region image
4°

Ishikawa

From cultural Kanazawa to coastal Noto

About Ishikawa
Kenrokuen Garden (Photo: Michael Mighty / JT)

Top Attractions in Ishikawa

View all places

Ishikawa Top 10

  1. Kanazawa Makes Nat Geo's Best of the World 2025 List
    1

    Kanazawa Makes Nat Geo's Best of the World 2025 List

    Kanazawa
  2. Kanazawa Loop Bus
    2

    Kanazawa Loop Bus

    Kanazawa
  3. Hokuriku Ramen Expo
    3

    Hokuriku Ramen Expo

    Kanazawa
  4. Gold Leaf Ice Cream at Hakuichi's
    4

    Gold Leaf Ice Cream at Hakuichi's

    Kanazawa
  5. Post-quake Support for Noto
    5

    Post-quake Support for Noto

    Culture
  6. teamLab Kanazawa Castle Light Festival
    6

    teamLab Kanazawa Castle Light Festival

    Kanazawa
  7. Abare Matsuri
    7

    Abare Matsuri

    Culture
  8. Yukidaruma Snowman Festival: Kuwajima
    8

    Yukidaruma Snowman Festival: Kuwajima

    Culture
  9. Discover Kanazawa: A Golden Journey
    9

    Discover Kanazawa: A Golden Journey

    Kanazawa
  10. Shigure-tei Teahouse
    10

    Shigure-tei Teahouse

    Kanazawa

Upcoming Ishikawa Events

View all events

Where to eat in Ishikawa

View all dining

Places to stay in Ishikawa

Onomi Village
Accommodation

Onomi Village

Nathan Eden

Located in Nanao, Onomi Village provides a rural getaway where visitors can experience life in a small Japanese village.

Forza Hotel, Kanazawa
Accommodation

Forza Hotel, Kanazawa

Peter Sidell

In Kanazawa in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture, Forza Hotel is an elegant, comfortable but reasonably priced hotel, well located..

5
View all accommodation

Latest Ishikawa Reports

A Roadtrip Through Noto Peninsula
Activities

A Roadtrip Through Noto Peninsula

Featured

Noto Peninsula, situated in Ishikawa Prefecture on the western coast of Japan, is a destination that captures the essence of traditional..

1
View all articles
Close

About Ishikawa

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Chubu
Island Honshu
Capital Visiting Kanazawa
Population 1,169,788
Area 4,186.15 km²

The opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen route between Nagano and Kanazawa, Ishikawa’s capital, in March 2015 has skyrocketed Ishikawa Prefecture (石川県, Ishikawa-ken) up the list of popular Japanese tourist destinations; now, Kanazawa can be reached in just under two and a half hours from Tokyo by bullet train.

This means that the breathtaking Kenroku-en is more easily accessible, as is Myoryu-ji (also known as the Ninja Temple).

The view of the Senmaida (1000 Rice Fields) adjacent to the Sea of Japan is absolutely fabulous, while Ishikawa is also home to Mount Maru (one of the Three Holy Mountains of Japan), delicious seafood, and relaxing hot springs, as well as many ski slopes in the winter.

Close