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It is located within the ruins of Ichijōdani Asakura, and the excavated samurai residences and machiya are three-dimensional restored to see the construction of the castle town at that time and the life of people.

The Matsudaira family's bodhi-ji temple was built in the first year of Manji (1658) by the fourth Fukui feudal lord, Matsudaira Mitsuru. The entire area of the building is designated as a National Important Cultural Property. There are also many temple treasures. At the back of the main hall, there is a graveyard of successive feudal lords called Sōjashiki, which is made up of 1360 sheets of Shikotani stone (Shakudanishi), and the four-meter-high gravestones are a masterpiece. There is also a zazen course where you can feel free to participate, and a genuine dish using seasonal ingredients. Both need a reservation.

Upstream of the Ichijo River, known as the habitat of the Genge fireflies. In particular, the area near Shimokido is called Firefly Village, and in early summer, you can see a fantastic scene where the soft light of fireflies flutters in the dark. At one point it was on the verge of extinction, but the efforts of the local people succeeded in breeding fireflies. The figure of fireflies dancing while turning on a faint light in the darkness has become the early summer wind poem of Ichijodani. The look is from mid to late June.

At a waterfall in the upper reaches of the Ichijo River, it is reported that Kojiro Sasaki has knitted a secret technique, a brim return. It is very cool to see a waterfall with a 12m head flow down a green ravine.

The Baifeng area is rich in nature with views of the Baifeng Baishan. It is a natural hot spring 100% sodium-bicarbonate hot spring, and it is a beautiful hot water that produces a rare and rich silk skin in the whole country. As appropriate for the National Designated Important Traditional Buildings Preservation District, it is a heavy construction using local building materials, with the best view from large windows and open-air baths. There is also a sauna.

Backed with dazzling perpetual snow, Hakusan is a natural treasure trove known as a habitat for abundant flora and fauna. The peak opening period is from May 1 to October 15, but general climbers recommend the summer mountain season from the second half of July to the end of August when the weather is stable. There are many climbing entrants, but it is better to climb from a separate bus that can be used by a route bus to the nearest of Murododaira, the center of climbing. At an altitude of 2448m, Murododaira had a small room since the Kansei period (1789-1801), and now the Murodou Visitor Center, a dormitory, a clinic, and a post office are also installed. It takes about 6km and takes 4 hours to get to Murododaira from Japan.

It is said that the fallen people of Genji, who had been broken by the Heiji Rebellion of the first year of the first year of the Heiji era (1159), passed on to the villagers, is a textile known as Ushibuke, which is transmitted to the Shiramine district. Here, from where the yarn is spun from the cocoon, the twine, the dyeing, the spinning, and the weaving and the series of work can be toured. The use of a tamamayu containing two silkworms is a special feature of the cow-necked tow, and the technique of drawing a thread from the tamakoon is very unusual, and the technique is also designated as Ishikawa Prefecture's designated intangible cultural property.

A comprehensive experience spot with the theme of nature and people and disaster prevention in Hakusan. The Hakusan Sabo Science Museum introduces nature and disasters from the perspective of sabo.

A museum located in the Kuwajima area where many dinosaur fossils were excavated. Realistic models of dinosaurs, skeletal specimens, fossils and dioramas are on display. Tyrannosaurus greeted us at the entrance, and there is a display of a skeleton replica of a diplodocus with a total length of more than 20m. There are dinosaur models not only inside the hall but also outside the hall. You can also experience fossil search in the fossil excavation square.

Six old private houses in the Shirayama Roku area, which were built from the Edo period to the Meiji era, are being relocated and restored, and the lives of people who lived in one of Japan's leading heavy snowfall areas can be seen. The former Kokura family residence, which was built in the pre-to mid-Edo period, is a National Designated Important Cultural Property. The Oda [Bita] family, a private house (mountain hut) built in the late Edo period, is a nationally designated material tangible folk culture. The other four buildings are also Ishikawa Prefecture-designated tangible cultural property. Various experiences such as Obal dyed 350 yen are also fun. Place Summary 1 hour (appointment required).