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Chirihama Nagisa Driveway is Japan's only beach where motor vehicles are permitted to run as a public thoroughfare. It extends for about 8 km.18 viewsThe beach is not pronounced "Senrihama."
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Wajima Asa-ichi Morning Market sells lots of stuff including seafood. 輪島朝市18 viewsAddress: 石川県輪島市河井町朝市通り
Website: https://asaichi.info/
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It is said that Wajima lacquerware dates back some 1,000 years. It takes 75 to 124 meticulous steps to produce Wajima lacquerware. 輪島塗18 viewsThere are four basic stages: Procuring and preparing the wood, shaping the wood into the desired form, lacquering, and decoration.
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Sodegaura 鴨ヶ浦18 views
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They also perform indoors for free on weekend evenings (or every evening in summer) at Wajima Kiriko Art Museum.18 views
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Inside Kami Tokikuni-ke home.18 views
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Kita-ke18 views
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Site of Nanao Castle.18 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Notojima Aquarium is on Notojima island in Nanao. Opened in July 1982 as Ishikawa Prefecture's sole aquarium. のとじま水族館・のとじま臨海公園水族館18 viewsFrom Nanao Station, local buses run to the aquarium taking 45 min. Address: 石川県七尾市能登島曲町15部40
Phone: 0767-84-1271
Closed: Dec. 29–Jan. 31
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Tsukumo Bay 九十九湾18 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Hatago Iwa wedded rocks. The larger, female rock (with the hole) stands 16 meters high and has a small shrine. Smaller male rock is 12 meters high. The Kongo Coast sure has lots of rocks with a hole in them. 機具岩 (Noto Futami)18 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Wajima Asa-ichi Morning Market 18 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Wajima Asa-ichi Morning Market 18 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Wajima Taisai Festival with kiriko floats. Wajima has four kiriko festivals. Most kiriko lantern festivals in the Noto Peninsula are held at night. 輪島大祭18 viewshttps://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/kiriko/en/kiriko/wajimataisai.php
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Wajima onsen foot bath.18 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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The new headquarters temple was transferred to the one in Yokohama in 1911. Sojiji Soin Temple is now a regional headquarters temple (betsuin).18 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Sojiji Soin Temple.18 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Noto Airport18 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Mado-iwa (Window Rock) has a through hole in the rock. Rough waves have eroded the Sosogi Coast into fantastic rock formations largely made of rhyolite.18 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Ganmon Gate Rock as seen from a boat cruise. 巌門17 views
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Hatago Iwa wedded rocks "Hatago" is a tool for weaving. 機具岩 (Noto Futami)17 views
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Wajima-nuri lacquerware has been around for centuries. It is known to be high-end and expensive lacquerware. 輪島塗17 views
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Tsukumo Bay boat cruises are available. 九十九湾17 views
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Tsukumo Bay. Tsukumo means "99," after the many inlets in the cove which is one of Japan's "100 Famous Views." 九十九湾17 views
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Wakura Onsen Public Bath is great for day trippers. Low-cost hot spring bath. 和倉温泉・総湯17 viewshttp://www.wakura.co.jp/
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Tsukumo Bay 九十九湾17 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Sojiji Soin Temple in Wajima used to be one of the headquarters temple for the Soto Zen Buddhist sect until a fire razed most of the temple in 1898. 總持寺祖院17 viewsThis is the Sanmon Gate.
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Noto Kongo Coast 能登金剛16 views
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Sodegaura is a scenic place to stroll around. 鴨ヶ浦16 views
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Washing fishing boat at Wajima port.16 views
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Kihe'e-don is the former residence of the Sakurai family who engaged in salt and lacquer production. The "don" is the highest honorific in the Noto dialect. 喜兵衛どん16 viewsBuilt in the mid-Meiji Period, it is a museum which attempts to show how the upper-class farmers of that time lived.
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On a small cape is Toshimayama Park with a variety of landscapes and ocean views and walking paths. Local museums too. Former castle site with lots of flowering plants including cherry blossoms.. 遠島山公園16 viewsThis is Shirasagi Bridge spanning 67 meters. Great views from this bridge. しらさぎ橋
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Inside Kita-ke.16 views
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16 viewsNear JR Menda Station.
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Wakura Onsen Station on the JR Nanao Line from Kanazawa. 和倉温泉駅16 views
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From Kanazawa Station, there are buses that go to Senmaida. Takes about 2 hours.16 views
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Old video of gojinjo-daiko drummers performing in Wajima.16 views
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Wakura Onsen 和倉温泉16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Wakura Onsen foot bath. 和倉温泉・妻恋舟の湯16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Nanao Flower Park Noto Orchid Land has a large greehouse of flowers and outdoor putting golf course. 七尾フラワーパークのと蘭の国16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Nanao has a lot of kiriko lantern float festivals. This one is Issaki Hoto Festival with six floats held in Aug. Largest one is 15 meters tall. 石崎奉燈祭16 viewshttps://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/kiriko/en/kiriko/issaki.php
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Notojima Bridge links central Nanao to Notojima island. It's 1,050 meters long. 能登島16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Notojima Aquarium displays 500 species of marine life from near Noto Peninsula. のとじま水族館16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Notojima Aquarium's glass tunnel is a highlight. のとじま水族館16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Notojima Aquarium's dolphin show. のとじま水族館16 viewshttps://www.notoaqua.jp/
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Tsukumo Bay 九十九湾16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Tsukumo Bay glass bottom boat.16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Hatago Iwa wedded rocks are nicknamed "Noto Futami" (能登二見) because they are similar to the famous wedded rocks in Futami, Mie Prefecture. 機具岩16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Made of white, diatomite rock, Mitsukejima island is 150 meters long, 50 meters wide, 28 meters high, and a perimenter of 400 meters, capped with Japanese pine trees. Free admission.16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Mitsukejima island has a rock bridge for easy access. There's Mitsuke Shrine and wild birds like crows and cormorants. Uninhabited by humans.16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Wajima Asa-ichi Morning Market has lots of seafood.16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Wajima Asa-ichi Morning Market 16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Wajima-nuri lacquerware16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Two Tokikuni-ke (¥520) thatched-roof homes in Sosogi. Built in 1831, Kami Tokikuni-ke was the residence of a wealthy farmer descended from Tokikuni who was related to the Taira Clan. The house has stately rooms and a garden. 上時国家16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Inside Kami Tokikuni-ke home.16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Tokikuni-ke home.16 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Kami Tokikuni-ke home. Both Tokikuni-ke homes are National Important Cultural Properties.15 views
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A short walk away is the less grand Shimo-Tokikuni-ke, the residence of a branch family of the Tokikuni. 下時国家15 views
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Tarumi Falls flow directly into the ocean. 垂水の滝15 viewsSosogi Coast in Wajima is a scenic area of craggy and unusual rock formations. Sights include Window Rock (Mado-iwa) and Tarumi Falls.
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Rokkosaki Lighthouse is unmanned and normally closed to the public. A few times a year, it's open to the public. Stands on a cliff 50 meters above the sea.15 viewsMany boats got lost or shipwrecked in this area until a bon fire was kept lit at night from the 18th century before this lighthouse was built. The light was first fueled by oil, then electricity in 1940.
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Cape Rokkosaki is at the northernmost tip of Noto Peninsula and famous as where you can see both the sunrise and sunset over the ocean.15 viewsOn clear days, Sado island in Niigata Prefecture can also be seen.
Address: 石川県珠洲市狼煙町イ-51
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Marker for "Center of the Japanese Archipelago" near Rokkosaki Lighthouse.15 views
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The old Wakura Onsen Center was a large public hot spring bath which charged ¥1,300. It had three hot spring baths. 和倉温泉15 views
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JR Nanao Station on the JR Nanao Line. 七尾駅15 views
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15 viewshttp://senmaida.wajima-kankou.jp/
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Wakura Onsen Public Bath. 和倉温泉・妻恋舟の湯・総湯15 viewshttp://www.wakura.co.jp/
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Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum 石川県七尾美術館15 viewshttps://nanao-art-museum.jp/
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Nanao Flower Park Noto Orchid Land 七尾フラワーパークのと蘭の国15 viewshttp://www.notorannokuni.com/
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Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum 石川県七尾美術館15 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Notojima Aquarium has a whale shark. のとじま水族館・ジンベイザメ15 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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珠洲市陶芸センター15 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Hôryu Tanabata Kiriko Festival held on Aug. 7 in Suzu. 宝立七夕キリコ祭15 viewshttps://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/kiriko/en/kiriko/houryu.php
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Wajima Asa-ichi Morning Market 15 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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石川県輪島漆芸美術館15 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Senmaida in fall.15 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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At Senmaida, harvesting rice.15 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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At Senmaida, harvesting rice.15 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Senmaida with candlelights during an event.15 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Senmaida in winter.15 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Tarumi Falls 垂水の滝15 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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In winter, the Sosogi Coast is famous for Nami-no-Hana (wave flowers) which are bits of ocean foam that get blown around in the air like flowers.15 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Tarumi Falls in winter. 垂水の滝15 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Rokkosaki Lighthouse is on the northern tip of Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture. Built in July 1883 and designed by a British engineer named Richard Henry Brunton. It is also pronounced "Rokkozaki."14 viewsRichard Henry Brunton (1841–1901) came to Japan in July 1868 to design lighthouses. He designed 26 lighthouses in Japan and was dubbed "Father of Japanese lighthouses".
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Entrance to Komaruyamajoshi Park, the site of an old castle. Famous for azaleas in May. 小丸山城址公園14 views
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The smallest rice terace is only 0.2 sq. meter. The land is very fertile and minimal fertilizer is required. Senmaida is one of the most picturesque and impressive spots on the Noto Peninsula.14 viewsAddress: 石川県輪島市白米町99-5
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Designated as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS).14 views
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Nanao Fisherman's Wharf has lots of seafood shops and restaurants. 10-min. walk from JR Nanao Station. 七尾フィッシャーマンズワーフ・能登食祭市場14 viewshttp://www.shokusai.co.jp/
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It took 2 years to build Rokkozaki Lighthouse. Made of highly durable stones hauled in 60 km by boat from Anamizu. From the boat, the stones were carried up the high cliff on a cable system.14 viewsThe lighthouse became automated (unmanned) in 1963. After over a century, this lighthouse still stands and operates. The light is visible for 33 km at sea.
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Lover's bell at Mitsukejima. The nearby beach has a swimming beach park, rest house, and camping grounds. Accessible by local bus from Wajima and Kanazawa.14 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Hachigasaki Beach 鉢ヶ崎海水浴場14 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Hachigasaki Beach 鉢ヶ崎海水浴場14 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Takojima Kiriko Festival in Suzu. 蛸島キリコ祭り14 viewshttps://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/kiriko/en/kiriko/takojima.php
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Takojima Kiriko Festival held in autumn in Suzu. Floats have lots of lacquered parts. 蛸島キリコ祭り14 viewshttps://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/kiriko/en/kiriko/takojima.php
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At Senmaida, harvesting rice.14 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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Suzu pottery13 views写真提供：©石川県観光連盟
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