VISIT KANAZAWA, JAPAN - Guide de voyage officiel

Bus tour NOTO Peninsula of beautiful scenery and history by JR bus.

Enjoy the beautiful scenery that combines humanity and nature.

✨Depart from and arrive at Kanazawa.
Just be seated on the bus. No need to check routes and transportation.

✨ Explore the SOJIJI SOIN AND EXPERIENCE THE SPIRIT OF ZEN comfortably, beautiful view of A strange-shaped rock and Japanese traditional salt field in one day.  

〇Itinerary

9：00  

Depart from Kanazawa Sta. Kenrokuen gate (East Gate), Bus stop No.4
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The Chirihama Nagisa Driveway - sandy beach on the western edge of the Noto Peninsula.
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Ganmon - a sea cave on the Kongo coast of the Noto Peninsula.
The cave was formed as water eroded a sizeable hole into a rock rising from the sea.
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Hatago Iwa （Married Rocks） - Hatago Iwa is a pair of beautiful, weathered rocks sticking out of the water just a few meters off the coast. A Shimenawa rope ties the two rocks together, and on the larger of the two rocks is a small shrine. The rocks are said to be a “married” couple, one male and one female.
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SOJIJI SOIN - EXPERIENCE THE SPIRIT OF ZEN.
The head temple Sojiji was founded about seven hundred years ago in 1321 by Zen Master Keizan Jokin.
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Shiroyone Senmaida - Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
The scenery of 1,004 small rice paddies on steep slopes along the seaside is splendid and thus famous among the many other rice terraces in Japan.
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Okunoto Salt Farm Village - Centuries-old salt-farming techniques unique to the area
The people of the Noto Peninsula have been harvesting salt from seawater using the same traditional methods for about 500 years.

Highlight

Nature

The area is home to beautiful coastal scenery.

Sojiji Soin

Sojiji was founded in 1321 by Zen master Keizan (1268–1325), who is credited with spreading the Soto school of Zen Buddhism in Japan.

Okunoto Salt Farm Village

Centuries-old salt-farming techniques unique to the area

The people of the Noto Peninsula have been harvesting salt from seawater using the same traditional methods for about 500 years. The Okunoto Salt Farm Village offers an in-depth experience where visitors can learn about and observe salt harvesting.