Ishikawa Prefecture

Ishikawa

Shiroyone Senmaida on the Noto Peninsula, beside the Sea of Japan. (© Pixta)

Summer visitors to Kanazawa enjoy ice cream decorated with gold leaf. (© Pixta)

The Ishikawa official mascot Hyakuman-san is modeled after the local Kaga hachiman-okiagari tumbler dolls. Its name refers to the hyakuman or 1 million koku (a unit equivalent to around 180 liters of rice) produced by the former Kaga domain, which was the largest during the Edo period (1603–1868). (© Jiji)