tateyama A railroad cuts through Kurobe Gorge Suganuma lie in the Gokayama area, surround- reconstruct Zuisen-ji Temple, which was mountain range, the head temple for the through the hidden scenic spot. The great ed by steep mountains. Together with Siraka- destroyed by ﬁre in 1763. He handed Shingon Missyu school has a history journey through nature takes 1 hour and wa-go, they are listed as UNESCO World down his techniques to local carpenters. dating back around 1,300 years. There 20 minutes one way. Every season brings Heritage Sites. The scenery is like a beautiful Take your time to appreciate the magnif- are a number of attractions, including diﬀerent stunning views to enjoy; fresh fairy tale scene and touches your heart. icent sculptures contained within the Fudo Myo-o statue, a three-tier pagoda, green in the spring, clear streams in the 0 temple building. [Ainokura] Ainokura, Nanto city, Toyama a temple gate, and six small waterfalls. summer, and red leaves in the fall. ! 0763-66-2123 [Mapcode: 549 622 678*00] ï https://foreign.info-toyama.com/en/spot/?spot_id=27&ret_list_p=1 0 3050 Inami, Nanto City, Toyama 0 3050 Inami, Nanto City, Toyama 0 11 Kurobekyokokuguchi, Kurobe City, Toyama 0 ! 0763-82-0004 ! 0763-82-0004 ! 0765-62-1011 [Suganuma] Suganuma, Nanto city, Toyama ! 0763-66-2468 [Mapcode: 549 556 112*33] ï https://foreign.info-toyama.com/en/spot/?spot_id=37 ï https://www.info-toyama.com/spot/31004/ ï https://foreign.info-toyama.com/en/spot/?spot_id=18&ret_list_p=3 ï https://foreign.info-toyama.com/en/spot/?spot_id=29&ret_list_p=1 [Mapcode: 122 207 570*44] [Mapcode: 144 287 069*22] [Mapcode: 220 235 410*60]

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Uchinada KAGA AREA Sea of Japan 内灘I.C 8 Uchinada Sunset Park Kurikara Genpei no sato Boasting hot spring towns and natural beauty Onebu 内灘サンセットパーク倶利伽羅源平の郷大根布JCT

JR Kanazawa Station 304 JR金沢駅 Kanazawa Nishi ❶ 金沢西I.C Kanazawa Kanazawa 金沢 25 金沢 Hakusan 白山I.C 210 Indulge yourself in a trip to Matto Seaside Park ITINERARY the mountains, rivers, sea, and town 松任海浜公園 1st day Kaga is known as one of the best hot spring areas in Hokuriku. With a Mikawa ❶ Kanazawa rental car, you will be able to enjoy easy access to the hot springs in mountainous 美川I.C Route 146 - Route 157 - Route 8 - Route 305 ↓ 60 min / 32.3km areas and visit more than one hot spring town. The ancient Natadera Temple, Megumi Hakusan めぐみ白山 ❷ Kibagata Park which blends both natural and architectural beauty, is a must-visit place. Route 305 ↓ 8 min / 4km [Mapcode: 120 414 584*06] It takes around one hour by car from Kanazawa to the Kaga area. On the Hokuriku Expressway ❸ Michino-eki Komatsu Kibagata ﬁrst day, you can stroll through the beautiful landscape, which is 北陸自動車道 Route 8 - Route 163 8 4 ↓ 10 min / 8.9km [Mapcode: 120 415 895] unique to Japan, taking in scenes such as an old folk house with Shirayama-Hime Shrine ❹ 白山比咩神社 The Forest of Wisdom a cedar forest and rustic countryside, and then stay at Ataka Seaside Park Tatsunokuchi Onsen 4 min / 3.9km [Mapcode: 120 266 071*44] 安宅海浜公園辰口温泉 ↓ Yamanaka Onsen. On the second day, visit a port town Komatsu Shirayama-San Ataka-no-seki 小松I.C しらやまさん ❺ Traditional Handicrafts Village KAGA AREA facing the Sea of Japan and enjoy visitor experience Barrier Ruins KAGA AREA 安宅の関 "Yunokuni-no-mori" ↓ Route 11 - Route 43 as well as shopping. We suggest a 2-day, 1-night Komatsu Airport JR Komatsu Station 4 min / 2.3km [Mapcode: 120 262 469*44] JR小松駅 14 drive for families. 小松空港 Aeon mall Shinkomatsu イオンモール新小松 181 ❻ Natadera Temple Katayamazu Komatsu Kibagata 片山津I.C こまつ木場潟 Route 11 - Route 39 ↓ 19 min / 11.6km [Mapcode: 120 230 204*47] Kami Taira Kibagata Park ❷ ❸ Komatsu Kibagata 149 こまつ木場潟 360 Hashitate Fishing Port District 木場潟公園 ❼ Kakusenkei Gorge 橋立漁港 416 ❾ 107 Motorcar Museum of Japan Route 39 日本自動車博物館 ↓ Kasa-no-misaki Cape 10 Katayamazu Onsen Ikko-Ikki no sato 4 min / 950m [Mapcode: 899 540 691*14] 片山津温泉加佐の岬 305 Awazu Onsen 一向一揆の里 145 ❽ Kaga Fruit Land 粟津温泉 Yamanaka Onsen Kurosaki Beach 加賀フルーツランド 11 JR Kaga Onsen Station ❺ Traditional Handicrafts Village JR加賀温泉駅 (Stay Overnight) 黒崎海水浴場 "Yunokuni-no-mori" 44 ❹ 加賀伝統工芸村ゆのくにの森 Daishoji River boat Ride 大聖寺渡し船 ❻ The Forest of Wisdom 2nd day 154 苔の里 109 Hakusanroku 12 13Kutani Mangetsu Natadera Tsukiusagi-no-sato JR Daishoji 九谷満月 Temple 161 白山麓 ❽ Yamanaka Onsen 月うさぎの里 Station JR大聖寺駅 Yamashiro Onsen 那谷寺 Route 364 Kaga 山代温泉 360↓ 加賀I.C 29 min / 14.4km [Mapcode: 899 570 214*22] Kutaniyaki Art Museum 157 九谷焼美術館 ❾ Hashitate Fishing Port District Route 148 43 305 ↓ 10 min / 2.2km [Mapcode: 120 337 647*25] Tojinbo Cliffs mokume 東尋坊木地師のお店 Yamanaka Onsen Kaga 10Kasa-no-misaki Cape ❽ 山中温泉「mokume」 Onsen-kyo ↓ Route 29 Kanazu ❼ Kakusenkei Gorge 加賀温泉郷 12 min / 4.3km [Mapcode: 120 336 818*88] Awara Onsen 金津I.C 鶴仙渓あわら温泉 11Kaga Fruit Land Yamanaka Onsen Yukemuri Kenko-Mura 153 ↓ Route 143 - Route 140 山中温泉ゆけむり健康村 13 min / 6.3km [Mapcode: 120 247 721*17] Fukui Prefecture 12Tsukiusagi-no-sato Mikuni 福井県 Route 61 - Route 8 みくに 364 ↓ 16 min / 8.6km [Mapcode: 120 123 883*25]

Sakai 8 13Kutani Mangetsu さかい Route 8 ↓ 26 min / 18.6km [Mapcode: 120 192 288*60] 14Aeon Mall Shinkomatsu Maruoka 丸岡I.C Route 305 - Route 8 - Route 157 - Route 146 ↓ 58 min / 29.7km [Mapcode: 120 536 041*77] 22 ❶ Kanazawa 23 416 加賀 Kaga Area - Scenic Wonders KAGA

Kibagata Park [Map:B-6] Explore the landscape The development of this park centers on a lake called Kibagata, which provides a fantas- created by people and nature tic view of Mt. Hakusan. The 6.4-km path through the park is ideal if you wish to take a stroll. You can also hire a boat or a bicycle. 0 Ra 58, Mitani-machi,Komatsu City ! 0761-43-3106 ï http://www.komatsuguide.jp/index.php/spot/detail/19/1/1/en/ N 8:30 - 17:00 / Closed : Open All Year Round [Mapcode: 120 414 584*06] In the Kaga area, you will find that historic temples, buildings, and beautiful towns are located close to the mountains, rivers, and sea. There is a cultural landscape on each piece of land that people have built over the years, and evokes a strong desire to travel. KAGA Scenic Wonders Kakusenkei Gorge [Map:B-6] One of the charms of Yamana- ka Onsen is that it is blessed with natural beauty, such as a gorge and mountain streams. In particular, Kakusen- kei Gorge is gaining popularity as a quaint spot for autumn leaves. The best time for autumn leaves is from mid to late November. Natadera Temple [Map:B-6] Kasa-no-misaki Cape [Map:A-6] Hashitate Fishing Port District [Map:A-6] 0 From 1 Yamanaka Onsen Higashi-machi to Many of the buildings at this old temple with a There is a beautiful contrast between the During the Edo period, the Sea of Japan Koorogi-machi, Kaga City ! 0761-78-0330 (Yamanaka Onsen Tourism Association) KAGA AREA KAGA AREA 1,300-year history are designated as National white lighthouse and the blue sea at this was an important route for the shipping of ï http://visitkaga.com/places_of_interest/yamanaka/kakusenkei.php Important Cultural Properties. The natural cape. When you stand at the tip of the rice, fish, etc. from the ports in Hokkaido [Mapcode: 899 540 691*14] rocky mountains form a unique landscape in cape, you will see a spectac- to Tokyo and Osaka. The town of Hashitate the vast precincts, especially with the magnifi- ular panoramic view prospered through such maritime trans- cent autumn leaves. The best time for autumn of the Sea of Japan port and is designated as an Important leaves is from late October to late November. on both sides. You Preservation District for Groups of Tradi- 0 can also enjoy tional Buildings, with the streetscapes ! YU-122 Natamachi, Komatsu City ï 0761-65-2111 strolling along the from the time being protected. http://www.natadera.com/EN/ seaside trail. 0 N 8:30 - 16:45(March to November) 8:45 - 16:30(December Hashitate, Kaga City l 0 Hashitate-machi, Kaga City ! 0761-72-6678 (Kaga City Tourism imformation Center) to February) / Closed : Open All Year Round / 600 JPY ! ï [Mapcode: 120 230 204*47] 0761-72-7892 http://visitkaga.com/places_of_interest/hashitate/fishing.php ï http://visitkaga.com/places_of_interest/hashitate/kasanomisaki.php [Mapcode: 120 337 647*25] [Mapcode: 120 336 818*88]

Daishojigawa River [Map:A-6] There are still remnants of the old castle town of Daishoji along the former Daishoji River. Choryutei is situated in the precincts of the Enuma Shrine, which sits by the river. It was built in 1709 as a resting facility for the lords of the Daishoji domain. 0 The Forest of Wisdom [Map:B-6] ! 87 Daishoji Hachiken-michi, Kaga City This area is open to tourists as a sightsee- 0761-72-6662 ï http://visitkaga.com/places_of_interest/daishoji/ ing spot for moss, including the gardens, [Mapcode: 120 187 650*77] a shrine, and old folk houses surrounded by beautiful cedar forests. Experience rustic Japanese life culture in a beautiful village and mountainous landscape. 0 Tora-71, Hiyo-machi, Komatsu City Discover the natural diversity ! 090-7083-6969 ï http://forestofwisdom.org/en/ N 9:00 - 16:00 / Closed : December to March / l 500 JPY and varied scenery [Mapcode: 120 266 071*44]

24 0 Address / ! Contact / ï Website / N Business Hours / l Rate 25 加賀 Kaga Area - Tourist Facilities KAGA

Kutaniyaki Art Museum [Map:A-6] Motorcar Museum of Japan [Map:B-6] This museum houses and exhibits master- Five hundred prestigious cars from diﬀer- pieces of Kutani Ware, which has a history ent countries are on permanent display in of 360 years. There are divergent exhibi- a vast space. The only existing Rolls-Royce tion spaces that contain a display of Kutani Silver Wraith produced in Britain in 1948, Ware, whose patterns vary with the times. an extraordinary Toyota 2000 GT, and 0 1-10-13 Daishoji Jikata-machi, Kaga City successive Skylines are all must-sees. ! 0761-72-7466 0 ï 40 Ikkanyama, Futatsunashi-machi, Komatsu City http://www.kutani-mus.jp/en/ ! 0761-43-4343 N 9:00-17:00 (last admittance 16:30) / Closed : Traditional Handicrafts Village ï l http://mmj-car.com/english/ Ataka-no-seki Barrier Ruins [Map:B-6] Mondays(opens on holidays), 12/29 - 1/3 / 500 JPY "Yunokuni-no-mori" [Map:B-6] N 9:00 - 17:00 (last admittance 16:30) / Closed : [Mapcode: 120 157 857*33] l “Kanjincho” (The Subscription List) is set in this With the old folk houses relocated to a vast forest, this 12/29 - 12/31 / 1,000 JPY [Mapcode: 120 292 660*82] place and the anecdote is one of the most iconic facility oﬀers information on traditional crafts. See the of the kabuki plays. The bronze statues of the process of making crafts and experience a variety of three characters stand together here. There is a traditional crafts, such as Yuzen dyeing and ceramics. nearby restaurant and souvenir shop where you 0 NA-3-3 Awazu Onsen, Komatsu City can enjoy a fabulous view of the Sea of Japan. ! 0761-65-3456 0 ï https://yunokuni.jp/mori/?lang=en Ataka-machi, Komatsu City N ! 0761-21-6734 [Kanjincho Monogatari-kan Museum] 8:30 - 17:00 (2/21 - 11/30), 9:00 -16:30 ï (12/1 - 2/20) / Closed : Open All Year http://www.komatsuguide.jp/index.php/spot/detail/104/1/2/en/ l N 9:00 - 17:00 / Closed : Wednesdays; End and Round / 540 JPY Beginning of Year / l 300 JPY [Mapcode: 120 262 469*44] [Mapcode: 120 590 821*11] KAGA Tourist Katayamazu Onsen [Map:B-6] Facilities This hot spring area is located on the shores of the Shibaya- ma-gata lagoon, with a view of Go on a trip to discover sacred Mt. Hakusan. Every year from around late October to early February, present-day Kaga, as well as its history you can see the beautiful white swans that spend the winter at Shibayama-gata. 0 ! Otsu-65-2, Katayamazu-onsen, Kaga City ï 0761-74-0550 (Katayamazu Onsen Soyu) N http://www.katayamazu-spa.or.jp/en/ l

KAGA AREA 6:00 - 22:00 / Closed : Open All Year Round / 440 JPY KAGA AREA There are four historic hot spring [Mapcode: 120 344 078*77] towns in Kaga. With a rental car, you will be able to visit art museums and visitor experience facilities in the vicinity of each hot spring town. In contrast, there are modern shopping facilities in the suburbs packed with shoppers.

Yamanaka Onsen [Map:B-6] With its 1,300-year history, this is one of the hot spring Shopping towns that represent Ishikawa. Although surrounded by mountains, fresh seafood is delivered from a ﬁshing port thanks to its proximity to the Sea of Japan. Taste a gift from the Sea of Japan, such as winter crabs and yellowtail, in the gourmet town of Yamanaka Onsen. 0 Re-1, Yunode-machi, Yamanaka onsen, Kaga City ! 0761-78-4026 (Yamanaka Onsen Soyu [Kikunoyu]) ï https://www.yamanaka-spa.or.jp/global/eng/ Yamashiro Onsen [Map:B-6] Aeon Mall Shinkomatsu [Map:B-6] Michino-eki Komatsu Kibagata [Map:B-6] Tsukiusagi-no-Sato [Map:A-6] N 6:45 - 22:00 / Closed : Open All Year Round / l 440 JPY This hot spring resort is centered around two This is a large shopping center The sales ﬂoor provides locally You can pet rabbits that run [Mapcode: 899 570 214*22] communal baths, with a number of ryokans that opened in March 2017 and produced agricultural products loose at this leisure facility. There has around 160 specialty stores. and processed food. You can also is also a café and restaurant so standing around them. Also known as the 0 collect information on the you can spend a relaxing day town of Kutaniyaki, the area has mini galler- ! 315 Seiroku-machi, Komatsu City neighborhood’s tourist attractions. here. ies of Kutaniyaki in the ryokans and shops. ï 0761-20-8530 0 0 0 https://en.aeonmall.global/mall/ Ke 2-2, Rendaiji-machi, Komatsu City 43-41 Nagai-machi, Kaga City 18-128, Yamashiro-onsen, Kaga City shinkomatsu-aeonmall/ ! 0761-25-1188 ! 0761-73-8116 ! 0761-76-0144 (Yamashiro Onsen Kosoyu) N ï ï ï 10:00 - 21:00 (depending on https://www.michi-no-eki.jp/stations/viewe/485 https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/ http://www.yamashiro-spa.or.jp/foreign/en the facility) / Closed : Open All N 8:30 - 18:30 (depending on the english/kanko/20097.html N 6:00 - 22:00 / Closed : Mornings of the 4th Wednesday N l Year Around facility) / Closed : 1/1 - 3, Wednesday 9:00 - 17:00 / Closed : Open All of the month (opens at noon) / 500 yen [Mapcode: 120 536 041*77] from Jan to Feb TFree Wi-Fi Year Around / l Free Entry Fee [Mapcode: 120 133 261*41] [Mapcode: 120 415 895] [Mapcode: 120 123 883*25]

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KAGA Activities

Fruits Picking Kaga Coast Nature Trail Kaga Fruit Land is a tourist farm which With a view of the Sea of Japan, this 4-km A wide variety of leisure activities offers fruits-picking activities all year nature trail goes uphill and downhill with round, including strawberries from gentle curves. It starts at the Cape of Kasa, winter to spring; cherries and blueberries where a white lighthouse is located, and and experiences for families in the early summer; grapes from ends at Katano Beach. The cliffs eroded by If you wish to experience Japanese traditional crafts, we recommend Yamanaka summer to fall; and apples in winter. You the rough waves of the Sea of Japan, unusu- lacquerware or Kutani Ware, which both originate from Kaga. There is also a can pick seasonal fruits with your own al rock formations, and caves create magnifi- number of other leisure activities and visitor experiences for families, such as fruit hands and taste them on site. The juice, cent scenery. In contrast, it looks as if the sea picking, hot springs, walks, and rowing boat rides. jams, sweets etc. that are made with the blends with the sky when you stroll along a farm’s fruits are for sale. quiet sandy beach, and there are hills with You can spend the whole day at the plants and flowers to enjoy. If you walk farm’s large grounds as there is also a down the trail while listening to the waves, park golf course and barbecue area. you will feel as if you are part of nature. In the [Kaga Fruit Land] [Map:A-6] summer, you can enjoy swimming at Kuro- 0 I-59-1 Yutaka-machi, Kaga City saki Beach or Katano Beach along the way. ! 0761-72-1800 [Kaga Coast Nature Trail] [Map:A-6] ï http://www.furulan.com/eng/ 0 From Kasa-no-misaki to Katano Kaigan, Kaga City N 9:00 - 17:00 / Closed : 12/29 - 1/1 / l Fruit-picking ! 0761-72-7892 activities start at 1200 JPY ï http://visitkaga.com/places_of_interest/hashitate/kasanomisaki.php [Mapcode: 120 247 721*17] [Mapcode: 120 336 818*88]

Yamanaka Lacquerware – Kutani Ware - Potter’s Wheel KAGA AREA Wood Cutting Experience and Painting Experiences KAGA AREA “mokume” is a workshop-cum-store run by a wood Kutani Mangetsu is the largest Kutani Ware special- base craftsman of Yamanaka lacquerware. While wood ty shop in Hokuriku. It sells a variety of Kutani Ware, base craftsmen generally cut a shape out of wood, ranging from vessels for daily use to art objects, and Yamanaka lacquerware wood base craftsmen apply also offers a hands-on experience of Kutani Ware. the best “woodturning” technique in Japan to cut out During the painting experience, you can decorate a a round object, such as a bowl, using a potter’s wheel. vessel, such as a mug, vase, or plate, with the At the workshop, you can make a wooden vessel pattern of your choice, while during the potter’s through this woodturning technique. A craftsman will wheel experience, you can mold a vessel using an then finish your vessel with lacquer or oil at a later date electric potter’s wheel. Your item will be shipped at before shipment. Or experience for yourself crafting a a later date, so you can look forward to receiving Hot Springs Daishoji Riverboat Ride small box or an object, which you can take home with your finished item at home. This will become the In the Kaga area, there are four hot spring Daishoji, Kaga City is a small castle town you on that day. best memory of your trip. towns within a radius of roughly 8 km: that once prospered when it was a branch 0[mokume] [Map:B-6] 0[Kutani Mangetsu] [Map:B-6] Awazu, surrounded by foothills; Kataya- of the Kaga domain. The Daishoji River- Ni 60, Yamanaka Onsen Sakae-machi, Kaga City Ru 95-2, Nakadai-machi, Kaga City mazu, which sits on the side of Lake boat Ride allows you to feel the tradition- ! 0761-78-1757 ! 0120-47-2121 ï https://mokume-k.jimdo.com ï https://www.mangetsu.co.jp Shibayama; Yamashiro, situated on a al air of the castle town on the former N 10:00 - 16:00 / Closed : Thursdays / l 3000 JPY ~ N 8:00 - 17:00 / Closed : Open All Year Around / l 1500 JPY ~ hillock overlooking the countryside; and Daishoji River. The rowing houseboat [Mapcode: 899 570 063*33] [Mapcode: 120 192 288*60] Yamanaka, located in the valley between moves slowly along the waterscape with the mountains. seasonal colors to enjoy, such as spring You can drop by and use a communal cherry blossom and autumn leaves. From bath called a soyu in each hot spring town. the boat, you can see the majestic There are many interesting places He is familiar with the Kaga area and Why not visit the soyu in all four towns to Choryutei, an Important Cultural Property that are not listed in guidebooks. works as a coordi- discover their differences in terms of loca- of Japan. While moving slowly along the nator at the tourist information center in JR Kaga Onsen Station. tion and the quality of the springs? water, you will enjoy scenery that cannot be viewed from a car window. He provides overseas tourists with a variety of information, ï[Yamanaka Onsen] [Map:B-6] [Mapcode: 899 570 214*22] including a walking map of hot spring towns as well as accom- https://www.yamanaka-spa.or.jp/global/eng/ [Daishoji Riverboat Ride] [Map:A-6] modation and tourist facilities. If you have any inquiries about [Yamashiro Onsen] [Map:B-6] [Mapcode: 120 133 261*41] 0 87 Daishoji Hachiken-michi, Kaga City ï http://www.yamashiro-spa.or.jp/foreign/en ! sightseeing in the Kaga area, please visit “KAGA Tabimachinet.” 0761-72-6662 [Katayamazu Onsen] [Map:B-6] [Mapcode: 1120 344 078*77] ï http://visitkaga.com/places_of_interest/daishoji/cruise.php KAGA Tabimachinet [Map:B-6] [Mapcode: 120 222 883*11] ! 0761-72-6678 ï http://www.katayamazu-spa.or.jp/en N 8:30 - 12:00 (April to November) / Closed : ï http://www.tabimati.net [Awazu Onsen] [Map:B-6] [Mapcode: 120 293 387*17] Tuesdays and Wednesdays / l 2000 JPY ~ a tourism coordinator. ï Alexandre Leroi From France and living in Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga City. http://www.awazuonsen.com [Mapcode: 120 187 650*77]

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Kano-gani Crab KAGA The snow crab from Ishikawa is branded as Kano-gani. The ﬁshing season is Local Specialities from November to March. Since the Hashitate port in Kaga has excellent ﬁshing grounds, Kano-gani which is landed there particularly has the reputation of being tasty. Kaga’s unique masterpieces incorp orate both tradition and a modern sensi bility

Kaga is home to the two traditional crafts of Kutani Ware, a representative Japanese porcelain decorated with colored pictures, and Yamanaka lacquerware, which is created by the woodturning technique using a potter’s wheel. There are many

sightseeing spots and stores related Komatsu Sio-Yakisoba This palatable dish has been loved by to these traditional crafts. locals since it was ﬁrst created by a KAGA AREA The area is also blessed with food Chinese restaurant in Komatsu City KAGA AREA around 60 years ago. The essential ingredients thanks to its location that ingredients of this salt-based, simple-tasting noodle dish features natural diversity, including are thick noodles, bean sprouts, green onions, the sea, mountains, and rivers. The and carrots. bounty of the sea, which is landed at Hashitate Port, has a strong brand.

These days, many eateries are Yamanaka Lacquerware This lacquerware has a history of 400 years and creating local specialty menus is made through the best woodturning Kutani Ware combining local ingredients with technique in Japan. Craftsmen also This is a make lacquerware using resin, representative handicrafts. oﬀering various items, Japanese porcelain ranging from luxuries to decorated with vessels for daily use. colored pictures. It originates from the pottery that was ﬁrst made in around 1655 in the area that is now present-day Kaga City. It is distinguished by the use of gorgeous colors and innovative patterns.

Kaga Parfait This colorful and glorious dessert is composed of ﬁve layers made from locally produced ingredients, such as vegetables and a Kaga Kani Gohan soft-boiled egg. It is This is a new local gourmet served in both food featuring crab rice Kutani ware and made from female snow Yamanaka crab, which was landed at lacquerware. the Hashitate ﬁshing port in Kaga. It is served in specially selected Yamanaka lacquerware and Kutani Ware.

30 31 加賀 Around Kaga - FUKUI KAGA

Drive on National Route 364

TOYAMA ISHIKAWA and visit popular NAGANO FUKUI GIFU sightseeing spots in Fukui

National Route 364 connects Yamanaka Onsen in the Kaga area to both Eiheiji-cho and Ohno City in Fukui Prefecture. The former contains Eiheiji, the headquarters of the Soto Zen school, while the latter is home to the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur AROUND KAGA Museum. This means you have easy access to these places. If you continue driving FUKUI towards the Sea of Japan, you will ﬁnd more varied scenery. Hakusan Ichirino Onsen 石川県九谷焼美術館 JR Daishoji Yunokuni -no-mori Fukube Falls Station Nata-dera Temple 白山一里野温泉 JR大聖寺駅 Center Workshops ふくべの大滝那谷寺 360 加賀伝統工芸村ゆのくにの森 157 Yamashiro Onsen 43 Sena Awara Onsen 山代温泉瀬女 ❶ Kaga Chugu Toll Gate Magari Toll Gate あわら温泉 Yamanaka Onsen 中宮料金所 Kanazu 山中温泉馬狩料金所 Tojinbo Cliffs 305 ❷ 金津I.C Onsen-kyo 東尋坊 Kakusenkei Gorge 加賀温泉郷 Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road (Toll Road) 153 鶴仙渓白山白川郷ホワイトロード Sakai EchizenHakusan Bamboo Folk Museum Doll Village さかい石川県立白山ろく民俗資料館 Shiramine Maruoka Castle 越前竹人形の里 Traditional Building Area 丸岡城白峰重要伝統的 Mikuni The 建造物群保存地区Fukui Prefectural みくに 364 Dinosaur Museum Mount Hakusan WATARIGLASS studio Maruoka 福井県立恐竜博物館白山ワタリグラススタジオ 8 丸岡I.C

Zen no sato 157 SKI JAM Katsuyama Daianzenji Temple 416 禅の里 ❺ スキージャム勝山大安禅寺 Kochoumon ❻ 416 呼鳥門 305 Yokokan Garden Eiheiji Temple Hakusan Heisenji Shrine 養浩館庭園 Fukui 白山平泉寺旧境内福井I.C Ichijodani 大本山永平寺 Echizen Daffodil Land Asakura Miz unoeki 158 越前岬水仙ランド Rokuroshi Heights 一乗谷あさくら水の駅六呂師高原 Nishiyama Park ❸ Ichijodani Park-in Nyugaoka 西山公園 Nishiyama Park Asakura Cl an Ruins ❶ 417 ❺ Tojinbo Cliﬀs パークイン丹生ヶ丘西山公園一乗谷朝倉氏遺跡 Echizen Ono Castle The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum Echizen Coast 476 越前大野城 158 越前海岸 ❹ Kuzuryu Designated a Natural Monument of the country, Sabae Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture is known across Echizen Echizen Lacquerware Hall 九頭竜越前鯖江I.C Takasu Tojinbo is famous for the view where the raging 365 うるしの里会館高鷲I.Cthe country as a gold mine for dinosaur fossils. It is Takefu Knife Village

AROUND KAGA Echizen Pottery Village Lake Kuzuryu AROUND KAGA waves of the Sea of Japan erode the cliﬀs. The 越前陶芸村タケフナイフビレッジ九頭竜湖 home to one of the world’s largest dinosaur-themed 8 Takefu 417 Fukui Prefecture dynamic columns of rock, which span around a Megane Museum 武生I.C museums. The spacious exhibition spaces contain a kilometer, are a rare geological phenomenon. A trip めがねミュージアム福井県 display of impressive dinosaur skeletons, fossils and Echizen Soba Village Echizen Washi Village on an excursion boat allows you to appreciate the 越前そばの里越前和紙の里 specimens, dioramas, and reconstructed models. beauty of the natural formations in each season. Kono Imajo Both children and adults can have a great time. 河野今庄I.C 0 Anto, Mikuni-cho, Sakai City, Fukui Hokuriku Expressway 0 51-11 Terao, Muroko-cho, Katsuyama City, Fukui ! 0776-82-5515 北陸自動車道 ! 0779-88-0001 ï https://www.fuku-e.com/lang/english/places_to_visit/beautiful_view.php ï https://www.fuku-e.com/lang/english/feature/feature-dinosaur_museum.php [Mapcode: 264 240 132*88] [Mapcode: 240 886 544*85]

❷ Awara Onsen ❸ Echizen Coast Drive ❹ Urushi-no-sato/Urushi-no-sato Kaikan ❻ Eiheiji Temple Since opening in 1883, this historic hot spring Listed as a quasi-national park, Echizen Coast is The entire town of Kawada, Sabae City, Fukui Zen master Dōgen opened this Zen train- town has been loved by many writers and artists. characterized by unusual rock cliﬀs shaped by the Prefecture is called “Urushi no Sato” (the ing monastery in 1244. Every year, 500,000 Even now, over a million people come here every erosive power of the wind and waves. The popular home of lacquer) and is known for the produc- worshippers visit the tourist spot that year to enjoy taking a bath. The tranquil country- driving route features the Cape of Echizen and tion of traditional Echizen lacquerware. Locat- represents Fukui Prefecture. Over 70 build- side contains a number of inns that stand in an Tojinbo, both of which are included in the “100 Best ed in the town center, Urushi-no-sato Kaikan ings stand in an orderly manner in the vast orderly manner. Each one has its own original way Sunsets in Japan.” Fresh seafood can be enjoyed introduces the history and production process precincts of the temple, surrounded by of healing tired travellers, providing fresh seafood throughout the year in the area surrounding the of lacquerware as well as selling it. You can cedar trees. In 2015, it was awarded two from the Sea of Japan and attentive service. coast, including the famous snow crab in winter. also experience lacquerware painting. stars in the “Michelin Green Guide Japon.” 0 Onsen, Awara City, Fukui [Echizen-misaki Cape] [Mapcode: 560 220 469*77] 0 40-1-2 Nishibukuro-cho, Sabae City, Fukui 0 5-15 Shihi, Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida County, Fukui ! 0776-77-2040 0 Chigadaira, Echizen-cho, Nyu-gun County, Fukui ! 0778-65-2727 ! 0776-63-3102 ï https://www.fuku-e.com/lang/english/feature/feature-onsen.php ! 0778-37-1234 ï https://www.fuku-e.com/lang/english/places_to_visit/traditional_craft.php ï https://www.fuku-e.com/lang/english/feature/ [Mapcode: 264 240 132*88] ï https://www.fuku-e.com/010_spot/index.php?id=467&tab=0 [Mapcode: 63 138 006*41] [Mapcode: 63 507 299*71]

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Head to the foot of Mt. Hakusan, one of the three holy mountains in Japan

The vast Hakusan area extends from the coast of the Sea of 249 Japan to Mt. Hakusan, which is one of the three holy Uchinada HAKUSAN AREA mountains in Japan, along with Mt. Fuji and Mt. Tateyama. 内灘I.C 8 LocatedKurikara Genpei-no-sato at the foot of the holy Mt. Hakusan The area is blessed with varied nature and beautiful Uchinada Sansetto Paku 倶利伽羅源平の郷 Onebu 内灘サンセットパーク landscapes, and strongly retains the unique traditional 大根布JCT culture and lifestyle of each neighborhood.

The highlight of a 2-day, 1-night trip from Kanazawa to 60 Kanazawa Higashi Hakusanroku (at the foot of Mt. Hakusan) is without a 金沢東I.C Hokuriku Expressway doubt the Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road. It is 北陸自動車道 304 a driving road that leads to the World Heritage JR Kanazawa Station JR金沢駅 ITINERARY Site Shirakawa-go. Before going there, Kanazawa Nishi ❶ Kanaza wa 金沢西I.C 金沢 25 1st day 2nd day let’s visit various spots that encourage Hakusan 210 白山I.C ❶ Kanazawa ❽ Hakusan Ichirino Onsen hands-on experience and participation ↓ Route 146 - Route 157 - Route 8 - Route 157 - Route 173 ↓ Noto Satoyama kaido Freeway from visitors; for example, you can 52 min / 24.2km 42 min / 38.7km [Mapcode: 507 356 525*11] Matto Seaside Park ❷ Kutani Chinaware Ceramic Art Village ❾ Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road experience Japanese traditional 松任海浜公園 Kanaz awa Route 173 - Route 22 Route 232 ↓ 7 min / 3.4km [Mapcode: 41 032 022*60] ↓ 42 min / 38.7km [Mapcode: 549 008 181*58] performing arts and crafts at 金沢 8 ❸ Ishikawa Zoo 10Fukube Falls cultural facilities, and children Mikawa 157 美川I.C Route 22 - Route 157 - Route 103 Route 249 Megumi Hakusan ↓ 17 min / 11.3km [Mapcode: 41 035 625*88] ↓ 42 min / 38.7km [Mapcode: 950 878 562*25] can have a great time at めぐみ白山 Asano Taiko Drum Exhibit ❹ Shirayama-Hime Shrine 11Sanpoiawadake Trail leisure facilities. 浅野太鼓 Tatsunokuchi Onsen Route 103 Noto Satoyama kaido Freeway 辰口温泉 ↓ 9 min / 1.1km [Mapcode: 41 046 741*85] ↓ 42 min / 38.7km [Mapcode: 549 040 236*30] Ishikawa Insect Museum Tedori Fish Land 石川県ふれあい昆虫館 304 手取フィッシュランド ❺ Shishiku Highland 12Shirakawa-go 4 Route 103 - Route 179 - Route 157 [Mapcode: 549 049 156*00] ↓ 26 min / 13.6km [Mapcode: 41 077 338*71] Shish iku Taira Ainokura たいら 229 Shirayama-San ❺ Highl and ❻ Tedori Gorge *Hakusan相倉 Shirakawa-go White Road closes Sea of Japan しらやまさん獅子吼高原 ❸ Route 178 - Route 157 - Route 360 during winter season: from the end of Ishikawa Zoo ❹ ↓ いしかわ動物園 Shirayam a-Hime 11 min / 7.7km [Mapcode: 507 616 497*71] November to the early June. 34 Shrine ❼ Michino-eki Sena 8 白山比咩神社 ❷ Kutani Chinaware Route 360 Gokayama Ceramic Art Village ↓ 13 min / 7.4km [Mapcode: 507 438 158] Gokayama 五箇山九谷陶芸村 ❽ Hakusan Ichirino Onsen 五箇山I.C Komatsu Airport Suganuma The Ruins of Torigoe-jo Castle Yoshioka-enchi Park

菅沼 HAKUSAN AREA HAKUSAN AREA 小松空港 (Stay Overnight) Komatsu Kiba-gata 鳥越城跡吉岡園地 Gokayama こまつ木場潟 Kami Taira 五箇山 360 上平 181 Katayamazu Onsen 416 片山津温泉 Ikko-Ikki no sato Senjo Onsen 一向一揆の里千丈温泉 Awazu Onsen 粟津温泉 Tedori Gorge ❻ 手取峡谷 Hakusanroku Niwaka Kobo 白山麓にわか工房 161 44 109 Shirakawago Kaga Sanpoiawadake Trail 白川郷I.C Yamashiro Onsen 三方岩岳 11 山代温泉 Onsen-kyo Hakusan Ichirino Onsen 加賀温泉郷白山一里野温泉 Shirakawa-go 360 157 Sena ❽ 白川郷瀬女 ❼ Shirakawago 43 白川郷 Michino-eki Sena Chugu Toll Gate Yamanaka Onsen 道の駅瀬女中宮料金所 Chugu Onsen 中宮温泉 12Shirakawa-go 山中温泉 Iwama Onsen Magari Toll Gate 白川郷岩間温泉馬狩料金所 ❾ Yamanaka onsen Hakusan Shirakawa-go yukemuri Kenko mura Ogi-machi Castle Ruin 山中温泉ゆけむり健康村 White Road 156 Observation District Hakusan Folk Museum *closes during winter season 荻町城跡展望台 364 153 石川県立白山ろく民俗資料館 Shiramine 白山白川郷ホワイトロード Traditional Build ing District 白峰重要伝統的 Fukube Falls 10 建造物群保存地区ふくべの大滝 Hida Hakusan 34 Shiramine Onsen Mount Hakusan 飛騨白山 35 白峰温泉白山白山 Hakusan Area - Scenic Wonders HAKUSAN

Shishiku Highland [Map:C-6] This plateau surrounded by rich greenery has a gondola that will take you to the summit 650 meters above sea level, from where there is a grandstand view of the Kanazawa plain and the Sea of Japan. At the summit, it’s also possible to experience a two-person paraglider with an instructor. 0 RI-110 Yahata-machi, Hakusan City ! 076-273-8449 (Park Shishiku) ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/kanko/20094.html [Mapcode: 41 077 338*71] Enjoy a splendid view from the foot of the mountains, as well as the leisure activities

Drive through Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road [Map:C-6] This 33.3-km road passes through Mt. Haku- magnificent san’s majestic nature and connects Haku- san Ichirino Onsen and the World Heritage nature and feel Shirakawa-go. Red leaves color the roadside in autumn and the sea of clouds may be the refreshing seen in the morning on sunny days. 0 ! Chugu, Hakusan City wind 076-256-7341 (Hakusan Forest Road Office) ï http://hs-whiteroad.jp/en/ Your heart will beat fast when you Tedori Gorge [Map:B-6] [Mapcode: 549 008 181*58] The torrent of the Tedori River has created a drive from the plains to the foot of the beautiful gorge, with its 20–30-meter-high cliff mountains and see the mountains stretching for around 8 kilometers. In particular, approaching. Streams from Mt. sheets of spray from the powerful “Watagataki Hakusan feed into the Tedori River, Falls” pour down to the gorge from the 32-meter-high cliff, as if cotton is dancing. which then flows into the Sea of Japan. 0 The water in the upper reaches of the Hakusan City ! 076-255-5310 (Hakusan City Tourism information Center) river looks powerful due to the steep ï http://www.city.hakusan.lg.jp/otherdata/sightseeing/ sightseeing/area_hakusan/index.html HAKUSAN AREA HAKUSAN AREA terrain. [Mapcode: 507 616 497*71] Shiramine Traditional Building District [Map:B-7] The houses in this settlement were built during the Edo and Meiji periods. In Shiramine, which is one of the heaviest snowfall areas in Japan, the houses and streetscape capture the wisdom of people who live with the snow. 0 Shiramine, Hakusan City ! 076-259-2721 ï http://www.city.hakusan.lg.jp/otherdata/sightseeing/ Fukube Falls [Map:C-6] sightseeing/area_shiramine/index.html Hakusan [Mapcode: 120 293 387*17] Hakusan Ichirino Onsen [Map:C-6] The Ruins of Torigoe-jo Castle [Map:B-6] Located halfway Scenic along the Hakusan This hot spring area is located on the These are the remains of a medieval Wonders plateau at the entrance to the “Hakusan castle that was built at the mountain Shirakawa-go White Shirakawa-go White Road.” It can get summit at an altitude of 312 meters. A Road, this 86-me- crowded with skiers in winter. gate and stone walls, etc. have now been ter-high waterfall is the best spot on the road. The 0 Ti-28, Ozoe, Hakusan City restored. ! 076-256-7846 (Hakusan Iyashinoyu Tenryo) 0 waterfall basin is very close to the car park, ï Misaka-machi, Hakusan City enabling you to see the water flowing down the https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/20225 ! 076-274-9579 (Hakusan City Government office) N 11:00 - 19:00 (Weekdays), 11:00 - 20:00 (Weekends) / Closed : ï l https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/5921 ïcliff and crashing onto the exposed rock below. Tuesdays (Next day when Tuesday is a public holiday) / 650 JPY [Mapcode: 507 702 524*30] http://hs-whiteroad.jp/en/sight-seeing/ [Mapcode: 507 356 525*11] [Mapcode: 950 878 562*25]

36 0 Address / ! Contact / ï Website / N Business Hours / l Rate 37 白山 Hakusan Area - Tourist Facilities HAKUSAN

Kutani Chinaware Ceramic Art Village [Map:B-6] Shirayama-Hime Shrine [Map:C-6] This facility offers information on Kutani Ware This is the head shrine for some 3,000 , Ishikawa’s representative traditional craft. Shirayama Shrines that exist throughout The “Nomi Kutani Ceramics Museum” on the Japan. The vast precincts contain huge premises offers hands-on classes, such as a old trees standing in line, with a solemn potter’s wheel and overglaze painting. atmosphere in keeping with sanctuary. 0 22, Izumi-dai-minami, Nomi City 0 105 Sannomiya-machi, Hakusan City ! 0761-58-6102 ! 0761-92-0680 ï http://www.kutaniyaki.or.jp/lang/ ï http://www.shirayama.or.jp/en/ N Hakusan Folk Museum [Map:B-7] N Ishikawa Insect Museum [Map:B-6] l 9:00 - 17:00 / Closed : Open All Year Round 9:00 - 16:00 (April - October),l 9:30 - 15:30 (November) Free Entry Fee A unique lifestyle has been developed to / Closed : December - March Treasure Hall: 300 JPY Many insects from all over the world are [Mapcode: 41 032 022*60] overcome the harsh winters at Hakusanroku [Mapcode: 41 046 741*85] on display. In the butterfly greenhouse, (the foot of Mt. Hakusan). This outdoor exhi- the largest on the Sea of Japan side, you bition facility has recreated this lifestyle. can see butterflies flying all year round. 0 Ri 30, Shiramine, Hakusan City 0 Inu-3, Yahata-machi, Hakusan City ! 076-259-2665 ! 076-272-3417 ï http://www.city.hakusan.lg.jp/otherdata/sightseeing/ ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/6395 sightseeing/area_shiramine/index.html N 9:30 - 17:00 (April to October) 9:30 - N 9:00 - 16:30 (last admittance 16:00) / Closed : 16:30 (November to March) / Closed : Thursdays (Friday when Tuhrsday is a public holiday); Tuesdays, 12/29 - 1/1 / l 410 JPY 12/11 - 3/9 / l 260 JPY [Mapcode: 41 076 816*36] HAKUSAN [Mapcode: 507 044 209*82] Tourist Facilities Asano Taiko Drum Exhibit [Map:B-5] This taiko drums exhibition and experience facility is operated by Asano Taiko, which manufactures and sells various taiko drums. You can experience “beating” the taiko, “seeing” a live taiko performance, and “making” a mini drum. 0 586 Fukudome, Hakusan City ! 076-277-2771 ï http://www.asano.jp/en/ N 10:00 - 16:00 / Closed : Tuesdays / l 350 JPY [Mapcode: 41 243 487*28]

Plenty of spots HAKU

HAKUSAN AREA to enjoy with your family

Ishikawa Zoo [Map:B-6] SA N AREA This zoo has created an environment that is similar to the original habitat of the animals Equipped with rest facilities, these serve as an oasis for drivers, in addition to through the arrangement of plants, rocks, Michino-eki providing sightseeing information and selling local specialties. ponds, etc. while making the best use of the natural topography. It showcases around 3,600 animals of 200 different species. 0 600 Tokusan-machi, Nomi City ! 0761-51-8500 ï http://www.ishikawazoo.jp N 9:00 - 17:00 (last admittance 16:30) / Closed : Tuesdays (Wednesday when Tuesday is a public Tedori Fish Land [Map:B-5] holiday); 12/29 - 1/1 / l 830 JPY Michino-eki Michino-eki Michino-eki Sena [Map:C-6] [Mapcode: 41 035 625*88] Featuring a number of kid-friendly rides, Megumi Hakusan [Map:B-5] Shirayama-San [Map:C-6] This is located conveniently close this amusement park is popular with fam- A new Michino-eki (roadside The observation room on the to the entrance of the Hakusan ilies. There are also game arcades and station) which opened in April 2018. second floor overlooks the flow Shirakawa-go White Road. Ultraman stage shows, so you can have a of the Tedori River. 0 2183, Miyamaru-machi, Hakusan City 0 163-1 Tora, Seto, Hakusan City great time, even when it rains. ! 0 ! ï 076-276-8931 ! 200, Wasadani-machi, Nomi City 076-256-7172 0 Tu 58, Ao-machi, Nomi City https://www.michi-no-eki.jp/ 076-273-4851 ï https://www.michi-no-eki.jp/ ! stations/viewe/14178 ï https://www.michi-no-eki.jp/ 0761-57-2211 N stations/viewe/476 ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/5858 9:00 - 19:00 (April to October), stations/viewe/470 N 9:00 - 17:30 (April to October), N 9:00 - 18:00 (November to February) N 9:00 - 17:30 TFree Wi-Fi 10:00 - 17:00 / Closed : Wednesdays T 9:00 - 17:00 (November to March) l Free Entry Fee Free Wi-Fi [Mapcode: 41 076 000] [Mapcode: 507 438 158] [Mapcode: 41 121 643*47] [Mapcode: 41 257 748*77]

38 0 Address / ! Contact / ï Website / N Business Hours / l Rate 39 白山 Hakusan Area - Activities HAKUSAN

HAKUSAN Activities

Kutani Ware Experience Trekking / Hiking Nomi Kutani Ceramics Museum exhibits There are a number of hiking courses at Get out of the car and interact Kutani Ware, one of the traditional crafts Mt. Hakusan, which remains untouched, that represent Ishikawa, and runs a number including the fields covered by alpine with nature and culture of Kutani Ware workshops. flowers and primeval beech forests. If you During the painting experience, staff will wish to enjoy casual trekking in nature The Hakusan area offers visitor experience and hands-on experience programs provide you with a white porcelain vessel, rather than full-scale mountaineering, we that are based on the area’s rich nature and culture. As well as an exhilarating which you decorate with your original recommend trekking in the vicinity of drive into the mountains, you can get out of the car and interact with nature by design using traditional paints. During the Ichinose Visitor Center in Shiramine, the enjoying the outdoor leisure activities. ceramics making experience, you can create gateway to the Mt. Hakusan trail. It takes a vessel in the shape of your choice, either around 50 minutes to make a round trip by hand or using a potter’s wheel. In addi- from the Visitor Center to the Hakusan tion to appreciating Kutani Ware, you will Observatory, where you can enjoy a great have fun creating it with your own hands. view. [Nomi Kutani Ceramics Museum] [Map:B-6] [Ichinose Visitor Center] [Map:C-7] 0 9, Izumi-dai-minami, Nomi City 0 35-1, Shiramine, Hakusan City ! 0761-58-6300 ! 076-259-2504 ï http://www.kutaniyaki.or.jp/lang/index.html ï http://www.city.hakusan.lg.jp/otherdata/sightseeing/ N 9:00 - 17:00 (last admittance 16:30) / Closed : Mondays (Tuesdays activities/index.html when Monday is a public holiday); 12/29 - 1/3 / l 2000 yen Season: 5/1 - 11/5 / N 8:45 - 17:00 / l Free Entry Fee [Mapcode: 41 032 015*74] [Mapcode: 791 714 342*71]

Paragliding Cycling Located at an altitude of 650 meters, the The Tedori Canyon Road is a cycling road, Shishiku Plateau is known as a sky sports which runs around 20 km each way from mecca in Hokuriku due to its great wind. A Juhachigawara Park, located on the right gondola will take you to a clean and bank of the Tedori River, to Michi-no-Eki well-maintained take-off zone at the Sena. Enjoy a leisurely bicycle trip on a summit. gently undulating hill with a view of Mt. In the paragliding experience program, you Hakusan, which looks different when you HAKUSAN AREA HAKUSAN AREA can enjoy a tandem flight with an instruc- cycle. Also, don’t miss out the Tedori tor for around 10 to 15 minutes. Glide Gorge and the Watagataki Falls. Hakusan Soba through the air to feel a refreshing wind City Tourism League and Michino-eki Hot Springs -Making Experience and see the Sea of Japan and the alluvial Shirayamasan rent out both normal bicy- The Hakusan area is blessed with a gift from Torigoe in the Hakusan area is known for fan which the Tedori River flows into. cles and electric ones. the holy Mt. Hakusan and it is dotted with its production of soba (buckwheat). It unique hot springs. Ichirino Onsen, located at does this by taking advantage of the cool 0[Paragliding School at Sky Shishiku] [Map:C-6] 0[Tedori Canyon Road / Cycle hire] [Map:C-6] ! 109 Yahata-machi, Hakusan City ! 200 Wasadani-machi, Nomi City the entrance of the Hakusan Shirakawa-go climate of the mountainous area. In the ï 076-273-2320 ï 076-273-4851 White Road, is characterized by its transpar- fall, the fields are covered in white buck- http://www.city.hakusan.lg.jp/otherdata/sightseeing/activities/ http://www.city.hakusan.lg.jp/otherdata/sightseeing/ ent, colorless spring water, which has a slight wheat blossoms. N 9:00 - 16:00 / l 10000 JPY ~ activities/index.html [Mapcode: 41 076 654*74] [Mapcode: 41 076 000] scent of sulfur. You can stay in the accommo- Niwaka Kobo is a community-based facili- dation, which is proud of these hot springs, or ty that sells locally harvested fresh agri- just drop by the hot spring center, Tenryou, cultural products, as well as the processed without spending the night. Shiramine Onsen food that is made with them. It also offers Majestic nature close by. Hakusan City is a is surrounded by the mountains and has a a soba-making experience, where you fantastic area featuring public hot spring bath, Shiramine Onsen make soba under a local master’s guid- mountainous landscapes such as the Hakusan Shiraka- Soyu, The spring water has a reputation for ance and eat it on site. Your soba will taste wa-go White Road and Tedori Gorge, as well as the making the skin as smooth as silk after a bath. exceptional because you made it yourself. beautiful view from Yoshioka-enchi Park at Hakusan- [Hakusan Iyashinoyu Tenryo] [Map:C-6] [Niwaka Kobo] [Map:B-6] roku. You can also enjoy mountain climbing and hiking [Mapcode: 507 356 525*11] 0 To 3-7, Mitsuya-no-machi, Hakusan City at Mt. Hakusan. If you are looking for souvenirs, her ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/20225 ! 076-255-5930 recommendation is plum wine, which is made using Mt. [Shiramine Onsen Soyu] [Map:B-7] ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/6075 Hakusan subsoil water and can only be bought here. [Mapcode: 507 015 496*36] N 10:00 - 17:00 / Closed : Irregular / l 2000 JPY ~ Photo: [Yoshioka-enchi Park] ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/5569 [Mapcode: 507 557 390*03] [Map:B-2] [Mapcode: 507 763 299*63] Harriet Simmons From England and living in Hakusan City.

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Edible Wild Plants in the mountainous area of A wide variety of Hakusan. You can boil, stir-fry, edible wild plants or deep-fry them to enjoy grow naturally their bitter taste, which makes you feel the arrival of spring. HAKUSAN Local Specialities

Gibeir (Game) Cuisine In the Hakusan area, ﬁne gibeir (game) meat is distributed thanks to Tastes that have been nurtured and the slaughterhouse that is authorized both in terms of hygiene and technology. Local restaurants and accommodations oﬀer loved by people living in the moun tains healthy and tasty gibeir cuisine.

In spring, the snow that piles up on the holy Mt. Hakusan turns into Tochimochi Horse chestnuts used to be an important water and feeds into the Tedori River. staple food in the Shiramine area due to the limited number of rice fields. Tochimochi is a It also soaks deep underground into remnant of that food culture. It is made by the forest, the bottom of the river, pounding glutinous rice with horse chestnuts. Red bean paste is then put into the rice cakes. and rice fields, and becomes a clean subsoil water for the people. The Hakusan area offers rice and vegetables that have been grown with clear water as well as tasty ingredients, such as edible wild plants, mushrooms, and river fish. Its rustic food culture is unique to a mountain village and conveys a new feeling. This food experience will make you feel purified from the

HAKUSAN AREA Hakusan Hyakuzen HAKUSAN AREA inside of your body as you bite into it. At the foot of Mt. Hakusan, local restaurants Katadofu and accommodations oﬀer Hakusan Tofu is generally soft, but this is a hard tofu Only the people who have visited Hyakuzen, the regional cuisine using local that has been ﬁrmly compressed. People ingredients. living at the foot of Mt. Hakusan have this place will have the chance to been consuming it since the olden days. Eat a slice of it and enjoy its rich taste. appreciate the excitement of this trip.

Char The common way of eating the river ﬁsh, such as char and trout, that have grown in the pure water from Mt. Hakusan is to grill it over a charcoal ﬁre.

Soba The Hakusan area, where soba (buckwheat) is grown, is nicknamed “Soba Way” because of the large number of restaurants that serve homemade soba.

42 43 白山 Around Hakusan - GIFU / NAGANO HAKUSAN

Drive along the Ha kusan TOYAMA ISHIKAWA Shirakawa-go Wh ite Road NAGANO FUKUI GIFU

The Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road connects Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture with Shirakawa-go, Gifu Prefecture. The driving route is a tourist attraction in itself, AROUND HAKUSAN with a fantastic view of Mt. Hakusan. Attractive sightseeing spots await in both Gifu and Nagano Prefectures, at the end of the 33.3-km drive.

湯涌温泉東海北陸自動車道 GIFU / NAGANO304 Ainokura Taira 229 相倉たいら 34 Gokayama 五箇山I.C Gokayama Gifu Prefecture The Ruins of Torigoe-jo Castle 五箇山 HakusanKami Taira Shirakawa-go 岐阜県 Tedori Gorge 上平 41 手取渓谷 White Road (Toll Road) 白山白川郷ホワイトロードワ Skydome Kamioka Rail Mountain Bike “Gattan Go!!” 471 宙ドーム・神岡レールマウンテンバイク「Gattan Go!!」 Shirakawago Shinhotaka Ropeway ❸ 471 Hakusan Ichirino Onsen 白川郷I.C 新穂高ロープウェイ 360 41 山一里野温泉 ❻ 76 Shirakawa-go 75 477 Okuhida Onsengo 白川郷奥飛騨温泉郷 JR Hidafu rukawa Station ❶ 75 ❹ ❺ JR飛騨古川駅 89 Chugu Toll Gate 479 中宮料金所 Magari Toll Gate Shirakawa-go 75 Kamikochi 馬狩料金所白川郷 473 Okuhida-Onsengo 上高地 156 Ogi-machi Castle Ruin Ar upu Hida-Furukawa Kamitakara Observation District 90 アルプ飛騨古川奥飛騨温泉郷上宝荻町城跡展望台 Takayama Hida-Furukawa Ibushi 482 Takayama Traditional Building Area 高山I.C 158 飛騨古川いぶし 458 高山 Takayama Nishi Mount Hakusan Hida Hakusan ❷ 飛騨白山高山西I.C Takayama 462 白山高山 Hidakiyomi ❶ Shirakawa-go World Heritage Site 飛騨清見I.C Nana mori Kiyomi JR Takayama Station ❺ Kamikochi SKI JAM Katsuyama ななもり清見 361 JR高山駅 There are more than 100 small and large山 Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway Kamikochi is the crown jewel of the Japanese Alps. The 東海北陸自動車道 Takayama Kiyomi gassho-style houses in Shirakawa-go. While Expressway Mont Deus Hida-Asahimura scenic area is a basin at 1500 meters elevation. The Alps Hida Kuraiyama ひだ朝日村 158 高山清見道路 the landscape is regarded as the “home of Sakura no sato Shokawa 73 モンデウス飛騨位山 rise an additional 1500 meters from there, creating a 桜の郷荘川 41 Japan,” people continue to live normally there. 257 Hida-Kaido Na gisa Hida-Takane Kobo stunningly magniﬁcent background with the beautiful Shogawa 飛騨街道なぎさ飛騨たかね工房 Take a look inside the gassho-style houses to 荘川I.C aquamarine Azusa River in the foreground. One of the

learn about their lifestyle that dates back to 156 Dainichi-dake 257 best ways to enjoy Kamikochi is to spend the night and 大日岳 the olden days, as well as their wisdom of life. take an uncrowded evening or early morning stroll. Nagano 0 Ogi-machi, Shirakawa Village, Gifu Shirotori Takasu Pascal Kiyomi Minamihida Osaka 0 Kamikochi, Matsumoto City, Nagano 白鳥高鷲I.C パスカル清見南飛騨小坂はなもも Prefecture ! Lake Kuzuryu 472 ! 05769-6-1013 257 長野県 0263-95-2606 頭竜湖Seiryu no Sato Shirao Fureai Park ï http://travel.kankou-gifu.jp/en/see-and-do/2/ 白尾ふれあいパーク ï http://www.go-nagano.net/shisetsu-detail?shisetsuid=2016001 Shirotoritori Shirotori [Mapcode: 549 019 514*41] 清流の里しろとりとり白鳥I.C [Mapcode: 405 873 712*00] AROUND HAKUSAN AROUND HAKUSAN

❷ Takayama/Hida Furukawa ❸ Rail Mountain Bike “Gattan Go!!” ❹ Okuhida Onsengo ❻ Shinhotaka Ropeway Takayama, which once prospered as a samurai and You can ride a mountain bike along the With the 3,000-meter-high Japan Northern This is the only place in Japan with a two-story merchant town, retains old townscapes from around rails of a former railroad (from early April Alps in the background, Okuhida-Onsengo gondola. It will take you to the world above the the 17th century. The city center is full of souvenir to November). Experience a thrilling is a vast hot spring resort comprising the clouds, at an altitude of 2,156 meters. The obser- shops, homeware stores, cafés, etc. Hida beef gourmet course with tunnels and bridges, while five towns of Hirayu, Shinhirayu, Fukuji, vation deck has a magnificent 360-degree food is also popular here. In Hida Furukawa, you can feeling the sounds and vibrations of the Tochio, and Shinhotaka. You can bathe in a panoramic view of the Japan Northern Alps. You stroll along the Seto River with white-walled rails, which you would not feel in normal secret hot spring or relax in an open-air can also appreciate the beauty of the four seasons storehouses in the background or go on a tour, such as cycling. bath at a Japanese inn. The resort also has in Japan, including seasonal flowers from April to “SATOYAMA Cycling,” to visit the beautiful countryside. 0 Azumo, Kamioka-cho, Hida City, Gifu easy access to the Shinhotaka Ropeway. September and autumn leaves in October. 0 Kamiichino-machi, Takayama City, Gifu ! 090-7020-5852 0 Okuhida Onsen-go, Takayama City, Gifu 0 Shinhotaka, Okuhida-Onsen-go, Takayama City, Gifu ! 0577-32-3333 ï http://travel.kankou-gifu.jp/en/see-and-do/93/ ! 0578-89-2614 ! 0578-89-2252 ï http://travel.kankou-gifu.jp/en/see-and-do/6/ [Mapcode: 191 832 845*11] ï http://travel.kankou-gifu.jp/en/see-and-do/4/ ï http://travel.kankou-gifu.jp/en/see-and-do/3/ [Mapcode: 191 196 592*06] [Mapcode: 620 887 153*28] [Mapcode: 898 114 822*88]

44 0 Address / ! Contact / ï Website / N Business Hours / l Rate 45 金沢 KANAZAWA KANAZAWA AREA Ishikawa sightseeing highlights �� Ishikawamon Gate Kanazawa Station Tsuzumimon

samurai N The city with spirit Asanogawa River Japan is a small country, but each region has its own Hokuriku Kanazawa in Brief Kanazawa Shinkansen unique culture. Kanazawa, the biggest city in the and castle town’s character Station Tsuzumimon Hokuriku region, is located in the middle of Japan’s main island. It’s easy to get to Kanazawa, which ﬂourished as a castle from both Tokyo and Osaka by road or rail. town under the Kaga domain, still retains the Kazue-machi historic townscape and landscape that was Chaya District Higashi Ohmi-cho Chaya designed during the feudal period. Market District N A number of sophisticated traditional crafts are still Sapporo Sendai alive in people’s everyday lives. Kanazawa’s historic Oyama Jinja Shrine JAPAN Gyokusen’inmaru Niigata heritages are gathered compactly in the city Garden Ishikawamon Gate Kanazawa Fukushima center. The city’s new attractions include the 21st Nagamachi Takayama District Kenrokuen Garden Hiroshima Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Wajima Nagaoka Fukuoka 21st Century Ishikawa Nagoya Noto Kanazawa, and the redeveloped Kanazawa Museum of Prefectural Kyoto Naoetsu Contemporary Art, Museum of Art Osaka iku kur sen station. With a combination of new and old Saigawa RiverKanazawa Ho kan Nanao hin D.T. Suzuki S Echigo-Yuzawa cultures, Kanazawa has become a popular Museum Kurobe Nishi Chaya Mt. Shirouma District Joetsu Tohoku tourist destination in the country. TOYAMA NAGANO Shinkansen Shinkansen KANAZAWA Hakuba Mt. Tateyama Komatsu Gokayama Kaga Onsen Takasaki Shirakawago TAKAYAMA Matsumoto FUKUI Mt. Hakusan Takayama Hokuriku Line Omiya Tokyo Line Chuo Line (Narita International Gujo Hachiman Gero Kofu Airport) Tsuruga TOKYO GIFU Yokohama Mt. Fuji Tokyo Lake (Haneda International Biwa Maibara Airport) KYOTO NAGOYA Otsu

Shizuoka Shin-Osaka Tokaido Kobe Nagoya Shinkansen Nara (Central Japan Kenrokuen Garden Kanazawa Castle OSAKA International Airport) Hamamatsu Osaka Developed by successive lords of the Kaga Kanazawa Castle, in which the Maeda family used (Kansai International domain over a long period of time, the garden to reside, is now maintained as a park. These Airport) Useful Website for Travelers features beautiful scenery every season. buildings have survived since the Edo period. Tourism Ishikawa ( Oﬃcial Ishikawa Travel Guide ) https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/ 0 1-4 Kenrokumachi, Kanazawa City 0 1-1 Marunouchi, Kanazawa City ! ! Kanazawa Tourist Information Guide ï 076-234-3800 ï 076-234-3800 https://visitkanazawa.jp/ http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/kenrokuen/e/ http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/kanazawajou/e/ West Japan Railway Company [Mapcode: 41 529 086*82] [Mapcode: 41 529 465*00] https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/ Hokuriku Shinkansen Shinkansen Komatsu Airport http://www.komatsuairport.jp/index_en.html JR Chubu Centrair International Airport, Nagoya Getting to Kanazawa https://www.centrair.jp/en/ By plane Tokyo 1hKomatsu 40min Kanazawa Kansai International Airport https://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en KANAZAWA AREA By train Tokyo 2h30 Kanazawa By bus Tokyo 7h30 Kanazawa Narita International Airport https://www.narita-airport.jp/en By train Osaka 2h30 Kanazawa Haneda Airport By bus Osaka 1h Kyoto 4h Kanazawa http://www.haneda-airport.jp/en/ By train Nagoya 2h30 Kanazawa JNTO ( Japan National Tourist Organization ) By bus Nagoya 4h Kanazawa https://www.jnto.go.jp/ Access to Kanazawa by car Japan Tourism Agency Chaya Districts Nagamachi District E Tokyo I.C “ Kanazawa Nishi I.C / 568km( 353miles ) http://www.mlit.go.jp/kankocho/en/ E Narita International Airport “ Kanazawa Higashi I.C / 552km( 343miles ) Central Nippon Expressway Company ( NEXCO CENTRAL ) Kanazawa has three hospitable chaya (teahouse) Samurais of the Kaga domain used to live in E Kansai International Airport “ Kanazawa Nishi I.C / 343km( 213miles) http://global.c-nexco.co.jp/en/ districts, where geigi (geisha) perform dance this district, with the atmosphere making you E Nagoya I.C “ Kanazawa Higashi I.C / 243km( 151miles ) Drive Ishikawa E “ and music in a teahouse drawing room. feel as though you’ve travelled back in time. Kyoto Higashi I.C Kanazawa Nishi I.C / 246km( 153miles ) http://www.driveishikawa.info/ 0 Higashiyama, Kanazawa City 0 Nagamachi, Kanazawa City • Police: Counseling Line for Foreigners with questions regarding crime and safety ï https://visitkanazawa.jp/mustgoplace/touristspot/area4/1 ï https://visitkanazawa.jp/mustgoplace/touristspot/area2/1 • Tel: 076-225-0555 FOR EMERGENCY • Open: Monday to Friday, 9:00-17:00 (excluding 29, Dec. - 3, Jan. and national holidays) [Mapcode: 41 560 309*17] [Mapcode: 41 528 223*33] • Languages: English, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese

46 53 ISHIKAWA EVENT SCHEDULE

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

❶Sechu Jumbo ●Wajima Ae no Kaze ●Wakura Onsen ❷Seihakusai ●Monterey Jazz Festival ●Wakura Onsen Natsu Hanabi ●Wajima Kani Matsuri ●Hatagoiwa, Kyu-Fukuura Kaki Matsuri Fuyu Matsuri Haru Hanabi A festival featuring Japan’s in Noto A display of around 3,000 fireworks in Wakura Onsen. Crabs from Wajima Port are Todai Light-Up (Dec. – Feb.) You can taste chargrilled Restaurants in the city offer Fireworks in spring, biggest floats that appear cooked for you to taste there Noto oysters. special menus, prepared rarely seen across the country. in the street. ❸Abare Festival and then. with local ingredients. This is the first in a series of Kiriko festivals held across the Noto Peninsula. ❹Sirayone Senmaida Light-Up -Aze no Kirameki- (Oct. – Mar.) Noto Area Rice terraces are illuminated with 25,000 LED light bulbs. ●Chirihama Sazo Tenji (May. – Oct.) Statues made of sand are exhibited near Chirihama Rest House.

●Wajima Gojinjo Daiko (free performance) (Apr. – Nov.) at Kiriko Lantern Museum

●Yamanaka-za ●Natadera “Haru no Yoru Akari” ●Otabi Matsuri ●Furusato Yamanaka Natsu Matsuri ❾Yamanaka Onsen Koikoi Matsuri 10Natadera “Aki no Yoru Akari” Odori Hajime Kansho-kai Natadera Temple is A historical festival featuring Visit stalls at this nostalgic A bustling festival featuring mikoshi, o-jishi, singing, and dancing. Illuminations are held for around two weeks in the season of summer festival held for The first stage of the year to beautifully illuminated for kabuki plays performed by ❼ autumn leaves. be held on New Year’s Day. around a week. children on a float. around a month. Katayamazu Onsen Noryo Hanabi Matsuri Kaga Area ●Yamashiro Daidengaku Fireworks are launched every day for a month at Katayamazu Onsen. 11Onabe no Furumai (Nov. – Mar.) ❺Yamanaka Onsen “Kakusen-kei Kawadoko” (Apr. – Oct.) A traditional performing art, ❽Guzu Yaki Matsuri Miso soup made with crab and local ingredients is offered. There will be a small seating area along the river in Kakusenkei Gorge. Dengaku will be played. People burn a symbol of disaster called Guzu at this summer festival.

❻Daishoji Kawanagashi Fune (Apr. – Oct.) A slow journey by houseboat to enjoy the scenery of the castle town.

●Hakusan Yama Biraki ●Torigoe Ikko Ikki Matsuri 12Horai Matsuri It is possible to climb 10,000 candles are lit along A historical festival where Mt. Hakusan from July 1st. with ﬁreworks in the a mikoshi is carried, mountainous area. along with shishimai dance. Hakusan Area ●Hakusan Kokusai Taiko Ekusutajia You can see a Japanese drum performance at this event.

●Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road Opening

13Fire-ﬁghters 14Setsubun Festival ●Kanazawa Castle- ●Kanazawa ●Kanazawa Asanogawa 18Kanazawa Castle- ●Kanazawa JAZZ STREET 19Kanazawa Castle- New Year’s Event You can see dance performances Kenrokuen Garden Hyakumangoku Festival Enyukai: Shiraito Kawadoko Kenrokuen Garden Kenrokuen Garden A ladder climbing by geigi from Higashi Chaya District. Light-Up (Spring) Kanazawa’s grandest festival There will be a seating area Light-Up (Summer) ●Craft Beer Kanazawa ●Sake marche Light-Up (Autumn) performance by members related to Maeda Toshiie. along the Asano River. Kanazawa Area of the ﬁre brigade. 15Kanazawa Castle- Kenrokuen Garden Light-Up (Winter) ●Hyakumangoku ●Kanazawa Marathon 16Hyakumangoku Takigi 17Kanazawa Geigi Okeiko Fukei Kengakukai (Jul. – Aug.) Illuminations at Kanazawa Castle Park and Kenrokuen Garden. Kashi Hyakko ten ● Noh performance You can see Kanazawa geigi practicing. Kanazawa Geigi no mai (Oct. – Mar.) ●Winter Evening Noh Theater (Jan. – Mar.) Japanese confectionery You can see dance performances by Kanazawa geigi. making workshop and ● Noh performance at Ishikawa Prefectural Noh Theather. sales demonstration. Evening Noh Theater (Jul. – Aug.)

⑲Kanazawa Castle- Kenrokuen Garden Light-Up (Autumn) ⑰Kanazawa Geigi Okeiko Fukei Kengakukai ⑩Natadera “Aki no Yoru Akari” ⑦Katayamazu Onsen Noryo Hanabi Matsuri ②Seihakusai

⑱Kanazawa Castle- Kenrokuen Garden Light-Up(Summer) ⑮Kanazawa Castle- Kenrokuen Garden Light-Up (Winter) ⑥Daishoji Kawanagashi Fune ⑤Kakusen-kei Kawadoko ⑪Onabe no Furumai ⑫Horai Matsuri ④Sirayone Senmaida Light-Up

⑬Fire-ﬁghters New Year’s Event ⑭Setsubun Festival ⑨Yamanaka Onsen Koikoi Matsuri ⑯Hyakumangoku Takigi Noh performance ①Sechu Jumbo Kaki Matsuri ⑧Guzu Yaki Matsuri ③Abare Festival

50 51 52 Shiroo Kanazawa Area Around Kanazawa 白尾I.C

❽Nishida Kitaro Museum of Philosophy AROUND 石川県西田幾多郎記念哲学館

159 KANAZAWA Ishikawa Forest Park Noto Satoyama Kaido 石川県森林公園のと里山海道 59 ❾ With its historical sites gathered close Kahokugata Reclaimed Land - Sunﬂower Village 8 河北潟干拓地ひまわり村 together, a rental car will increase your ❼ 218 options on your Kanazawa trip. Take Uchinada ❻Yume Milk Kan at Hori Farm 内灘I.C ホリ牧場夢ミルク館 advantage of the location to reach Uchinada Sunset Park 215 the sea and mountains in 30 ❺内灘サンセットパーク Onebu Kurikara Genpei no Sato ❶ 大根布JCT 倶利伽羅源平の郷 ❾ 21st Century Museum of Ono District minutes by car and visit attractive Kahokugata Lagoon Ishikawa Forest Park Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Ono-machi in the northern part of 河北潟 Covering a total area of 1,150 hectares, sites in the suburbs. Uchinada Beach Housing a collection of contemporary Kanazawa City prospered as a port town 内灘海水浴場 this is one of the biggest forest parks in art, the new top attraction in the art and during the Edo period. Also known for Japan. There are various facilities such as craft city, Kanazawa, attracts attention its soy sauce production, the storehous- Uchinada Station a boat pier, zoo, tennis court, and barbe- es dotted around bring a quaint atmo- 内灘駅 cue site. from both home and abroad. Ono District 60 sphere to the townscape. 大野町周辺 0 0 1-2-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa City 8 E 14, Tsubata, Tubata-machi, Kahoku County ❶ 159 ! ! 076-220-2800 0 2-39 Ono, Kanazawa City HOKURIKU RAIL ROAD 076-288-6449 Asanogawa Line Kanazawa Higashi Kanazawa Morimoto ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/4609 ï https://www.kanazawa21.jp/en/ ! 076-267-0121 北陸鉄道浅野川線金沢東I.C 金沢森本I.C ï 8 [Mapcode: 122 661 446*82] [Mapcode: 41 499 849*71] https://visitkanazawa.jp/mustgoplace/touristspot/area6/5 359 [Mapcode: 41 672 899*11] HOKURIKU RAIL ROAD Kanazawa Station 北鉄金沢駅 359 Kazue-machi Chaya District 17 主計町茶屋街 304 60 Higasi Chaya District JR Kanazawa ひがし茶屋街 Station JR金沢駅 i 159 Utatsuyama Park 卯辰山公園 Kanazawa Nishi Ohmi-cho Market 159 金沢西I.C 近江町市場 Kanazawa Castle Park 25 金沢城公園 Nagamachi District Kenrokuen Garden 長町武家屋敷 Hakusan 兼六園白山I.C 8 Nishi Chaya District D.T. Suzuki Museum にし茶屋街鈴木大拙館 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art,Kanazawa 157 ❹ 金沢21世紀美術館 22 D.T. Suzuki Museum ❷ Yuwaku Onsen Hokuriku Expressway 209 ❽ Nishida Kitaro Museum of Philosophy 北陸自動車道 Kita Family This facility introduces the thoughts and This small hot spring town is located in a Museum This museum introduces the philosophy and life background of D. T. Suzuki, a world-renowned green mountainous area, about 20 minutes by 喜多家記念館 of Japan’s leading philosopher, Nishida Kitaro. Buddhist philosopher who was born in Kanaza- car from Kanazawa City center. The soyu (pub- The building was designed by world-famous 157 wa and introduced “Zen” to the West. Take a seat lic bathhouse) allows you to have a dip in a hot 8 architect Tadao Ando. Its intricate, maze-like, and in the “Contemplative Space” and watch the spring without having to stay at a ryokan. 207 complicated space will encourage you to “think.” “Water Mirror Garden,” where you will experi- 0 I-1, Yuwaku-machi, Kanazawa City 45 0 I-1, Uchihisumi, Kahoku City Megumi Hakusan ❸Kanazawa Yuwaku Edomura ! 076-235-1380 [Public bath Shirasagi-no-yu] ! 076-283-6600 ence the feeling of deeply facing your inner self. めぐみ白山 Yuwaku Onsen❷ 金沢湯涌江戸村 ï http://yuwaku.gr.jp/en/ ï http://www.nishidatetsugakukan.org 0 3-4-20, Honda machi, Kanazawa City 湯涌温泉 [Mapcode: 549 811 788*33] [Mapcode: 336 158 318*88] ! 076-221-8011 ï https://www.kanazawa-museum.jp/daisetz/english/ [Mapcode: 41 499 530*71] KANAZAWA AREA

Ohmi-cho Market ❸ Kanazawa Yuwaku Edomura ❹ Kita Family Museum ❺ Michino-eki Uchinada Sunset Park ❻ Yume Milk Kan at Hori Farm ❼ Kahokugata Reclaimed Land - Boasting about 180 vendors selling a wide This open-air museum is located in the hot The Kita family were wealthy farmers who were appoint- This Michi-no-Eki is situated in a scenic spot, Located in the vast grounds of a farm, Sunﬂower Village variety of products including fresh seafood spring area of Yuwaku Onsen, surrounded ed to manage and supervise farming villages in the Kaga from where you can enjoy views of the Sea this shop sells a popular soft-serve ice The 23,000-m 2 site is awash with and local vegetables, this “Kanazawa’s kitch- by mountains, in the suburbs of Kanaza- domain. The fascinating main building and the front of Japan, Kahokugata Lagoon, Mt. Hakusan, cream made using plenty of freshly sunﬂowers from late July to early August en” has been supporting the gastronomic wa. It preserves and exhibits buildings gate were built at the beginning of the 19th century and and Mt. Tateyama. The adjacent Sunset squeezed milk. every year. culture of the city for nearly 300 years. from the Edo period (1603–1868). are listed as Important Cultural Properties of Japan. Bridge Uchinada is illuminated at night. 0 243 Kosei, Uchinada-machi, Kahoku County 0 Koto, Tsubata-machi, Kahoku County 0 0 0 0 ! 076-255-1369 ! 076-288-4424 50 Kami-Omicho, Kanazawa City 35-1 Yuwaku-araya-machi, Kanazawa City 3-8-11 Honmachi, Nonoichi City 1-4-1, Daigaku, Uchinada-machi, Kahoku County ï ï ! 076-231-1462 ! 076-235-1267 ! 076-248-1131 ! 076-254-6133 https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/21018 https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/6335 ï https://visitkanazawa.jp/mustgoplace/touristspot/area3/2 ï https://www.kanazawa-museum.jp/edomura/english/ ï https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/5187 ï https://www.michi-no-eki.jp/stations/viewe/483 [Mapcode: 41 891 779*74] [Mapcode: 336 007 599*14] [Mapcode: 41 559 182*44] [Mapcode: 549 841 423*17] [Mapcode: 41 404 426*14] [Mapcode: 41 858 666*71]

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Hegurajima Island IN AND AROUND 舳倉島

Tsubaki Rokkozaki Lookout Point Kinoura Beach (The Tip of the Peninsula) 1 椿展望台木ノ浦禄剛崎 1 Okunoto Yoshigaura Onsen 90 min/48km (30miles) Salt Farm Village 葭ヶ浦温泉すず塩田村 59 min/38.1km Noroshi Nanatsujima Island 28 (23.6miles) 狼煙 ISHIKAWA 七ツ島 Suzu Enden-Mura すず塩田村 52 28 Kiriko Lantern Museum Sosogi Coast 285 曽々木海岸 272 279 0 5km 10km 15km 20km キリコ会館 287 Senmaida 249 Suzunari Hachigasaki Onsen Wajima Kobo Nagaya 34 min/24.6km すずなり N 輪島工房長屋 Rice Fields 249 (15.2miles) 鉢ヶ崎温泉 0 30,000ft 60,000ft 白米千枚田 12 Wajima Morning Market 6 Hachigasaki Beach 40 鉢ヶ崎輪島の朝市 Senmaida pocket park 280 Wajima Lacquerware Museum 千枚田ポケットパーク輪島塗会館 Mitsuke Beach Mitsukejima Suzu Ware Museum 見付 Island 珠洲焼資料館 Magaki-no-sato Wajima 26 Suzu City Pottery Center i 15 min/10.5km(6.5miles) 277 見附島珠洲市陶芸センター間垣の里輪島 36 min/22km Wajima Onsen 276 6 38 Wajima (13.6miles) Koiji Beach 輪島温泉輪島 288 恋路海岸 Minatsuki Coast 65 min/33km 皆月海岸 (20.6miles) Noto Area 57 Koiji Onsen 23 min/17.7km 35 266 1 恋路温泉 (11.0miles) 26 57 LEGEND Sakura toge 桜峠 Shunran-no-sato Mawaki-iseki 284 真脇遺跡 249 National road Sojiji Temple 春蘭の里 275 2 總持寺祖院 2 38 Noto Satoyama Airport Tsukumowan Bay Prefectural road Kuroshima District Noto Satoyama Airport 303 249 九十九湾のと里山空港 I.C のと里山空港黒島地区 Notosatoyama Airport Expressway Kadomi Residence のと里山空港 Ushitsu Port Noto Satoyama Kaido 273 宇出津港角海家 271 26 Ukawa 57 min/40.5km Toll road 222 のと里山海道鵜川 Freeway (25miles) Akakami Anamizu Kotogahama Beach 赤神 Anamizu Expressway (free) 琴ヶ浜 50 あなみず穴水 I.C Boramachi Yagura Tower Main road Koshinohara Anamizu ボラ待ちやぐら Sekinohana 43 min/29.3km Tatto-no-Hama Beach (18.2miles) 越の原 I.C Station 34 Nature Park (path) 穴水駅立戸の浜 JR network 関野鼻自然公園 45 min/33.1km Notokashima Anamizu Bay (20.5miles) Station 穴水湾 Notojima Aquarium 能登鹿島駅 Hokuriku (JR) Shinkansen 51 のとじま水族館 192 Noto tetsudou (Local Train) のと鉄道 Local train Togiumi Kaido とぎ海街道 Nakajima Roman Toge Noto Sailing Adventure Masuhogaura Beach なかじまロマン峠能登セーリングアドベンチャー Notojima Island Airport 増穂浦 Yokota 横田I.C 265 能登島 Michino-eki (rest area, toilets, catering) Twin Bridge Noto Notojima Hatagoiwa Rock 255 ツインブリッジのとのとじま 47 257 機具岩 Marine Park Beach Notojima Glass Art Museum View point Wakura Onsen マリンパーク 246 Ganmon Cave 和倉温泉能登島ガラス美術館 36 48 Notojima Ohashi Spa resort (onsen) 厳門 Bridge 249 能登島大橋 Akasaki Onsen Old Fukura Lighthouse 赤崎温泉 3 Temple 旧福浦灯台 301 3 Tokudaotsu 236 Noto shokusai ichiba JR Wakura Onsen Station 徳田大津I.C 能登食祭市場 JR和倉温泉駅 Shrine 18 JR Nanao Tokudaotsu Station 36 116 Wakura JR七尾駅 289 徳田大津JCT 和倉I.C Iori Beach いおり Tazuruhama 116 Sazanami Korogaki no sato Shika Nishiyama Nanao Nanao Golf course 田鶴浜I.C ころ柿の里しか西山I.C Fishing port 252 七尾I.C Shiroyama 佐々波漁港七尾城山I.C Ski resort 46 Uwadanayada 35 min/28.2km 上棚矢駄I.C (17.5miles) 245 251 Orihime no sato Nakanoto Nanao Otomari Boat ride 織姫の里なかのと七尾大泊I.C Myojoji Temple Kiriko Festival 妙成寺 159 Sakura view spot 36 min/29.2km 37 min/24.3km (18.2miles) Keta Taisha Shrine Yanaida (15.0miles) Nadaura Autumn leaves view spot Sea of Japan 気多大社柳田I.C 灘浦I.C Noto Chirihama 304 のと千里浜 Himikita Kurobe Chirihama 氷見北I.C Himi Banya-gai 黒部I.C 千里浜I.C 415 Harbour Market and Soyu Onsen Village Mikohara Himi 神子原氷見ひみ番屋街 Chirihama Beach Driveway Himi JR Himi Station Toyama Bay 千里浜なぎさドライブウェイ Imahama 氷見I.C JR氷見駅今浜I.C Amaharashi Coast Quasi-national Park 雨晴海岸 4 Noetsu Amaharashi 4 Komedashi 雨晴米出I.C Expressway National Treasure Fugan Canal Kansui Park Uozu 能越自動車道 Zuiryu-ji Temple 魚津I.C Takamatsu 瑞龍寺富岩運河環水公園 Kenritsukangodai 高松県立看護大I.C Wave Park Namerikawa 41 min/38.7km Mount Hodatsu Takaokakita ウェーブパークなめりかわ (24.0miles) Takamatsu 宝達山高岡北I.C come on park Shinminato 高松I.C 471 JR Takaoka カモンパーク新湊 Manyo no sato Takaoka Station Nishida Kitaro Museum of Philosophy 万葉の里高岡 JR高岡駅石川県西田幾多郎記念哲学館 57 min/59.9km Takaoka Namerikawa Shiroo 滑川I.C Kahokugata Reclaimed Land - Sunﬂower Village 白尾I.C (37.2miles) 高岡I.C 河北潟干拓地ひまわり村 JR Shin Takaoka Marchen Oyabe Station メルヘンおやべ JR新高岡駅 Kosugi Hokuriku Yume Milk Kan at Hori Farm Ishikawa Forest Park 小杉I.C Toyama Nishi 夢ミルク館（ホリ牧場）石川県森林公園 249 8 富山西I.C JR Toyama Station Expressway JR富山駅 Uchinada Fukuoka 北陸自動車道福岡I.C 内灘I.C Toyama Tateyama Uchinada Sunset Park Kurikara Genpei no sato 富山I.C 立山I.C Onebu 内灘サンセットパーク倶利伽羅源平の郷 Ishikawa Prefecture 大根布JCT Kanazawa Oyabe Tonami Higashi 小矢部I.C 砺波 359 Ooiwasan 石川県 Fukatani Onsen Toyama Kitokito Airport 金沢東I.C Nissekiji Temple 60 深谷温泉富山きときと空港大岩山日石寺 JR Kanazawa Station Oyabe Tonami Tonami Tonami Tulip Gallety JR金沢駅小矢部・砺波JCT 砺波I.C チューリップ四季彩館 Tateyama Station 立山駅 Kanazawa 304 Kanazawa Nishi Shogawa Morimoto 庄川 5 金沢西I.C 5 Kita Family Museum i 金沢森本I.C 喜多家 Hakusan 25 白山I.C 210 Fukumitsu Shogawa Onsen Area Asano Taiko Drum Exhibit 福光 Inami 浅野太鼓 Matto Seaside Park 庄川温泉郷松任海浜公園 Kenrokuen Garden Johana 井波兼六園 Fukumitsu Toga Tedori Fish Land 福光I.C 城端 Zuisen-ji 利賀 41 Toyama Prefecture 手取フィッシュランド JR Matto Station JR松任駅 Temple 富山県 Kanazawa Area 瑞泉寺 34 min/32.1km Mikawa Kutani Chinaware Ceramic Art Village 228 (19.9miles) 美川I.C Megumi Hakusan 45 九谷陶芸村めぐみ白山 Hosoiri Tokai-Hokuriku 156 157 60 min/56.9km 細入 Hokuriku Expressway Yuwaku Onsen Expressway (35.3miles) Ataka-no-seki Barrier Ruins 53 min/28.2km 湯涌温泉北陸自動車道 Tatsunokuchi Onsen (17.5miles) 東海北陸自動車道 304 安宅関跡 8 辰口温泉 4 Shishiku Highland Ataka Seaside Park 獅子吼高原 Ainokura Taira 229 安宅海浜公園 Komatsu たいら小松I.C Ishikawa Insect Museum 相倉 Aeon Mall Shinkomatsu 石川県ふれあい昆虫館 Katayamazu Onsen イオンモール新小松 Ishikawa Zoo Shirayama-Hime Shrine 34 片山津温泉 Komatsu Airport いしかわ動物園 Shirayama-San 白山比咩神社しらやまさん Gokayama Gokayama 小松空港 41 min/24.9km 五箇山I.C Hashitate Fishing Port District JR Komatsu Station 五箇山 Gifu Prefecture 橋立漁港 Katayamazu JR小松駅 360 (15.5miles) Hakusan Area 片山津I.C Suganuma 岐阜県 Komatsu Kibagata Motorcar Museum of Japan Kami Taira 149 Yoshioka-enchi Park 菅沼こまつ木場潟日本自動車博物館上平 Kasa-no-misaki Cape 吉岡園地 Gokayama 107 416 加佐の岬 The Ruins of Ikko-Ikki no sato 181 41 Kaga Fruit Land 一向一揆の里五箇山 305 39 min/32.9km 加賀フルーツランド JR Kaga Onsen 145 Awazu Onsen Torigoe-jo 44 (20.4miles) Skydome Kamioka Station 宙ドーム・神岡 6 Kaga City Tourist Information Center 粟津温泉 Castle Tedori Gorge 471 6 Kaga Tabimachinet JR加賀温泉駅 Niwaka Kobo Rail Mountain Bike “Gattan Go!!” 鳥越城跡にわか工房手取渓谷レールマウンテンバイク「Gattan Go!!」加賀市観光情報センター Daishoji Riverboat Ride i 29 min/19.5km KAGA旅・まちネット大聖寺流し舟 161 Shirakawago Kutani Mangetsu The Forest of Wisdom (12.0miles) Sanpoiwadake Trail 471 九谷満月 154 苔の里 109 三方岩岳白川郷I.C Kutaniyaki Art Museum JR Daishoji Hakusan Ichirino Onsen 360 石川県九谷焼美術館 Station Natadera 白山一里野温泉 65 min/33.3km 41 Kaga JR大聖寺駅 (20.7miles) 477 Tsukiusagi-no-Sato Temple 157 360 Shirakawa-go 加賀I.C 那谷寺 Kaga Area 白川郷 Shirakawago 75 76 月うさぎの里 38 min/23.8km 305 43 Sena 白川郷 (14.8miles) 瀬女 Yamashiro Onsen Traditional Handicrafts Village 75 JR Hidafurukawa Station JR飛騨古川駅 89 Awara Onsen 山代温泉 Chugu Toll Gate Shirakawa-go 479 mokume "Yunokuni-no-mori" Fukube Falls Magari 75 芦原温泉木地師のお店加賀伝統工芸村ゆのくにの森中宮料金所白川郷 Tojinbo Cliffs Kanazu 473 「mokue」ふくべの大滝 Toll Gate 東尋坊金津I.C Yamanaka Onsen 馬狩料金所 57 min/52.4km Arupu Hida-Furukawa Yamanaka Onsen 山中温泉 Hakusan Shirakawa-go Ogi-machi Castle Ruin (32.5miles) アルプ飛騨古川 Yukemuri Kenko-Mura White Road (Toll Road) 156 153 Observation District 90 Shibamasa World 山中温泉ゆけむり健康村白山白川郷ホワイトロード芝政ワールド Hakusan Folk Museum Shiramine 荻町城跡展望台 Hida-Furukawa Ibushi Takayama Kakusenkei Gorge 飛騨古川いぶし Takayama 364 鶴仙渓石川県立白山ろく民俗資料館 Traditional Building District 482 高山 Mikuni Hida Hakusan 高山I.C 158 Sakai 白峰重要伝統的飛騨白山みくに 8 Takayama Kiyomi 458 さかい Shiramine Onsen 建造物群保存地区白峰温泉 Expressway Maruoka Castle Mount Hakusan 高山清見道路 Maruoka 丸岡城白山 JR Takayama Takayama 462 丸岡I.C Station 高山 Hidakiyomi JR高山駅飛騨清見I.C Fukui Prefecture 157 Ichinose Visitor Center Takayama 416 Nanamori Kiyomi 市ノ瀬ビジターセンターななもり清見 Nishi 361 福井県 Zen no sato 禅の里 The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 73 高山西I.C 福井県立恐竜博物館 7 Daianzenji Temple 7 大安禅寺 416 Yokokan Garden Hida-Asahimura Eiheiji Temple ひだ朝日村養浩館庭園大本山永平寺 158 Mont Deus Hida Kuraiyama Fukui モンデウス飛騨位山 41 Ichijodani Asakura Mizunoeki Sakura no sato Shokawa 福井I.C 一乗谷あさくら水の駅 158 156 桜の郷荘川 257

Shogawa Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins 荘川I.C 一乗谷朝倉氏遺跡 417 476 Dainichi-dake 257 大日岳 ABCDE Toyama Prefectural Tourism Association Sogawa, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, 930-8501 Tel. 076-441-7722 https://foreign.info-toyama.com/en/ Fukui Prefectural Tourism Federation Matsumoto, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, 910-0003 Tel. 0776-23-3677 https://www.fuku-e.com/lang/english/ Gifu Prefecture Tourism Federation Ishikawa Prefecture Tourism League Yabuta-minami, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, 500-8384 Kuratsuki, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Tel. 058-275-1480 http://travel.kankou-gifu.jp/en/ 920-8580 Tel.076-201-8110 https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/english/ Nagano Prefecture Tourism Association Habashita, Minami-Nagano, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture 380-8570 Tel. 026-234-7205 http://www.go-nagano.net Printed: March 2019