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Ishikawa Aviation Plaza

4.0

146 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Pref. Komatsushi Atakashinmachi Hei 92 (Komatsu airport front)

A museum dedicated to aviation located on the north side of Komatsu Airport in Ishikawa Prefecture. Aircraft such as helicopters, Air Self-Defense Force fighters, and paragliders are on permanent display outside the museum and on the first floor. The cockpits of some of the craft can also be entered and inspected. The museum also has a real YS-11 simulator as well as simplified simulators for an F-15 fighter and Cessna plane (charge: 100-500 yen). In 2012, the museum erected the Bunbun World playground, one of the largest aircraft-themed playlands in the country. Here parents and children can have fun year round and regardless of the weather.

実物の飛行機見学や子供用遊具の使用が全て無料で楽しめます。自衛隊好きには売店もおススメです。小松基地に関するTシャツやカレーなども販売してます。 You can visit the airplanes and use the childrens playground equipment, all free of charge. For Self-Defense Forces...
Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum

4.0

144 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama 1-3-10

"A five minute walk from the ""Hashiba-cho"" bus station on the Hokuriku Railroad Bus and JR Bus lines from Kanazawa Station. This museum is dedicated to gold leafing, a traditional industry in Kanazawa. The museum was started by Takaki Yasue, a gold leaf artisan who collected gold leaf artwork and tools and built a hall to display them in Kitayasue. Due to the aging of this facility, the museum was moved from the hall to its current location in Higashiyama in 2010. The museum building was modeled after a traditional Japanese townhouse and is accented with gold leaf. The domed ceiling in the museum's hall, decorated with no. 3 pure yellow gold, in particular is a must-see. The museum contains exhibits and video displays which show how gold leaf is made and applied, as well as gold leaf works of art, and visitors can learn about the history of gold leaf production and view dazzling examples of the craft."

Great antique houses with shoos and business mixed. A community showcasing their products. Gold leaf workshops as their champion. Whats more, it is free admission, too.
Cosmo Isle Hakui

4.5

90 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Pref. Hakuishi Tsurutamachi Menda 25

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

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

4.0

91 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Dewamachi 3-1

A history museum located a three minute walk from the Kenrokuen Garden easily identifiable by its eye-catching red brick structure. This building was once used as an armory by the imperial army as well as a facility for the Kanazawa College of Art and has been designated a National Important Cultural Property. As its name indicates, the museum contains exhibits presenting the history and culture of Ishikawa Prefecture, and visitors can trace the eras of the area, from a reconstruction of a Jomon period dog based on excavated bones, to a recreation of a Showa period Japanese living room. The museum also actively engages in a variety of activities, including holding several planned and special exhibitions throughout the year as well as seminars and lectures by curators. In addition, the museum hosts tours of nearby historical sites and temples.

重要文化財に指定されている金澤陸軍兵器支廠の兵器庫を活用した歴史博物館である。外観こそ往年の古い赤レンガの佇まいを彷彿させるが、館内は新しく整備されている。とは言え館内の全てが現代風に刷新されているわけではなく、往年の洋館の雰囲気を随所に漂わせている。博物館の展示資料だけでなく、建物自体を探検するのも興味深い。博物館は1階が常設展示室となっており、2階が特別展示室となっている。常設展示と特別展示...
Kanazawa Phonograph Museum

4.5

95 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Owarichou 2-11-21

This museum located in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture is dedicated to the subject of phonographs. The museum houses approximately 600 phonographs and 30,000 78 rpm records collected since the mid 1970s-mid 1980s, making it one of the largest museums of its kind in Japan. Three times a day, records are played on different phonographs selected from the collection so that visitors can hear the difference in the sound each produces. The phonographs used range from the wax cylinder phonograph invented by Thomas Edison to a Credenza, which is sometimes called the king of phonographs. The museum's beautiful exterior evokes romanticism for the Taisho era.

Even of you only have a passing interest in the history of recorded music, the warmth and enthusiasm of the staff will draw you in to this amazing collection of photographs from the creation by...
Nakaya Ukichiro Museum of Snow and Ice

4.5

71 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Pref. Kagashi Ushiodumachi A) 106

Founded in 1994, the Nakaya Ukichiro Museum of Snow and Ice celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2014; the Museum is focused on the multi-faceted achievements of Dr. Ukichiro Nakaya, the first scientist in the world to successfully create artificial snow crystals. Using experiments and observational displays, the Museum shows, in an easy-to-understand way, how the study of snow and ice has developed since Dr. Nakaya’s breakthrough. The Museum also holds a variety of special events, including lectures and photography exhibitions, etc. The Museum is located around five minutes’ drive from the Katayamazu Interchange of the Hokuriku Expressway.

Its a fairly small place and I cant imagine spending more than an hour here. It is pretty interesting though - the snowflake photos were beautiful (more exciting than it sounds...) The highlight...
Motorcar Museum of Japan

2.5

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Pref. Komatsushi Futatsunashimachi Ikkanyama 40

The Motorcar Museum of Japan in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture is a specialty motorcar museum. In the European-style building with a red tiled roof, it exhibits about 500 vehicles which were popular in Japan in the 20th century. In the museum, various car models such as a three-wheel truck, sports cars, famous European vehicles and buses are categorized for each manufacturer and genre to introduce them. You can find rare and one-of-a-kind vehicles, including a Rolls Royce which the late Princess Diana used when she visited Japan.

名前は恐らくレンジローバーから取ったのだと思います。ミュージアムショップ隣です。椅子や机、調度品からクラシックな雰囲気の漂うカフェ。
Kaga-Honda Museum

3.5

30 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Dewamachi 3-1 Ishikawa Red Brick Museum 3rd building

Located within the Ishikawa Prefectural History Museum grounds in the Dewa Town, Kanazawa City, the Kaga-Honda Museum has around 2,000 precious historical artifacts in its collections, including weapons and armor, old documents, relating to the Honda family, one of the “Hakka” (“eight clans”) families of leading retainers that served the Maeda family (who ruled the Kaga Domain) for generations. The Museum is a marvelous place to learn about the history of the Kaga Domain and about the samurai culture of the Edo period.

石川県立歴史博物館と同じ、金澤陸軍兵器支廠の兵器庫を活用した博物館で、加賀藩の家老を務めた本多氏の所蔵品が展示されている。石川県立博物館との共通点として、往年の威容を彷彿させる赤レンガの建物が挙げられるが、内装は異なっており、博物館として刷新され、少なくとも目にした範囲では、石川県立博物館の内部で見られた洋館の面影は感じられない。展示品は古文書や書状が多く、それらの劣化を防ぐためか、石川県立博物...
Wakura Showa Era and Toy Museum

4.0

23 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Pref. Nanaoshi Wakuramachi Ninety 20-1

A museum along Prefectural Route 47 in Wakura-machi, Nanao City. The collection on display has almost 10,000 toys collected by the museum director over many years from the Meiji period to the 1960s. The Showa Museum recreates the look of the Showa period and along with the Toy Museum, which has toy cars, robots, and dolls on display they have a classic car display space.

昭和の時代を暮らした人間にはとても懐かしい。様々な展示物が懐かしい。これは堪らない施設です。かなりの展示物の数にビックリします。
Ishikawa Nishida Kitaro Museum of Philosophy

4.0

22 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Pref. Kahokushi Uchihisumi Well 1

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

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

3.5

14 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Shimohondamachi 6-18-4

Kanazawa, once the capital of Japan, has produced great numbers of pioneers in a wide variety of fields since the late Edo period. This museum introduces some of the most famous and celebrated of these personages. The standing exhibition on the second floor is divided into seven areas presenting the achievements and careers of people who have supported modern Japan. One of the areas features people requested by Kanazawa City elementary school students, and visitors can learn more about the things they have done and the way they lived. The museum also serves as a base for research concerning the great people of Kanazawa.

金沢21世紀美術館と市役所との間の道路を道沿いに南下するとあります。その名からわかるように金沢出身の著名人の功績が紹介されています。自分は台湾が好きなので八田與一に目が行きましたが、正直他はあまり知らない人物も多かったです。
Komatsu City Museum

3.5

13 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Komatsu-shi Marunouchikouenmachi 19

This museum opened in 1958 as Ishikawa prefecture's premier Registered Historical Museum. This is the only general museum in the prefecture, with exhibits related to history, art, and other human artifacts, as well as natural items like fossils, insect specimens, and mounted animals. There are over 50,000 pieces in the collection, including Registered Tangible Cultural Properties and Important Cultural Assets. It's located inside Rojo Park.

全体的に展示は暗く、みすぼらしさを感じる建物ですが、九谷焼の企画展など、たまにいい展示をしたりします。
Fukata Kyuya Yama no Bunkakan

4.0

9 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Pref. Kagashi Daishoujibambachou 18-2

Designated as a Natural Cultural Asset in 2002, the Fukata Kyuya Yama no Bunkakan is a renovation of the offices, stone warehouse and gate of Yamanaga - a textiles factory built in 1910. The first floor displays Fukata Kyuya’s relics, and the second floor is a storehouse of materials. You can peruse the documents about Fukata Kyuya, the mountains, or the forests in the library. Approximately 10 minutes by car via Kaga Interchange on the Hokuriku Expressway.

熱心な登山家や文学者・歌人でなくとも『百名山』は有名。折に触れ引用される。新たに2018年に開館した資料文献室に収蔵されている「山岳の古典、登山技術書、高山植物など自然に関するもの、山岳信仰についての書籍、『山と渓谷』『岳人』『アルプ』などの山岳雑誌、部報、海外の山に関するものなど一万点を超す書籍・資料(HP)」は圧巻。古いバックナンバーは初めて見た。余裕の時間が必要。「ここを訪れれば山の...
Kanazawa Yuwaku Edo-mura

4.0

9 Reviews

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Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Yuwakuarayamachi 35-1

This museum was opened in 2010 after three farmhouses, one samurai residence, two merchant residences, one post station town wholesaler’s residence, and one gate from a samurai residence were moved here from the former Edomura open air museum. The museum conveys the culture and history of Edo period Kaga Domain, centered in Kanazawa. The museum is divided into two zones – a merchant/ samurai residence zone and a farmhouse zone, and the museum’s structures are of immense historical value and have been variously designated as cultural properties by the national, prefectural, and city governments.

全てが国・県・市の文化財指定されている日本伝統建築物群の民家園。加賀、能登、越前から武家住宅・町屋・農家などの「民家」を移築しています。町屋と農家の移築民家園はいくつかは存在するが、武家住宅(中級以下の武士宅)と本陣(宿場町の本陣/問屋場)までも存在するのは、なかなか無い。日本民家園の佐地家遺構は、主屋の移築は適わず門・供待だけになっている。 (ちなみに佐地家主屋は、名古屋市東区の歴史古写真...
Alice-kan Shika

3.0

6 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Hakuigunshikamachi Akasumi No 21

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

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

3.5

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ishikawa Nanao-shi Nakajimamachi Yokota 1-148

This museum realistically recreates the atmosphere of festivals Held in Nanao City’s Nakajima district. Here visitors can experience the excitement of events such as the National Important Intangible Folk-Cultural Property-designated Kuma Kabuto 20th Day Festival’s parade of huge wakubata banners. At the museum, consisting of two buildings, visitors can watch festival videos and see exhibits of festival implements; they can also try carrying a wakubata banner.

能登半島は、学生時代、個人山行で、槍・穂高-新穂高温泉迄縦走し、能登半島のゼミの合宿に参加したことがあります。今回、上越市から金沢に滞在を、急遽、能登半島を少し責めるということで、久麻加夫都阿良加志比古神社に直行した後、近くに中島町のお祭り会館が目に入り、入館料を払い、見学しました。ちょっと見るつもりが、郷土史？の説明員「お熊甲祭り」説明を受け、恐縮しています。まず祭りの伝統衣装や、大きな天狗など...
Uchinada Town History and Folklore Museum House of Wind and Sand

3.0

1 Reviews

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Ishikawa Kahoku-gun Uchinadamachi Miyasaka Ni 455

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

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

3.0

1 Reviews

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Ishikawa Nonoichi-shi Honmachi 3-19-24

This structure was built as the home of a merchant family during the Ansei era at the end of the Edo period. Originally located in Hizume, Murai Village, Ishikawa County (now Hakusan City), the residence was purchased by the Uozumi family in 1900 and moved to its current location in Nonoichi. The facility stands just in front of the Hon-machi Intersection a short distance west on Honmachi-dori Street traveling from Nonoichi-Kodaimae Station. The structure is notable for its composite architecture, combining a townhouse-style hirairi facade with a farmhouse-style grid room layout inside. Inside, old-fashioned rice cultivating farm tools and implements of everyday life are displayed in connection with how life was once lived in the residence. Visitors can get a glimpse of how people once lived in Ishikawa Prefecture.

文化財に指定されている旧魚住家住宅を利用した郷土資料館です。建物自体が見る価値があるのですが、イェン自室が増設されていて、農機具などの展示紹介がされています。入館は無料です。
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kenrokumachi 1-1

The Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts is dedicated to the collection of examples of Ishikawa’s handicraft traditions. The Museum is located next to the Kenroku-en garden (a popular tourist attraction), which can be accessed directly from the Museum’s West Entrance. Inside the Museum there are displays on 36 different traditional crafts, 10 of which are METI-designated Traditional Craft Industries. On Saturdays and Sundays, visitors can see demonstrations of various traditional crafts by expert craftspeople. The Museum also holds pottery-making experience activities and workshops of various kinds. The Museum is situated around 15 minutes’ drive from JR Kanazawa Station.
Bunao Mountain Observation Building

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Ishikawa Hakusan-shi Ozo So 72-ban 5

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Ishikawa Areas

Long, thin Ishikawa prefecture runs along the Sea of Japan up into Noto Peninsula. Highlights of the seaside towns lining the west coast include Kanazawa, often described as a "Little Kyoto" thanks to its old wooden tea houses and geisha culture as well as its picturesque Japanese garden, Kenroku-en.