Ishikawa Prefecture
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Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,133,294 and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2. Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the east, Gifu Prefecture to the southeast, and Fukui Prefecture to the south.
Kenroku-en Landscape Garden in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The pine trees are covered by the yukitsuri, preventing them from falling in winter when it snows heavily
Kanazawa Castle
Winter in Kenrokuen
Shirayone Senmaida, designated as a World Agricultural Heritage site in Wajima
Chūbu region
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The Chūbu region , Central region, or Central Japan is a region in the middle of Honshū, Japan's main island. In a wide, classical definition, it encompasses nine prefectures (ken): Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, and Yamanashi.
Mount Fuji is the Chūbu region's most famous landmark.
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama in Chūbu
Central Nagoya
Nagoya City