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The Best Attractions In Hokuriku

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The Hokuriku Shinkansen is a high-speed shinkansen railway line jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company and West Japan Railway Company , connecting Tokyo with Kanazawa in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The first section, between Takasaki and Nagano in Nagano Prefecture, opened on 1 October 1997, originally called the Nagano Shinkansen . The extension to Toyama in Toyama Prefecture and Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture opened on 14 March 2015. Construction of a further section onward to Fukui and Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture commenced in 2012, with scheduled opening in fiscal 2022. The route of the final section to Shin-Osaka was decided on 20 Decemb...
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The Best Attractions In Hokuriku

  • 1. Kenrokuen Garden Kanazawa
    Kenroku-en , located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, is an old private garden. Along with Kairaku-en and Kōraku-en, Kenroku-en is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan. The grounds are open year-round except for Dec.29 through Jan.3 during daylight hours and famous for its beauty in all seasons; an admission fee is charged.
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  • 3. Fukui Dinosaur Museum Katsuyama
    Katsuyama is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 May 2018, the city has an estimated population of 23,527, with 7,973 households, and a population density of 93 persons per km². The total area of the city was 253.88 square kilometres . Katsuyama was the ninth-best ranking city in a ranking that compared health and sanitation in cities around the world published in April 2007.
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  • 4. 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa
    The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa is a museum of contemporary art located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. The museum was designed by Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of the architectural office SANAA in 2004. In October 2005, one year after its opening the Museum marked 1,570,000 visitors.
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  • 5. Kanazawa Castle Kanazawa
    Kanazawa is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2018, the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km². The total area of the city was 468.64 square kilometres . It is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture.
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  • 7. Notojima Aquarium Nanao
    Notojima is a volcanic island in the Nanao Bay portion of the Sea of Japan, less than 500 meters off the coast of the Ishikawa prefecture in Japan. Notojima Island is administered as part of Nanao city. The two bridges connecting Notojima to the mainland trisect Nanao Bay into Nanao-North, Nanao-West and Nanao-Nambu bays. The island's highest peak is Mount Yomurazuka 196.8 m . The island has both elementary and middle schools.
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  • 9. D. T. Suzuki Museum Kanazawa
    Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese, and Sanskrit literature. Suzuki spent several lengthy stretches teaching or lecturing at Western universities, and devoted many years to a professorship at Ōtani University, a Japanese Buddhist school. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1963.
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  • 10. Wajima Morning Market Wajima
    Wajima is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2018, the city had an estimated population of 27,698 in 12768 households, and a population density of 65 persons per km², in 29,304 households. The total area of the city was 426.32 square kilometres .
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  • 14. Ishikawa Prefectural Museum for Traditional Products and Crafts Kanazawa
    The Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts is a museum about traditional arts and crafts located in Kenroku-en, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
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