| Mitsukejima Island |
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 Location:
Horyumachi-Ukai, Suzu City
TEL:0768-82-7776(Suzu City Tourism and Exchange Division)
Access: Take a bus going to "Suzu Ukai" from Hokuriku Tetsudo Express Bus stop.
From Suzu-Ukai bus stop, it's 17 a minute walk.
Visitors can see this peculiar shaped island rising out of the sea right in front
of a beach in Suzu. Because of its peculiar shape, it's become a popular symbol
of Noto Peninsula. The island is also known as 'Battleship Island (Gunkan-jima)'
since the front portion of this rock island, which rises out of the water, looks
like the prow of a battleship. A legend has it that when the great monk Kukai
came to Noto from the island of Sado, this battleship rock was the first thing
that he set his eyes upon and that's why the island was given the name 'Mitsukejima'
which literally means "An Island found". On a clear day, visitors can also see
the distant Tateyama Alps from Mitsukejima beach. |
| Senmaida Rice Fields |
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Location: Shiroyone-machi, Wajima City
TEL:0768-23-1146(Wajima City Tourism Division)
Access: 1 minute walking distance from Shiroyone bus stop
People visiting Senmaida are greeted by an amusing site with many layers of rice
paddies on the steep slopes with an area of 1.2 hectares at the foot of Koushuzan
Mountain. The number of these paddies goes up to 2000. These green rice paddies
facing the sea create are spread almost geometrically and thus create a beautiful
and bright landscape on the background of the blue sea. From Spring to Summer,
the rays of evening sun setting over the sea reflect beautifully on the green
paddies and make it an ideal spot for landscape photography.
The average surface area for 1 rice paddy is just about 6 square meters. Because
of paddies' small size, no ploughing machinery can be used and all the work is
done by hands which take many times more labor than working in the fields on the
plains. It was designated as a 'Place of Scenic Beauty' on 29th January 2001. |
| Ganmon |
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 Location:
Togi-Ushioroshi, Shika-machi
TEL:0767-42-1111(Togi Branch, Shikamachi)
Open Hours: Sightseeing Boat plies from April to November 14th
Access: Take the daily sightseeing bus 'Wajima-go' from JR Kanazawa station. Or,
take an Express Bus going to Monzen from JR Kanazawa station and get down at Togi
bus stop and take a bus for Ganmon.
Ganmon Sea-Cave is a translucent cave mouth created by the erosion of a big rock
rising out of the sea. It's 6 m. wide, 15 m. tall and 60 m. deep. The rugged scenery
created by steep cliff and fierce waves of near Ganmon are symbolic of the dynamic
scenery of Noto-Kongo. Beyond this naturally created cave-like gate, the sea expands
as far as the eye can see. An old pine tree stands tall on the top of this naturally
formed cave-mouth. Visitors can also take a ride on the Noto Kongo Sightseeing
boat to get a better view of dynamic and strange-looking rocks of Noto-Kongo such
as Taka-no-Su (Hawk-nest), Hatagoiwa (which is a beautiful pair of rocks) and
Goban Island which are awe-inspiring sights. The nature at Ganmon appears in its
one of the most defiant and powerful moods. |
| Chirihama Beach Driveway |
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 Location:
Chirihama-machi, Hakui City
TEL:0767-22-1118(Commerce and Tourism Division, Hakui City)
Access: Take a scheduled "Wajima-go" sightseeing bus from Kanazawa station.(10
minutes by TAXI from JR Hakui station)
This famous beach Driveway runs from Imahama Beach to Hakui-gun's Chirihama beach.
This beach driveway is 8 km long and has a road-width of 50 m. It's made of tightly
compacted fine sand making it firm enough for a pleasant drive along the beach.
The particle diameter of the ordinary beach sand granule is about 0.5 mm to 1
mm, while that of the sand on Chirihama Beach is a quarter of the ordinary size
and thus very fine. For this reason, the seawater can easily permeate into the
sand, which makes sand granules compacted together tightly to form a firm beach
and even buses can run on this beach. It makes for a wonderful experience as you
enjoy a car-ride on the beach while appreciating the glow of the setting sun.
Chirihama beachside is also popular for shallow seawater bathing, seashell gathering
and visitors can also enjoy the special delicacies such as Yaki-sazae (grilled
turban seashells) and Yaki Hamaguri (grilled clams on the beach which doubles
the pleasure. |
| Hegurajima Island |
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 Location:
Amamachi (Hegurajima Island) Wajima City
TEL:0768-23-1146(Wajima Tourism Division)
Open Hours:
Scheduled Ferryboat "New Hegura" 1 round trip in a day (90 minutes)
Wajima Departure: 9:00
Hegurajima Departure: 15:00 (14:00, Nov. to Feb)
Access: Take the scheduled New Hegura ferryboat from Wajima Port to the Hegurajima
Island
In 2001, Hegurajima and Nanatsujima were included in the list of Important Wetlands
of Japan. Hegurajima is a flat island, located approximately 50 km north of Port
of Wajima with a circumference of about 5 km and 12.4 m above the sea level. Hegurajima
is basically a solitary island in the far off sea and the island keeps getting
battered by the waves of Japanese Sea because of which the island has complex
inlets and cliffs including a 10 m high cliff near the coast to the northwest.
It's also one of the best fishing places and in the summers, the village women
divers dive in the sea to catch abalone or turban seashells. Besides this, it
is one of those less known good spots for bird watching and some of the migratory
birds that are seen here, cannot be seen elsewhere. |
| Sosogi Coast |
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 Address:
Machino-machi Sosogi, Wajima City
TEL:0768-32-0408(Sosogi Tourism Association)
Access: Take a bus going to Ushitsu from Furatto-Homu -Wajima Station(40min)and
get down at Sosogi-guchi bus stop.
Sosogi coast is located about 17 km north-east of Wajma City and is close to the
city of Suzu. This 2km famous coastline stretches from Tarumidaki waterfalls to
the mouth of Machino river and is designated as 'Scenic Places of Beauty' as well
as a 'Natural Monument'. It is famous for its landscape scenery of natural beauty
and magnificently rugged cliffs, created through a unique chemistry between sea
and the rocks. The coastline is dotted with cliffs and strangely shaped hard rhyolite
rocks with complex designs which are caused by the sea erosion. A rock known as
Madoiwa (Window Rock) has become a symbol of Sosogi coastline. 'Window Rock',
is basically a rhyolite dating back 15 million years (Middle Miocene Period) whichgis
has a strange shape with a 2m hole in the middle of it. In the winters, visitors
can also enjoy a unique phenomenon called "Wave Flowers". |
| Rokugozaki "Lighthouse" |
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 Location:
Noroshi-machi, Suzu City
TEL:0768-82-7776 (Suzu City Tourism and exchange Division)
Access: Take Hokutetsu Express Bus for Suzu Hachi-ga-Saki from JR Kanazawa station
and get down at the last stop (2hrs. 42 min.) and from there, take a bus to "Ki
no Ura" (30min.) and get down at "Noroshi". It's a 10 minutes walk to Rokugozaki
from there.
The Sosogi coastline ends at Cape Rokugozaki, which is the tip of the Noto Peninsula
and is the connecting point between Sotoura and Uchiura. Rokugozaki is famous
as a place from where one can see "the morning sun rising from the sea" as well
as "the sun setting over the sea". On the cliff sticking out over the sea, there's
a white colored Rokugozaki lighthouse designed by an Englishman in Meiji Period
(in the year 1883). |
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