Golf Courses KANAZAWA CITY CENTER MAP A great number of scenic golf courses exist in Ishikawa, taking advantage of the many magnificent natural landscapes. Imagine golfing on top of a hill in Noto with shots seemingly descending down to the Sea of Japan, or at the foot of Mt. Hakusan where golfers dauntlessly shoot towars the massive mountainous background. Ishikawa of- 15 16 fers you a unique opportunity to not just play golf, but be one with nature as well! HEGURAJIMA Island
The Country Club Noto Kanazawa Links Golf Club ●❶ ● 17 14 0768-52-3131 076-237-2222 http://www.cc-noto.co.jp/ Hotel Kanazawa ● Kanazawa 6 ●❷ Notojima Golf and Central Country Club 18 Asanogawa Country Club 076-251-0011 River Wajima 0767-85-2311 Kanazawa Kobo-Nagaya Senmaida Rice http://www.notojima-golf.jp/ ● Hakusan Country Club Hyakuban-gai 0761-51-4181 Shopping Mall Terrece http://www.incl.ne.jp/golf/haku/haku1.html ●❸ Tokinodai Country Club 13 Suzuyaki Museum 0767-27-1121 4 of Art http://www.tokinodai.co.jp/ ● Kaga Huyo Country Club Wajima 0761-65-2020 2 12 Onsen ●❹ Wakura Golf Club 3 0767-52-2580 ● Twin Fields Golf Club 2 Suzu 0761-47-4500 7 Mitsuke-jima http://www.wakuragolfclub.co.jp/ 1 5 Onsen http://www.twin-fields.com/ Hotel Nikko 19 Island ●❺ Noto Golf Club Ishikawa Wajima Urushi 0767-32-1212 ● Komatsu Country Club ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Museum of Art http://www.daiwaresort.co.jp/noto-gc/ 0761-43-3030 5 NANATSUJIMA ●❻ Chirihama Country Club ● Komatsu Public Golf Course Island 0767-28-4411 0761-65-2277 10 ●❼ Noto Country Club ● Kaga Country Club 0767-28-3155 0761-72-3315 10 http://www.incl.ne.jp/golf/notoc/notoc.html http://www.kaga-cc.co.jp/ 6 ●❽ Hokuriku Green Hill Golf ● Katayamazu Golf Club 076-285-2121 9 Katayamazu 11 Sky Hotel 0761-74-0810 25 9 Shunran-no-Sato ●❾ Kanazawa Country Club http://www.katayamazugc.co.jp/ 076-283-3900 Tsukumo-wan ● Katayamazu Golf Club Omi-cho 21 8 24 ● Ishikawa Golf Club Yamashiro Yamanaka Market 23 076-288-1111 0761-73-8321 22
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8 10 17 16 6 4 Hakusan Mountain New Grand Hotel Naga-machi 16 Ski Resorts Buke Yashiki District Oyama Jinja Shrine 14 15 There are numerous ski slopes surrounded by beautiful and 11 abundant nature in Ishikawa, suitable for families and begin- Takada-ke 3 17 House Wakura Tsujiguchi Hironobu Cenfectionery ners as well as intermediate and advanced ski aficionados. Ishikawa Prefecture Kanko Bussankan Onsen Museum of Art 13 Naga-machi Buke Yashiki 12 Kyukeikan Rest House ❶● Sky Shishiku Ski Resort 2 Nomura-ke 0761-92-0600 House Nanao http://w2292.nsk.ne.jp/skyshishiku/ Central Fisherman’s Wharf 7 Park Kanazawa Noto ❷● Hakusan Ichirino Onsen Museum Food Market Ski Resort 18 Excel Hotel Tokyu of Noh Kenroku-en Garden 076-256-7412 TATSURUHAMA I.C http://sam-hakusan.com/ Ikoi-no-mura Noto-hanto Shikanosato Onsen 8 Getting to and from Ishikawa ❸● Okuradake Highland Saigawa Ski Resort 19 River Section Flight number Duration 0761-67-1426 Ishikawa Nanao 23 Museum of Art 14 Komatsu Airport - Seoul (Incheon) 4 flights/week 1:40 h ❹● Kanazawa Seymour 21 26 Ski Resort 20 076-273-0331 2 Komatsu Airport - Shanghai 4 flights/week 1:50 h http://sam-hakusan.com/ Komatsu Airport - Taipei 7 flights/week 2:50 h ❺● Iozen Ski Resort 25 076-229-1947 22 The Kanazawa Komatsu Airport - Sapporo (Shin-Chitose) 1 flight/day 1:35 h Theatre 22 Komatsu Airport - Sendai 1 flight/day 1: 05 h 3 By Kanazawa 18 Keta-Taisha Kanazawa Goodwill Guide Network 19 Nakamura Shrine (Narita) Memorial Plane Komatsu Airport - Tokyo 1 flights/day 1:10 h 24 Meseum Ouchi-gata Ishikawa-ken Lake Komatsu Airport - Tokyo (Haneda) 11 f light s / day 1: 00 h 23 History Museum 17 Komatsu Airport - Fukuoka 4 flights/day 1:20 h
To Yuwaku Onsen Komatsu Airport - Naha 1 flight/day 2:10 h 5 Noto Airport - Tokyo (Haneda) 2 flights/day 1: 05 h Onsen in Ishikawa D.T.Suzuki Museum The history of Onsen in Ishikawa dates back to some 1,300 years ago, so it shouldn’t Section Duration come as a surprise that the world’s oldest Onsen hotel, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records, can be found in Ishikawa. Highly recommended for tourists Tokyo (via Echigo-Yuzawa) 3:48 h who love to relax in Onsen that help take away your fatigue! Tokyo (via Maibara) 4:05 h 6 ●❶ Yamanaka Onsen ● Chugu Onsen Osaka 2:27 h 0761-78-0330 076-256-7219 By http://www.yamanaka-spa.or.jp/ ISHIKAWA ACCESS MAP Domestic Flights Nagoya (via Maibara) 2:22 h ● Ichirino Onsen International Flights Train ●❷ Yamashiro Onsen 076-256-7412 Kansai Airport (via Kyoto) 3:22 h 0761-77-1144 http://www.ichirino.com/ Airline Information http://www.yamashiro-spa.or.jp/ Centrair 4:00 h ● Shiramine Onsen ●❸ Katayamazu Onsen 076-258-2011 All Nippon Airways Reservation Center Kyoto 2:10 h 0761-74-1123 http://city-hakusan.com/ski_top.html http://www.ana.co.jp/eng/index.html http://www.katayamazu-spa.or.jp/ JR-WEST http://www.westjr.co.jp/english/global.html ⓭● Fukatani Onsen (Domestic Flights) 0120-029222 Noto SOGO Hospital ●❹ Awazu Onsen 076-258-0276 0761-65-1834 http://www.fukatani.jp/ Japan Airlines Reservation Center http://www.awazuonsen.com/ http://www.jal.co.jp/en/ Section Freqvency Duration ⓮● Suzu Onsen (Including Japan Transocean Air) (Domestic Flights) 0120-255971 Shintsu Wajima Hospital ●❺ Tatsunokuchi Onsen 0768-82-4688 By Takayama ~ Kanazawa 3 services/day 2:10 h 0761-55-8509 http://www.notohantou.jp/ (International Flights) 0120-255931 CYUO Hospital http://www.city.nomi.ishikawa.jp/ Bus Shirakawago ~ Kanazawa 3 services/day 1:15 h China Eastern Airlines Kanazawa Branch 076-232-6888 ●❻ Yuwaku Onsen http://www.chinaeastern-air.com/index/index38.php Notojima Matto Ishikawa CYUO Hospital 076-235-1040 Island http://www.yuwaku.gr.jp/ Section route distance Korean Airlines Travel Reservation Center 0088-21-2001 Kahoku-gata http://www.koreanair.com/index_jp_eng.jsp Lake Tokyo-Kanetsu Highway-Fujioka- ●❼ Wakura Onsen Komatsu SHIMIN Hospital 0767-62-1555 Joshinetsu Highway-Joetsu- 463km EVA Airways Komatsu Airport Counter 0761-22-8011 http://www.wakura.or.jp/ Fukatani Hokuriku Highway-Kanazawa West http://www.evaair.com/html/b2c/english/ Onsen Tokyo ~ Kanazawa SHIEI Hospital ●❽ Wajima Onsen Kanazawa Tokyo-Tomei Highway/Meishin Highway- 0768-22-6588 Freight cargolux http://www.cargolux.com Hokuriku Highway http://www.wajimaonsen.com/ Maibara- - 578km By Komatsu-Kanazawa West ●❾ Kawachi-Senjo Onsen Suita-Meishin Highway- 076-273-0331 Car Osaka ~ International Tourism Division http://sam-hakusan.com/seymour/ Maibara-Hokuriku Highway- 282km Kanazawa Ishikawa Prefectural Goverment Komatsu-Kanazawa West (Data: March, 2014 ) Nagoya-Tomei Highway- Nagoya ~ Maibara-Hokuriku Highway- 252km Kanazawa Rate : One Night Two Meals Komatsu-Kanazawa West
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Kanazawa Castle Park Ishikawa Prefectural Museum 2 Making Gold Leaf Wakura Onsen 7 Mitsuke-jima 2 Soujiji 1 Natadera Temple 2 Ataka Barrier Ruins (Ataka-no-seki) 7 Katayamazu 3 Shiramine Snowman Festival Festival Almanac Hakusan/Shiramine Kanazawa Castle Park is an open of Traditional Arts and Crafts Ninety-nine percent of Japanese gold leaf is Wakura Onsen resort is a 1,200-year-old, Island Temple Natadera Temple is a structure where nature and With a storyline based at this historical spot, the Onsen January Kagatobi Ladder Climbing Festival Kanazawa City Approximately 3,000 snowmen made by (Oyster Festival) Anamizu Town green space, preserving the This Museum displays all the famous traditional high-quality leaf produced in Kanazawa. Here harbor-facing, Japanese-style hotel filled resort This rock island is located about 200 meters Head temple of the Sotoshu school of Buddhism man-made things co-exist in harmony. The rock Kabuki Performance of “Kanjincho” and the Noh Katayamazu is a beautiful Onsen town located Maimon Food Festival historical and cultural heritage of Ishikawa for you can witness the process of making gold leaf, that offers visitors an unparalleled Onsen covered grounds of this temple have been very Performance of “Ataka” help make the “Ataka- villagers line along the roadside. At night arts and crafts of Ishikawa and offers its visitors offshore and is also known by the name of established some 700 years ago, Soujiji Temple on Lake Shibayama-gata Lake where you can February Shiramine Snowman Festival Shiramine, Hakusan City generations to come. Many castle structures, watch a leaf of gold being beat to a thickness of experience. Gazing out at the calm waves of skillfully arranged. This is a nationally famous no-seki”site famous and popular. The story took candles are lit inside them covering the an introduction to the process of making these Gunkanjima, or the battleship island, since its lost most of its monasteries to fire in the Meiji easily spot the reflection of Mt. Hakusan on the Takewari Bamboo Splitting Festival Kaga City such as the Hishi-yagura, Gojukken-nagaya and only 0.0001 mm, and try your hand at making Nanao Bay while soaking in the Onsen is simply spot for fall leaves that attracts many visitors place in 1187, with the main character being area with a magical mood. craftworks. The museum also has a museum shape resembles a battleship. The bare rock period. Afterwards, the head temple title was crystal-clear lake. Foodopia Kanazawa Kanazawa City Hashizume-mon, have been restored to their shop and café where visitors can actually touch gold leaf decorations. amazing, don’t you think? island is covered in thick greenery on top, transferred to another temple in Yokohama. every year. Minamoto no Yoshitsune. former glory. This restoration project was the Higashifutakuchi-bunya Doll Drama Festival the art and craft works. creating a beautiful shadow on the sea surface. Oguchi, Hakusan City biggest of its kind ever attempted in Japan since The whole area is one large seaside park. the Meiji period (1868 ~ 1912). March Soba-no-ichi Buckwheat Noodles Market Monzen, Wajima City Noto-yukiwariso Flower Festival Monzen, Wajima City Takewari Festival Kaga April Sakura Festival During this “bamboo-splitting festival”, Kahoku City, Kaga City, Hodatsu-Shimizu Town, Tsubata Town young men dressed in white attire split Asanogawa River Festival Kanazawa City bamboos and drag a snake made out of May Tomobata Festival Noto Town large rope around as part of a ceremony to Kutani-chawon Bowl Festival Terai, Nomi City drive away evil spirits. Sekai-no-tako Kite Festival Uchinada Town Seihakusai Float Festival Nanao City Odanigawa Carp Banner Festival Suzu City Kanazawa Hyakuban-gai 2 1 1 2 4 Otabi Festival Komatsu City This is the area inside Kanazawa Station with all Wajima Kobo-Nagaya Yamanaka Onsen Yunokuni-no-mori Awazu 5 Okaeri Festival Mikawa, Hakusan City Omi-cho Market the shops and restaurants. Here you can find all The Wajima Kobo-Nagaya is a unique facility Okunoto Salt Farm Village In Yamanaka Onsen, you can enjoy various Inside about 43ha natural forest, old houses with Onsen 3 June Shobuyu Iris Petal Bath Festival Kenroku-en Garden Omi-cho Market in Musashigatsuji kinds of souvenir items, traditional crafts and promoting the exchanges between professional Ganmon The Okunoto Salt Farm Village is the only facility landscapes of the four seasons such as fresh thatched roofs were moved to the current Awazu Onsen resort is the oldest among the lacquerware workmen and visitors in a relaxing Tomobata Festival Yamanaka, Yamashiro, Katayamazu, Awazu Onsen With its great natural beauty has served as the kitchen for the Japanese confectionery. There is also a post This picturesque coastal area is lined with many in Japan to use the traditional “Agehama” greens and fall leaves near the Kakusenkei River. location and created this Village of Traditional many Onsen resorts in the Kaga region. It has Japanese environment. Visitors can observe the Notochou Uchiura Ogi Hyakumangoku Parade Festival Kanazawa City augmented by the four distinct people of Kanazawa for approximately 270 office and an English-supported tourist informa- oddly-shaped rocks and is a part of the scenic Technique for salt production. People use the As said in the Onsen folk song Yamanaka-bushi, Arts. Inside each house is a different kind of been 1,300 years since the Onsen was first different process of making lacquerwares closely Himurohiraki Festival Yuwaku Onsen seasons of Ishikawa, Kenroku-en Garden is years. There are 170 stores inserted into the tion center. Noto Kongo seacoast area. Sightseeing boats same method to produce natural salt with rich this Onsen resort is filled with traditional culture traditional arts & crafts that are famous in discovered by Taicho Daishi, a Mt. Hakusan The portable “mikoshi” shrine for this and have a pleasant chat with the artists. minerals about 500 years ago. Ishikawa, and visitors can observe the making regarded as one of the three most beautiful small alleys where fish from the Sea of Japan, provide close-up views of the rocks from the by which the guests’ hearts and bodies are temple master monk. festival is loaded onto the “Gaza-bune” July Noto Kiriko Giant Palanquin Festivals the Noto Area healed. process of each articles. gardens in Japan and designated as a Special local meats, vegetables, fruits and seasonal ocean surface. (boat). A tall festival flag is vertically Hakusan Festival Shiramine, Hakusan lofted and the boat is rowed into Tsukumo Historic Site by the Japanese government. foods are at the center of the trade that occurs Horimatsu Tug of War Festival Shika Town here. Bay where multi-colored streamers and Nonoichi-jongara Festival Nonoichi City raised flags are lined up and paraded around, making for a magnificent display. August Noto Kiriko Giant Palanquin Festivals the Noto Area Tetori Fire Festival Kawakita Town Yamashiro-daidengaku Ritual Music Festival Yamashiro Onsen Seihaku Festival Nanao Tenryo Festival Monzen, Wajima City Ikko-ikki Festival Torigoe, Hakusan City The festival features three super large, 12- Onsen Festival Katayamazu Onsen meter high, 20-ton floats(the largest in Japan) that compete for the most imposing Oshobe Festival Awazu Onsen Guzuyaki Festival Kaga City 21st Century Museum of appearance. September Contemporary Art Kanazawa Chirihama Beach 1 Noto Kiriko Giant Palanquin Festivals the Noto Area Notojima Okumakabuto Festival Nakajima, Nanao City 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Driveway 3 4 Hakusan 6 Kaga Fruit Land Yamashiro 2 Koikoi Festival Yamanaka Onsen Korinbo 1 Kanazawa, which opened in 2004, is a new cultural Nafune Aquarium Higashi Chaya On the west coast of the southern Noto Penin- This fruit garden has an area about 83ha. Karatoyamashinji Sumo Festival Hakui City Korinbo is one of the most prominent shopping hotspot in Kanazawa. As its name suggests, sula lies the unique Chirihama Beach Driveway Gojinjo Drum This Aquarium has about 500 species and over Super Rindo(Forest Road) Onsen District Visitors can enjoy barbecue and picking seasonal Ocotber and entertainment districts in the Hokuriku area. modern century contemporary art is the main that is 8km in length. The fine-grained sand on The origin of this festival is a folktale about how 40,000 sea creatures from all over Japan This magnificent alpine mountain road runs In the hometown of the famous Kutani Porcelain Horai Festival Tsurugi, Hakusan City Higashi Chaya District is fruits all year round. It is an all-you-can-eat for Its bustling streets are lined with department focus of this Museum. It’s a museum with a new this beach has become impacted through its a Gojinjo drum was used to help the villagers in including the ones that inhabit the Noto Penin- through the middle of Mt. Hakusan. The scenery located almost right in the center of the Kaga Dondon Festival Komatsu City where, even now, the appear- most seasonal fruits such as strawberries, grapes stores, boutiques, restaurants, and drinking sense that not only displays paintings and sculp- absorption of seawater so much so that automo- devil masks draped in seaweed drive off an sula Coast. Visitors can enjoy various attractions, is especially beautiful in spring with the new region, Yamashiro Onsen is known as a famous Otabi Festival Komatsu ance of the old streets still exists and has kept and apples. November Kutani Porcelain Festival Nomi City places. tures but diverse expressive modern works as well. biles can run on top of it. During summer, the attacking enemy force, thus giving this drum the such as the Dolphin Show, the Sea Bream Light green leaves and in autumn with the red leaves. Onsen resort all through the region. its old face. When evening approaches, the Atop gorgeous lacquered festival floats, Bakko Festival Naka-Noto Town beach is bustling with bathers and is very well reputation for its imposing sounds. and Sound Show and the Sea Otter Feeding sounds of the shamisen and Japanese taiko children’s “kabuki” drama is performed, and known throughout the country. Show. December Cormorant Festival Hakui City overflow from the tea houses. its delightful and enthusiastic performance pleases the crowd. Noto Kiriko Giant Palanquin Festivals include
July Abare Festival Ushitsu, Noto Town Matsuri-no-kuni Prosperity of Noto Festival Wakura Onsen Nanao Gion Festival Nanao City Iida-toroyama Lantern Palanquin Festival Suzu City Shiotsu-noryosai Sea Festival Nanao City Kanazawa Hyakuman-goku Koiji Fire Festival Noto Town Festival Kanazawa Minazuki Festival Wajima City The Kanazawa Hyakuman-goku (millon-goku Nanao City Naga-machi Buke Yashiki Notojima Koda Fire Festival of rice) Festival commemorates the official Nafune Festival Wajima City etc. The Motenashi Dome of District Rosanjin’s Hut “Iroha” 8 arrival of Toshiie Maeda, the founder of the August Ishizaki-hotosai Festival Nanao City Kanazawa Station If you rove around the back streets from the Rosanjin Kitaoji is famous for his works in Kaga Clan to Kanazawa Castle. It features a Senmaida 1 Wajima Ski Slopes at the Foot of Shishiku Horyu-tanabata Kiriko Festival Suzu City Kanazawa Museum of Noh 1 The symbol of Kanazawa Station’s East Plaza is center of town, you can easily find Naga-machi Kiriko Lantern Museum 3 pottery, calligraphy and painting, and at the procession of “samurai” warriors and Morning Market Mt. Hakusan Highland dancers with traditional “hayashi” accom- Shingu-noryosai Sea Festival Nanao City Kanazawa Museum of Noh offers its visitors the Motenashi Dome, which conveniently Buke Yashiki District situated inside a complex Rice Terrece same time he was also one of the few gourmets “Kirikos” are huge lanterns with their height paniment that passes through the city Saikai Festival Shika Town various things such as visuals explaining Noh art functions as a giant umbrella shielding visitors stone-paved district reminiscent of the old castle Along the coast’s steep hillsides are more than a The nationally famous Wajima morning market ranging from 4 to 15 meters. These Kirikos are Many ski slopes can be found at the foot of Mt. in Japan. In order to concentrate his working on Sky Shishiku paragliding started here over 20 streets. Sosogi Festival Wajima City in simple terms, about Noh stage through its from rain, which is quite common in Kanazawa. town. This is the site where the samurais of the thousand terraced rice paddies. From the where there’s a stretch of approximately integral parts of the various Festivals of Noto Hakusan, providing for a wide variety of skiing; carving calligraphy writings on signs, Rosanjin years ago. It is pretty much the only place for Okinami-tairyo Big Catch Festival Anamizu Town model, display of precious historical artifacts, Looking from the front, one can see a big, tall Kaga clan once lived and where you can recall horizon the sunset forms geometric patterns 200~300 stores selling fresh fish, dried foods, Peninsula celebrated in summers. summer skiing is also available. spent a year in this “Iroha” Hut when he was 32 hang gliders and paragliders. Tsurugiji Yahata Shrine Festival Monzon Town one can also try out Noh attires and Noh masks. wooden gate that resembles a hand drum. the atmosphere of the feudal times. making for an ideal viewpoint. vegetables, pickled vegetables, and folk crafts. years of age. Gozare Festival Yanagida, Noto Town Okuma-kabuto Festival Wajima-Taisai Festival Wajima City Nanao/Nakajima Niwaka Festival Ukawa, Noto Town Wearing a goblin mask, a festival character Hassaku Festival Shika Town etc. called “Sarutahiko”, using amusing ges- September Takojima Kiriko Festival Suzu City tures, leads the mikoshi portable shrine procession through the streets as it carries Ogawa Kawashima Festival Anamizu Town a forest of 20m high crimson festival flags. Shoin Kiriko Festival Suzu City Tradition has it that it was influenced by a Yanagida Festival Noto Town ritual from the Korean Penisula, which is Maenami-hikiyama Festival Anamizu Town evident in its exotic mood. Ogisode Kiriko Festival Noto Town Jike Kiriko Festival Suzu City
Getting to and from Kanazawa Sightseeing Bus For the bus route map please refer to “KANAZAWA CITY CENTER MAP” Getting to and from the Noto Peninsula Kaga/Hakusan City Inquiries Hokuriku Railway Telephone Service Center (076) 237-5115 Traditional Crafts Passing on traditional craft skills Kanazawa Loop Bus “Light-up”Bus Kanazawa Flat Bus By Express Bus 2,710 yen By Airport Bus During the Edo period, supported by the abundant wealth of the Kaga Clan, great efforts were put into cultural One time One time One time development. As a result, significant advances in the level of traditional arts were achieved and these master Suzu Hachigasaki – Kanazawa Sta. Suzu Komatsu Airport – Kanazawa Sta. 1,130 yen crafts were passed down through the generations,becoming a source of great pride for Ishikawa Prefecture. Adults 200yen / Children 100yen Adults 200yen / Children 100yen Adults 100yen/ Children 50yen Noto Airport Kanazawa Sta. 2,710 yen Hachigasaki about 1:00 h about 1:45 h 1,130 yen One-day pass Wajima Station – Kanazawa Sta. Komatsu Airport Kanazawa Sta. Inquiries 2,160 yen about 0:40 h by Super Limited Express Bus Adults 500yen / Children 250yen 2,260 yen Traffic Affair Section, Kanazawa City Inquiries Inquiries (076)220-2038 Noto Airport – Kanazawa Sta. Yamanaka lacquerware Hokuriku Railway Tourism Promotion 2,160 yen 2,260 yen Telephone Service Center Section,Kanazawa City Hokuriku Railroad Co. Ltd Nishinihon JR Bus Kanazawa A major feature of Yamanaka lacquerware Wakura Onsen – Kanazawa is the manner in which the natural beauty (076) 237-5115 (076)220-2194 (076) 237-8005 (076) 231-1783 Wajima Sta. Noto Airport Kanazawa Sta. of the grain of the wood is utmostly 1,400 yen about 0:25 h about 1:45 h 270 yen preserved.This requires great skills with Nanao Station – Kanazawa Sta. Konohana route Kikugawa route Zaimoku route Nagamachi route 2,160 yen the traditional revolving wheel saw. 1,340 yen Komatsu Airport Komatsu Sta. 0 Kanazawa Station 0 Kanazawa Station 0 Kanazawa Station ❶ Korinbo ❶ Musashigatsuji/ ❶ Shinise Kinenkan Monzen – Kanazawa Station about 0:12 h East Entrance3 East Entrance1 East Entrance11 Omi-cho Ichiba ❷ Kata-machi ❷ Naga-machi 2,260 yen 1,400 yen ❶ Rifare-mae ❶ Musashigatsuji Kanazawa-eki Higashi ❷ Jukken machi Bukeyashikiato Kutani porcelain Wajima lacquerware ❶ Daiku-machi Togi – Kanazawa Station ❸ Wakura ❷ Meisei Shogakkou-mae ❷ Owari-cho ❷ Betsuin-dori Guchi ❸ Ote-machi ❸ Seirei Byoin/Seido 1,930 yen Nanao Sta. Kanazawa Sta. Kutani porcelain is famous for These lacquerware items are ❹ Tate-machi Onsen about 0:15 h about 1:40 h its daring designs and elegant colors, representative traditional Japanese ❸ Kobashi Hashiba-cho ❹ Otemon-mae ❹ Cyuou Syogakkou ❸ ❸ Betsuin-dori Shintate-machi It has been exported to foreign lacquerware with a solid feel and an ❺ 1,340 yen ❹ Baba jido Koen ❹ Kenroku-en Garden Higashibetsuin ❺ Ote-bori ❺ Tamagawa Koen By Limited Express Bus countries for about 100 years and elegant beauty. There are 100 ❹ ❻ Sakura-bashi 1,350 yen Shoko Kaigisho Tamagawa Tosyokan has gained great popularity. processes required in making this ❺ Moriyama Itchome Seisonkaku Omotesando Guchi ❻ ❻ Yamanaka Onsen – Kanazawa Sta. ❺ Kami Kawayoke 1,210 yen item with each one done carefully by ❼ Korinbo/Sengoku-dori Matsugae Ryokuchi Kanazawa gold leaf ❻ Hashiba –cho4 ❻ Hirosaka ❺ Higashibetsuin ❼ ❼ 2,260 yen 1,350 yen 760 yen hand. Besides traditional tableware ❽ Kikugawa-cho Over 99% of the gold leaf made in ❽ Shiyakusho/ ❽ Musashigatsuji/ and flower vases, interior items and ❼ Hashiba-cho1 ❼ Korinbo ❻ Musashigatsuji Kominkan Yamashiro Onsen – Kanazawa Sta. Nijuuisseiki Bijutsukan Omi-cho Ichiba Inquiries Japan is made in Kanazawa. It is less display panels have recently come ❼ Omi-cho Ichiba Monzen Togi Kanazawa Sta. 1,240 yen Yamanaka about 0:10 h Natadera about 0:20 h Tatsunokuchi than 4/10,000mm in thickness, and a ❽ Kenrokumoto-machi ❽ Minami-cho ❾ Kawakami Hiromi Hokuriku Railway about 0:40 h about 1:45 h into popular use. Kanazawa lacquerware ❾ Hakuchoro ❾ Musashi Nishi Onsen Temple Onsen high level of technical expertise is ❽ Choumin Bunkakan Natadera Temple – Kanazawa Sta. This traditional lacquereware craft has been ❾ Kenrokuen-shita ❾ Musashigatsuji Saigawa-odori Telephone Service Center required to make it. Kenrokumoto-machi Shirogane-cho 1,930 yen 1,210 yen passed down from the Edo period. It ❾ Hikoso Ryokuchi (076) 237-5115 Yamashiro Awazu Hirosaka 0 Kanazawa Station Sarumaru Jido Koen Kenrokuen-shita Tamagawa-cho Kanazawa Sta. features the creation of single unique pieces ⓫ Awazu Onsen – Kanazawa Sta. about 0:10 h Onsen about 0:05 h Onsen about 0:45 h East Entrance ❿ Hikoso-machi Itchome of tea ceremony, room furnishings and other Honda-machi Nijunin-zaka ⓬ kosho-machi Kodomo Tosyokan The specified zones and area map Inquiries/Reservation 1,130 yen high-class lacquered furniture items. Saisei Bungakuhi-mae ⓫ Hikoso Kita Ipponmatsu-rikkyo Noto Airport Shared ⓭ Kensakatsuji Housai Itchome Tatsunokuchi Onsen – Kanazawa Sta. 1,130 yen Kobashi-machi Zone 1 Minato Tourist Bus 0768-22-7411 Jusangen-machi Days of operation : Saturdays ⓬ Kami Ishibiki Yokoyama Jido Koen Jyosei Senta Taxi Services ⓮ Zone 2 Suzu 0768-82-1221 760 yen 1,240 yen Kata-machi Departs from Kanazawa Station ⓭ Baba Jido Koen Yokoyama-cho Nagadohei “FURUSATO TAXI” East Entrance: Kodatsuno Geba ⓯ Zone 3 Medaka 0768-76-0069 Korinbo7 every 10minutes ⓮ Shouei-machi Daigaku Byoin ⓰ Tokiwa-bashi Cyuou Shimintaikukan Reservation Required 7:00 pm to 8:50 pm Zone 4 Nakajima Taxi 0767-66-0114
Korinbo6 ⓯ Asanohon-machi Naka Ishibiki ⓱ Zaimoku-cho Tomimoto-cho Zone 5 Notokongo 0767-42-2700 By Regular Bus Kyo-machi 1,300 yen Minami-cho ⓰ Tobiume-cho ⓲ Tenjin-bashi ⓲ Mikage-ohasi Minami Offering fixed-rate fares Fares (one person/one way) to Shiramine – Kanazawa Sta. 940 yen Nakajima-Ohashi Namiki-machi Nakamura-machi Musashigatsuji ⓱ Hondanomori Horu ⓳ ⓳ (within each specified zone) and 1,300 yen Wajima City, 630 yen Kaga yuzen silk dyeing Kaga embroidery Konohana-machi Umeno-hashi Syogakkou a comfortable ride from Noto Rifare-mae ⓲ Kenritsu Bijutsukan ⓴ Oguchi-shisho-mae – Kanazawa Sta. Kaga yuzen silk dyeing is a represen- The art of craft embroidery developed Nakamura Jinjya Noto Town,Anamizu Town 900 yen Kanazawa Station Asanogawa-ohashi ⓴ Airport to many destinations tative traditional Japanese dyeing art. from the embroidery skills used to 0 Kanazawa Station 0 Nijuisseiki Bijutsukan Suzu City, 1,140 yen about 0:15 h Yoshino- about 0:15 h Tsurugi-eki- Sennichi-machi in the Noto area and vice Shiramine The designs render natural beauty decorate Buddhist altar fittings and East Entrance East Entrance Izumi Kyoka Kinenkan Furusato Ijinkan Wajima City (old Monzen Town), Yoshino-kogei-no-sato – Kanazawa Sta. kogei-no-sato mae realistically and are described to Kanazawa, Nanao, and cassocks for Buddhist priests. At the Shiragiku-cho versa, in addition to being Owari-cho Noto Town (old Uchiura Town) 1,300 yen 940 yen possess a samurai-style serene Mikawa Buddhist Altar present time, these skills are used for Shiyakusho cheap and safe. Oguchi- Kawachi- Nishicyayagai Kanazawa Sta. elegance. the decoration of “obis”,kimono sashes Ushikubi pongee Kakinokibatake Shinise Koryukan Nanao City, Naka-Noto Town 1,600 yen Kawachi-shisho – Kanazawa Sta. about 0:20 h shisho-mae about 0:08 h shisho about 0:45 h In the homes of Busshist families, Departs from Kanazawa Station No-machi Hirokouji there are family Buddhist altars for and “kimonos” where fibers are This is a silk weaving craft that has been Fukuro-machi Shika Town 1,800 yen 760 yen East Entrance: ❶ Korinbo displaying Buddhist mortuary tablets arranged forming a magnificent 3-D passed down in the area around the foot of every 12minutes Kata-machi ❶ Musashigatsuji/ Hodatsu-Shimizu Hakui City, Tsurugi-eki-mae – Kanazawa Sta. 760 yen and Buddhist statues. These altars are picturesque design. Mt.Haku-san all processes are carried out 8:36 am to 6:00 pm Hodatsu-Shimizu Town 2,1 00 yen Omi-cho Ichiba Kata-machi cyuou-dori 630 yen 1,140 yen made using traditional crafts such as completely by hand. From the stage of drawing the thread from the cocoon and ❶ Shinise Kinenkan gold-leaf, sculpture, and lacquer decoration. the thread dyeing to the weaving stage.