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  • Hachigasaki Camping Ground
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    Ishikawa Suzu-shi Takojimamachi 1-1
    A campground located right in front of white sands and blue ocean. At night, you can enjoy a campfire under a beautiful star-filled sky. From mid-July to the end of August, you can pitch a tent and camp in the great outdoors. Facilities include a barbecue area, shared cooking area, and hot water showers, ensuring a comfortable outdoor experience. The campground does not rent tents, so be sure to bring your own.
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  • Cape Nature Trail
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    Ishikawa Suzu-shi Noroshimachi
    This 10. 7-kilometer-long nature trail starts in Suzu City’s Takaya-machi, passes through Kinoura and Orito, and ends in Noroshi. Reefs, virgin forest, sandy beaches, and other diverse terrain features can be found along the route, and walkers can take in the great outdoors. The trail was also selected for inclusion in a list of 500 of Japan’s beautiful walking routes. A walking rally is held on the trail each year on the first Sunday in October.
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  • Rojo Park
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    Ishikawa Komatsu-shi Marunouchikouenmachi 19
    This park was built on the site of the outermost region of Komatsu Castle, once the residence of Maeda Toshitsune, the third lord of Kaga Domain. A traditional Japanese strolling garden built around two ponds and a waterfall in the center, a stream connects the ponds and the waterfall and artificial hills provide a background landscape. The park also has cultural facilities, including a history museum, art museum, library, and teahouse. The grounds are also famous for cherry blossoms, wisteria flowers, azaleas, irises, and other seasonal flowers, as well as an old pine of historical interest.
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  • Komatsu City Miyamoto Saburo Museum of Art
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    Ishikawa Komatsu-shi Konmademachi 5
    This art museum displays the works and appeal of Saburo Miyamoto, a western-tradition painter born in Matsuzaki Town, Komatsu city, Ishikawa prefecture. They hold events throughout the year, including temporary and special exhibits. There are exhibits perfect for parents and children, making this perfect for families to get more familiar with art.
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  • Galleria
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    Ishikawa Hakusan-shi Kawachimachi Gotsu I1
    This gallery displays and sells works of art by artists from across the country and the world, and also sells a variety of other products such as natural material bags direct from Italy. In addition, visitors can enjoy a meal here made with choice ingredients. Further, the facility has a rental exhibition space and hall.
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  • Ishikawa Agriculture and Forestry Research Center Forestry Experimental Station Forest Park
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    Ishikawa Hakusan-shi Sannomiyamachi Ho 1
    This forest park has a central lawn surrounded by a flowering tree garden, conifer forest, native plant forest, deciduous broad-leafed tree forest, evergreen broad-leafed forest, special purpose forest, cherry tree and camellia garden, and Japanese garden, and more than 15,000 trees spanning 800 varieties grow on its grounds. In particular, the park boasts some of the largest swaths of cherry trees and camellias of any in the country. Visitors can also see wild birds, serow, and squirrels. Bears can appear in the forest, so particularly care should be paid in the early mornings and the evenings.
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  • Hakusan City Museum
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    Ishikawa Hakusan-shi Nishishinmachi 168-1
    This museum contains exhibits such as a model recreating what the studio of Living National Treasure-designated swordsmith Masamine Sumitani looked like in action. The museum also has exhibits on the achievements of Akegarasu Haya and Hakka Matsumoto, and a model which recreates the Todaiji Temple’s Yokoe-no-Sho manor, a designated National Historic Site. In addition, visitors can view folk items such as farming equipment used in the region in ancient times.
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  • Hakusan Sabo Science Museum
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    Ishikawa Hakusan-shi Shiramine Tsu 40-1
    This science museum introduces the history of erosion control projects in Mt. Hakusan as well as the abundant plant- and wildlife found in the area. The museum also serves as an information center and disaster preventing base in the event of a disaster. The museum also has a mountain climbing simulator and a realistic, 1/2 scale model of Hyakumangan no Iwa Rock, a testament to the force of a flood in 1934.
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  • artra
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    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Shimotsutsumichou 7 Altaville 2/3 F
    This is an art shop on the second floor of the “Ultra Building” in Shimotsutsumi Town, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The shop sells items such as glass crafts and Kutani ware, accessories, miscellaneous goods, paintings, and picture frames, etc. at reasonable prices. It is a popular spot for Kanazawa souvenirs and exhibits and sells items mainly by young local artists. The third floor is a gallery where exhibitions are held and the fourth floor is an art school.
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  • Kazue Town Ryokusuien Park
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    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kazuemachi
    Kazue Town Ryokusuien Park is located in the Chayagai area in the Kazue Town district of Kanazawa City. A section of the Sogamae (a defensive moat and earthen wall) that provided two layers of protection for Kanazawa’s castle town has been reconstructed in the Park, enabling visitors to get a real feel for the history of the castle town. In spring, visitors can also enjoy the sight of beautiful shidare zakura (weeping cherry) trees.
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  • Osshobe Park
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    Ishikawa Prefecture Komatsu City Awazu Onsen
    Osshobe Park is located in the Awazu Onsen hot springs district in Komatsu City. A welcome green oasis within the hot springs resort, the Park is a great place for taking a stroll and admiring the Koi carp in the pond, etc. The Park’s name derives from the story “Osshobe Monogatari”, a tale dating back 400 years which tells of two servants working at one of the Awazu Onsen inns who fell in love. Awazu Onsen hot springs resort has been certified by the “Lover’s Sanctuary Project” as a great place for couples to visit, and there is a “Happiness Bell” monument in Osshobe Park.
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  • Bentenzakigensen Park
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    Ishikawa Pref. Nanaoshi Wakuramachi
    "A popular sightseeing destination located in the Wakura Onsen hot spring village. Hot spring waters well up from under the ground here, and there are numerous facilities in the park which make use of this abundance. Examples include a bench warmed by hot spring waters and a ""suikinkutsu"" which plays ethereal music. Women love the hot spring hand bath, a large basin filled with hot spring water next to a bench where you can sit and soak your hands without getting your clothes wet. In addition, the park also has a hot spring plaza where you can drink hot spring water straight from the source or buy raw eggs nearby to make your own slow boiled hot spring eggs."
  • Books under Hotchkiss
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    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Hirosaka 1-9-11
    A gallery and bookstore produced by the Hotchkiss advertising company. The first floor is a bookstore and the second is a gallery. Every three months, a different craftsperson or artist is chosen to be featured in the gallery. At the same time, books which influenced the artist up to the present time are sold on the first floor. The bookstore's lineup changes completely each time a new artist is featured.
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  • Mitsukejima Seaside Campground
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    Ishikawa Pref. Suzushi Houryumachi Ukai
    "A campground with a view of majestic Mitsukejima, an island popularly known as ""Battleship Island"" due to its shape and a famous Noto sightseeing destination. The campground has 80 open camping sites situated along the coast inside Mitsukejima Park. Vehicles are allowed in the campground and you can drive right up to your desired spot and pitch a tent. There's a beach nearby from which you can take in Mitsukejima when it is lit up at night in summer. The campground has a rest house, cook house, toilets, and other facilities. In addition, you can take a bath while enjoying the view of Mitsukejima in the open-air bath at the nearby Notojiso lodging house."
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  • Katano Beach
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    Ishikawa Pref. Kagashi Katanomachi
    A swimming beach located a 10 minute drive from the Kaga Interchange on the Hokuriku Expressway. The beach is renowned for its beautiful sands and highly transparent waters. Swimming can be enjoyed here for approximately one month from mid-July to mid-August. A lovely pine forest grows on the right hand side of the beach. On clear days, beachgoers can see Tojinbo, one of Fukui Prefecture's most scenic areas, across the beach's waters. The beach's privately operated clubhouses offer a variety of services including showers and equipment rentals. They also conduct yoga classes and music events. The beach's parking area has 30 free parking spaces and, on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and on the Bon Festival, another 200 paid parking spaces are made available.
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  • Ishikawa Forest Park
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    Ishikawa Pref. Kahokuguntsubatamachi Tsubata D
    "A forest park covering a large area of Tsubata Town which was opened in 1973. The park's five areas are host to facilities such as a botanical garden and outdoor sports fields. The ""Kazoku Danran no Mori"" area has playground equipment, a small zoo where you can pet squirrels and monkeys, and a pond on which you can ride a rowboat. The ""Gakushu no Mori"" area contains exhibits on forestry and medicinal plants. In the ""Sanpo no Mori"" area, you can enjoy birdwatching. The ""Sports no Mori"" area has athletic grounds, while camping is permitted in the ""Tanren no Mori"" area. Various seasonal and other events are regularly held in the park, such as art exhibitions and craft workshops."
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  • Science Hills Komatsu
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    Ishikawa Prefecture Komatsu City Komatsu's Forest 2
    A public facility located a three minute walk from the east exit of JR Komatsu Station. The facility is comprised of the Hito to Monozukuri Kagakukan science museum where visitors can have fun while learning about science, and the Komatsu Business Creation Plaza, which supports up and coming business founders. The museum has a 3D domed theater, one of the largest in Japan, used to present programs on the night sky and outer space. The museum also has an astronaut experience exhibits and holds workshops and experiments using everyday items. The facility's shop sells astronaut food, model kits, and original senbei rice crackers.
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  • Ataka no Seki Komatsu Kanjincho no Sato
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    Ishikawa Komatsu-shi Atakamachi Ta 140-4
    "A facility located in Ataka Park dedicated to Ataka-no-Seki, a checkpoint station famously featured in the well-known kabuki play, ""Kanjincho."" The open and airy Ataka View Terrace facility offers a view of the nearby ocean. This seaside station sells a variety of local products as well as merchandise featuring Kabukki, the city's mascot. The Ataka-no-Seki-themed items make for popular souvenirs. There's also a cafe. The Kanjincho Museum holds abridged performances of ""Kanjincho"" and its three exhibit areas provide information on Ataka-no-Seki. The museum also displays kabuki costumes, joruri puppets, and contains information on the history of the area as well as the samurai Minamoto no Yoshitsune and the warrior monk Benkei."
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  • Matto Kaihin Park C.C.Z. (Coastal Community Zone)
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    Ishikawa Pref. Hakusanshi
    A leisure zone sprawling cross some 1,800 meters of coastline. Here visitors will find playground equipment and a vast natural grass lawn comprised of Mattoh Seaside Park. The zone also encompasses a variety of facilities such as Matto Kaihin Onsen, a public hot spring bathhouse; and the Hakusan Kaido Ichiba shopping mall. Many of the facilities can be freely used by local residents, like a golf course and heated pool. The Bridge Matto, a pedestrian bridge, offers a nice view of the Sea of Japan and is a popular spot for couples. With an advance reservation, you can also barbecue here from April through November. Equipment such as grilling nets and charcoal tongs is available for rent.
  • Ichinose Campground
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    Ishikawa Pref. Hakusanshi Shiramine
    A campground located at the base of Mt. Hakusan which has 20 sites capable of accommodating around 100 people. Not only a perfect place to position one's base camp to climb the mountain, the campground is located in a naturally lush area and campers are encouraged to enjoy walking and trekking here. The campground's full selection of facilities includes a rest area, toilets, and kitchen building. There's also a hot spring inn nearby which allows non-guests to make use of its bathhouse (for a small fee) as well. The nearby Ichinose Visitor Center provides mountain climbing information and also displays mountain climbing photos.
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Long, thin Ishikawa prefecture runs along the Sea of Japan up into Noto Peninsula. Highlights of the seaside towns lining the west coast include Kanazawa, often described as a "Little Kyoto" thanks to its old wooden tea houses and geisha culture as well as its picturesque Japanese garden, Kenroku-en.

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