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A Large Chinquapin Tree in Kambayashi
This large chinquapin tree has been worshipped at Hayashigo Hachiman Shrine since ancient times. According to a 1988 survey, this tree is the second largest in Japan. There is also a legend associated with the tree. "Long ago, there was an o...
A Large Ginkgo Tree
This is a very large ginkgo tree. Standing 20m tall and measuring 5m around, it is estimated to be approximately 500 years old. This tree is said to be a marker of the grave for Takanobu Kimura, who built a residence in the area in the 16th century.
A Letter from Toshinaga Maeda
Toshinaga Maeda was born in 1562, the first son of Toshiie Maeda. After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Toshinaga established Kaga Domain, which covered an extremely large area through the integration of Kaga, Ecchu, and Noto Provinces. This let...
A Letter from Toshitsune Maeda
Toshitsune Maeda was the fourth son of Toshiie Maeda, founder of Kaga Domain. When the feudal lord Toshinaga Maeda retired in 1605, Toshitsune succeeded him. Toshitsune made a major contribution to flood control and agriculture. He also encourage...
A Monument of Honor for Hibikimasu, Sekiwake (a high sumo rank)
Hibikimasu was a sumo wrestler born in Oshino Village in 1859 (birth name, Ichitaro Shimizu). He was 180 cm tall and weighed 135 kg. With his well-built body, he was a strong and skilled athlete who attained the rank of Sekiwake in 1892. He retire...
A Pair of Wooden Shrine Guardian Dogs
This is a pair of wooden shrine guardian dogs placed at the worship hall of Kosho Hachiman Shrine. The sculptor is unknown. They are thought to have been made at the end of the 16th century.
Artifacts Excavated from Okyozuka Sites in Ishikawa Prefecture
Artifacts excavated from Okyozuka Sites in Ishikawa Prefecture include Important Cultural Properties, totaling 4,219 items including 542 earthenware and clay products, 3,642 stoneware and stone products, 23 incomplete sites of born tools, 12 incom...
Awada
The present-day Awada area was separated into Awada Village and Shinbo Village. It is said that flooding in Awada Village forced residents to move to Shinbo Village. Commerce in Awada Village flourished in the late 19th century because of its goo...
Awada Sites
The Awada Sites date from the late Jomon Period (approx. 3,000 years ago) to the early 18th century. They spread about 600m from north to south, and 500m from east to west. No homes from the Jomon Period were found; however, straw rope-patterned p...
Cultural Properties at Kosho Hachiman Shrine
Kosho Hachiman Shrine houses documents that explain the process of giving Hachiman Shrine at Kanaya Palace to Tokumoto Village in 1871, historical documents related to Hachiman Shrine, and documents and drawings by Nariyasu Maeda. Among those docu...
Daijoji Temple Sites
Daijoji Temple was originally built by Iehisa Togashi in Oshinosho as an esoteric Buddhist temple, meant to be headed by the monk Chokai. Later, Iehisa and Chokai invited Gikai Tettsu from Eiheiji Temple to head Daijoji Temple, and in 1293 Daijoji...
Former Nonoichi Area
The name Nonoichi first appeared in the Sannomiya Koki, which was written in 1312 and housed at Shirayama Hime Shrine. Governor (shugo) Togashi used this area as a base to control Kaga Province. The reason is because Nonoichi was located at an imp...
Former Site of a Horse Market
Nonoichi was the first post town on Hokkoku Road from Kanazawa Castle to Kyoto. Post horses used to transport commodities were stationed in Nonoichi. There is a document stating that Nonoichi post town had 87 horses in 1666. In June 1854, a horse ...
Former Site of Go Elementary School
Go Elementary School was built in Tanaka Village in 1876. After the Pacific War in 1947, a junior high school was attached to the elementary school. In 1951, the junior high school was moved to Matto Town. In 1962, Go Elementary School became a pa...
Former Site of Hofukuji Temple
Many sites were discovered in Suematsu. The biggest discovery was the former site of Suematsu Temple, a large temple in ancient times. This area is located at a high elevation (35-40m above sea level) in the alluvial fan of the Tedori River. Due t...
Former Site of Kogendo Yakata
Many sites were discovered in Suematsu. The biggest discovery was the former site of Suematsu Temple, a large temple in ancient times. This area is located at a high elevation (35-40m above sea level) in the alluvial fan of the Tedori River. Due t...
Former Site of Marksmanship Training Building
This is the site of the former marksmanship training building that farmers used between 1866 and 1869. The building is thought to have measured about 16m x 8m.
Former Site of Nojisha (Experimental Farm)
In 1876, Hidenao Sugie established the experimental farm, "Nojisha," to promote agricultural improvement utilizing the methods used in Europe and U.S. with the thought that promoting local agriculture would lead to the prosperity of the ...
Former Site of Nonoichi Jinjo Koto Shogakko (Elementary School)
In 1872, the new Education Act came into force and schools were built nationwide. In 1873, Nonoichi Village Elementary School was established. At first, the school opened in a home. In the following year, a school facility was built. In 1892, the ...
Former Site of Odachi Yakata
Many sites were discovered in Suematsu. The biggest discovery was the former site of Suematsu Temple, a large temple in ancient times. This area is located at a high elevation (35-40m above sea level) in the alluvial fan of the Tedori River. Due t...
Former Site of Shokin Horse Tramway Line
In 1904, Shokin Horse Tramway Line (Shokin Basha Tetsudo) began operation from present-day Tono Town in Hakusan City to Arimatsu in Kanazawa City via Nonoichi City. In 1916, the line was converted to electric power, and the company was renamed Sho...
Former Site of Suematsu Shinano Yakata
Many sites were discovered in Suematsu. The biggest discovery was the former site of Suematsu Temple, a large temple in ancient times. This area is located at a high elevation (35-40m above sea level) in the alluvial fan of the Tedori River. Due t...
Former Site of Taheiji Temple
The name, Taheiji, is from Taheiji Temple established in the area by Gen-I Fushaku, a senior disciple of Sotetsu Meiho, the 4th chief priest of Daijoji Temple. Historical materials housed at Yokoji Temple in Hakui City show that Taheiji Temple wa...
Former Site of Temma Toiya
Nonoichi in Edo Period (1603-1868) was the first post town on Hokkoku Road from Kanazawa Castle to Kyoto. Temma toiya provided horses and handlers to transport official travelers and luggage. This transport service was available in each post tow...
Former Site of the Bando Fujioka Residence
This is the former site of Bando Fujioka's residence. Bando Fujioka was a vassal of Togashi Clan who died in the battle of Tako Castle in 1488. Until the 19th century, clay walls and the trace of moats remained in the area.
Former Site of the Court
This is the place where cases were heard. Before and during the Taisho Period (1912-1926), when a crime was committed in this village, officers were dispatched from Kanazawa to investigate.
Former Site of the Gorobe Takatsuka Residence
Futsukaichi is home to a legend about a white fox and Gorobe, a vassal serving Masachika Togashi. The legend tells of a white fox in Nonoichi. This fox often cheated people, so Masachika asked Gorobe to kill it. Gorobe received land in Futsukaichi...
Former Site of the Hayashi Clan Residence in Kambayashi
The former site of a Hayashi Clan residence is thought to have been located in Kambayashi. A small shrine currently marks the spot. It is said that there were some area names related to horses and the residence in the past. Area names located to t...
Former site of the Hayashi Clan Residence in Kamishinjo
Until the middle of the 19th century, clay walls remained. It has been said that if someone digs into a stone mound made in the Stone Age, a violent rainstorm will arise.
Former Site of the Koroageba
There was a wood collection area on Hokkoku Road along the Koro River. Lumber was transported on the river to this area, collected and stored. The storage area was called a doba. It covered an area of approximately 17,000 m2 and was surrounded by ...
Former Site of the Shuri Matsukawa Residence
The former site of the residence of Shuri Matsukawa, a vassal who served Masachika Togashi.
Former Site of the Takanobu Kimura Residence
Takanobu Kimura was Shigenari Kimura's uncle. Shigenari was a vassal of Nobunaga Oda, the powerful samurai warlord of Japan in the late 16th century. Takanobu was also married to the daughter of Uemontaifu Kaburaki, the lord of Matto Castle. The r...
Former Site of the Togashi Residence
The Togashi Clan had its base around the middle basin of the Takahashi River in present-day Nonoichi City. It is said that the Togashi Clan established the residence in Nonoichi in 1063. After the Jokyu War in 1221, the Togashi Clan became the lea...
Former Site of the Yamago Mikawanokami Residence
It is thought that present-day Yamago Town in Kanazawa City was the location of the base for the Yamago Clan, an offshoot from the Togashi Clan. The owner of the residence was Takafuji Yamago who served Masachika Togashi. Takafuji Yamago appeared ...
Former Site of the Zenshiro Mitsubayashi Residence
In Shimobayashi there is an area named Shirozuka that comes from the "Shiro" in Zenshiro Mitsubayashi. Zenshiro Mitsubayashi was a leader of the Jodo-shinshu Sect, and fought in the Ikko Ikki rebellion in Kaga. In 1577, Zenshiro fought ...
Former Site of Tomioku Elementary School
Tomioku Elementary School opened in 1902. In 1910, a higher elementary school was added. After the Pacific War, it was separated into Tomioku Elementary School and Junior High School in accordance with the Basic Act on Education. Along with the me...
Former Uozumi Family Residence
Contact: Nonoichi History Museum TEL: 076-246-2672 Days Closed: Mondays (If the Monday is a national holiday, the following day)/ the day following a national holiday (excluding Saturdays and Sundays)/ End of the year and New Year holidays Hour...
Fujihira
Fujihira Village was built in the Early Modern Period. There are records showing 5 farmers in 1670, 9 households and 48 residents in 1876. Fujihira became a part of Nonoichi Town in 1955. Kinkyo Hachiman Shrine in this area is thought to have bee...
Fujimura Rihei Ou Shotokuhi
Rihei Fujimura served as a member of the prefectural assembly and Mayor of Nonoichi Village during the Meiji Period (1868-1912). He also established the first electric company in Kanazawa City, and built electric rice mills in Nonoichi Village. He...
Futsukaichi
The name, Futsukaichi (Market on dates with the number 2 in them), came from a market held on the 2nd, 12th, and 22nd of each month around the 14th century. It was located near Yokoe-no-sho, a manor that belonged to Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, and f...
Futsukaichi Ishibachi Sites
Discoveries at the Futsukaichi Ishibachi Sites include settlements dating from the Yayoi (500BC - AD300), Tumulus (late 3rd century - 7th century), and Middle Ages, and ancient mounds from the Tumulus Period. Artifacts from Yayoi Period included...
Futsukaichi Mura Muragoin
This is the Futsukaichi Mura Muragoin (the Futsukaichi Village Land Tax Notification) issued in 1670. It lists the details of taxation. It lists 548 koku (kusadaka: total rice production), and a 45% men, or tax rate. The interest rate on the rice ...
Gikai Tettsu Final Resting Place
This is the final resting place of Daijoji Temple founder Gikai Tettsu. Measuring 67cm high, 33cm wide, and 24cm thick, this natural stone is inscribed with the words, "Daijoji Temple Founding Priest." Tettsu was born in what is now Fuku...
Go (Former Shimo-tanaka)
Go Town was formerly named Tanaka Village. The name Tanaka first appeared in a document dated 1622 that was housed at Higashi Honganji Temple. Tanaka Village consisted of two areas, Kami-tanaka and Shimo-tanaka. Makuwauri melons were grown in the ...
Go Jonkara (Go dance)
Go jonkara was created in 1947 when people in the village danced at Go Elementary School. Women wore a red sash and a wraparound slip and men wore a kentai, or red sash and head band when dancing. They danced until midnight. Following the separat...
Goto Family Residence
The Gotoke Monjo, a collection of approximately 1,800 historical documents passed down by the Goto Clan of Oshino Village, has been designated a cultural property by Ishikawa Prefecture. The Goto Clan was founded by Munetoshi Togashi, the third so...
Hachiman Okami no Shingogaku
The framed name of the Hachiman God was displayed at Hachiman Shrine at Kanaya Palace. On the back of the frame, there is the engraved description of being written by Nariyasu Maeda in 1870. On the box in which this frame was stored, it is written...
Hachiman Okami no Shingojiku
The framed name of the Hachiman God was displayed at Hachiman Shrine at Kanaya Palace. On the back of the frame, there is the engraved description of being written by Nariyasu Maeda in 1870. On the box in which this frame was stored, it is written...
Hakusan Shrine
Hakusan Shrine was established in 987 or 988 and protected Kitayokonomiya (present-day Nukashin-machi in Kanazawa City and the northern area of Hon-machi 2-chome in Nonoichi City). The main hall was located in Kitayokonomiya, and the worship hall ...
Hayashigo Hachiman Shrine
Hayashigo Hachiman Shrine is thought to have been established in 1013. People in the area put great faith in it as the main shrine of Hayashi Go; and the head of the Hayashi clan and Genyu Okuwa (jito) worshipped the guardian god enshrined there. ...
Historical Monument of Nonoichi Station
After the Pacific War, Hokuriku Line (railway) became electric. In 1957, people started a movement to build a train station in Nonoichi. In 1959, town associations in Nonoichi got together and submitted a request to Kanazawa Railway Bureau to buil...
Hokuroku Road (Hokkoku Road)
Hokkoku Road was the main road running through the Hokuriku Region. It was called Hokuroku Road before and during the Edo Period (1603-1868). Hokkoku Road ran along the present-day Hon-machi Street, facing the Kita Family Residence and Nunoichi S...
Horiuchi
The area name, Horiuchi, appeared in the Tenbun Nikki (Tenbun Diary) written by Shonyo, the 10th chief abbot of the Honganji Temple, in the 16th century. Landholders' residences were often surrounded by moats at that time. Horiuchi means "wit...
Horses (drawn by Masachika Togashi)
Based on the writing on the top left, the painting of three horses is thought to have been done by Masachika Togashi in 1485. However, some say it was done by Yasutaka Togashi, a granduncle of Masachika Togashi. According to the book Tohaku Gasets...
Inari
The area's name, Inari, is found in the 1491 diary of Court Noble Tamehiro Reizei as Inari Shrine. It has also been noted that abandoned land in this area was cultivated and developed into Inari Village along with farmland reform by the Kaga Domia...
Ishikawa Railway Line
Hoping to push industrial development in the mountainous areas forward, a number of residents established Ishikawa Electric Railroad Co., Ltd. (Ishikawa Denki Tetsudo) in 1914. Fifty-five residents became shareholders, and village mayor Tosaku Fu...
Isson Isshin Hi
In the midst of an economic recession due to the Showa financial crisis, the Japanese government designated Tomioku village a "financial rehabilitation village" in 1932. Under the slogan, "Village Residents Pulling Together," T...
Joguji Temple Sites
Joguji Temple belongs to the Otani Sect of Shin Buddhism. According to historical records, the Buddhist priest Yuisho built a temple in Oshino around 1360. This is considered to be the origin of Joguji Temple. It has been passed down that when Y...
Kambayashi
In the Middle Ages, it is thought that Kambayashi was included in the area called Hayashi Go. Hayashi Go is the area where the powerful lord of the Hayashi Clan established his base in the late 12th century. In 1352, Genyu Okuwa, a Jito (medieval...
Kambayashi Burial Mound
Kambayashi burial mound was found at the west end of Kambayashi Shinjo Sites in 1991. While the grave mounds and internal structures had been destroyed, the lower masonry in the horizontal stone chamber used for burials remained. The stone chamb...
Kambayashi Mura Muragoin
This is the 1670 Kambayashi Mura Muragoin (Kambayashi Village Land Tax Notification). It lists the details of taxation. It lists 794 koku (kusadaka: total rice production), and a 60% men, or tax rate. The interest rate on the rice that the domain ...
Kambayashi Shinjo Sites
Excavations conducted at the Kambayashi Shinjo Sites between 1990 and 1995 covered a total area of 40,750m2. Settlements that existed from the beginning of the 7th century to the end of the 9th century were found. Uncovered were 85 tateana (pit-ty...
Kame no Ji
Kame no Ji was drawn by Nariyasu Maeda when he was 5 years old, and Saru no E was drawn by him when he was 7 years old. Takara no Tama no Zu was drawn by him in 1877. The back of the top of the box shows that this was housed at Kosho Hachiman Shri...
Kamishinjo Nishiura Sites
The Kamishinjo Nishiura Sites are located to the south of the Shinjo 2-chome junction. Excavation in 1989 uncovered settlements dating from the late 3rd and 9th centuries. In the settlements dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, five tateana (pit...
Kanaya Goten Goyokata Akai Kinai Yamazaki Kafukuo Oboe
Jikichi Kenbe of Tokumoto Village received these documents at Kanaya Palace in August of 1871. The memorandum describes the decision to give the sacred object from Hachiman Shrine at Kanaya Palace to Tokumoto Village and other matters.
Kenbe Jikichi Shojo(1)
The Notification issued by District Official Magozo Seo records Tokumoto Village's donation of money for feudal lord Nariyasu Maeda's move to Tokyo in September 1871. Other remaining documents include letters from Magozo Seo and Jikichi Kenbe.
Kenbe Jikichi Shojo(2)
The Notification issued by District Official Magozo Seo records Tokumoto Village's donation of money for feudal lord Nariyasu Maeda's move to Tokyo in September 1871. Other remaining documents include letters from Magozo Seo and Jikichi Kenbe.
Kenbe Jikichi Tsuchijo
Jikichi Kenbe of Tokumoto Village received these documents at Kanaya Palace in August of 1871. The memorandum describes the decision to give the sacred object from Hachiman Shrine at Kanaya Palace to Tokumoto Village and other matters.
Kenson Shonin Shosoku
The priest Kenson was the second son of Kennyo, the 11th chief priest of Honganji temple. He fought against Nobunaga Oda during the Ishiyama Honganji War between 1570 and 1580. This document is also called "Toraneko no Bunsho" (document...
Kita Family Residence
Contact: Kita Family Residence TEL: 076-248-1131 Days Closed: None Hours of Operation: 9:00AM - 4:00PM Admission Fees: 400 yen for adults 200 yen for children The Kita Family Branch was founded by a samurai named Takasaki who moved to Nonoic...
Kitayokonomiya
Hakusan Shrine was established in 987 or 988 and protected Kitayokonomiya (present-day Nukashin-machi in Kanazawa City and the northern area of Hon-machi 2-chome in Nonoichi City). The main hall was located in Kitayokonomiya, and the worship hall ...
Kiyokane
The name of Kiyokane Village appeared in a letter to a vassal written by the feudal lord Toshiie Maeda in 1599. This area was known for its watermelon production in the Showa Period (1926-1989). The legend of the God of Stone has been passed down...
Koanken Temple
Koanken Temple was built in 1350 by Takayasu Togashi, and was dedicated to Sotetsu Meiho, the fourth chief priest of Daijoji Temple. In 1915, during cultivation of the land said to be the burial mount of the founder of Daijoji Temple, Gikai Tetts...
Kogen Family Documents
Among documents related to the Kogen Family, 414 items remained. They record taxes and descriptions of farmland from the Edo (1603-1868) to modern period. They are important materials that provide information about the administration and farming c...
Kosho Hachiman Shrine
Kosho Hachiman Shrine was named in 1871 with a sacred object and main shrine located at Kanaya Palace (currently Oyama Shrine). These were granted to Tokumoto Town by feudal lord Nariyasu Maeda. It is surprising that the feudal lord would have gra...
Kosyozan Hachimangu
Hachiman Shrine at Kanaya Palace enshrined the spirit of the deity of Ana-hachiman Shrine (Shinjuku, Tokyo), which was quite well known during the Edo Period (1603-1868). It is possible that Toshitsune Maeda, the 3rd feudal lord of Kaga Domain, wa...
Kuraigawa
The village name, Kuraigawa, first appeared in the Shoho Gocho (Shoho Tax Register) created by Kaga Domain in 1646. The Kuraigawa Village Land Tax Notification issued in 1670 lists the details of taxation. It lists 135 koku (kusadaka: total rice p...
Kusaka Hiyoshi Shrine
The shrine is thought to have been built in the late 15th century. It was called Hiyoshi Shrine in the Edo Period (1603-1868), and renamed as Kusaka Hiyoshi Shrine in 1875. It has been known as the home of the God of Childbirth, and it is said tha...
Kyozuka (Sutra Mound)
Kyozuka were mounds built and used over a long period of time to store sutras to be passed down to later generations. This was begun at the end of 12th century. By the beginning of the 17th century, reki-ishi kyozuka (mounds made with small ston...
Maedake Kafudai Tada Hajime Shojo
A Request to Rename the Shrine was submitted in October 1874. The Letter from Hajime Tada was written to residents of the village informing them that the feudal lord Nariyasu Maeda was very pleased that they had donated 2 yen to him in return for ...
Mikkaichi
The name, Mikkaichi (Market on dates that include 3), came from markets held on the 3rd, 13th, and 23rd of each month during the Middle Ages. The market declined in the late 16th century, but it is thought that the farmers living in this area late...
Mikkaichi Sites A
Mikkaichi Sites A are from a broad area of settlements dating from the Jomon Period (12,000BC - 500BC), Yayoi Period (500BC - AD300), ancient times and the middle ages. Uncovered here were pit-type dwellings, homes with posts dug into the ground, ...
Mimo Family Residence
*This residence is not usually open to the general public because it is a private home. The Mimo family residence has a traditional Japanese architectural feature known as "tsuma-iri" (an entrance on the gable side), which is often seen ...
Monument to Togashi Clan
Located on the right side of Nunoichi Shrine gate, this monument was built in 1889 by Iyomon Mimo, a leading farmer in Nonoichi Village. Over 500 years of Togashi Clan history are inscribed on the stone, from founder Tadayori to Masachika, who com...
Moto-gojukyoyo Bengata Shojo
The Notification issued by District Official Magozo Seo records Tokumoto Village's donation of money for feudal lord Nariyasu Maeda's move to Tokyo in September 1871. Other remaining documents include letters from Magozo Seo and Jikichi Kenbe.
Moto-tomura-yaku Seo Magozo Tedai Kenbe Jikichi Ukesho
Jikichi Kenbe of Tokumoto Village received these documents at Kanaya Palace in August of 1871. The memorandum describes the decision to give the sacred object from Hachiman Shrine at Kanaya Palace to Tokumoto Village and other matters.
Mushiokuri in Okyozuka
Mushiokuri (torch procession to drive away crop-eating insects) in Okyozuka is held on the Saturday before July 21 each year. It was cancelled several times during WWII. The parade of mushiokuri starts from Sanatake Shrine. People walk around the ...
Mushiokuri in Oshino
With a history in Kaga stretching back to the middle of the Edo Period (1603-1868), the Torch procession takes place in summer each year to drive off insects that damage the rice crop (Mushiokuri). The Oshino torch procession is held each year o...
Mushiokuri in Tomioku Area
The torch procession to drive away crop-eating insects in Tomioku Area is held on a Saturday immediately before July 20 each year. In the evening, 14 town associations in the area depart from the shrine in each town. A person carrying a large pape...
Nagaike
The Kaganokuni Ishikawagun Sonshi (History of Villages in Ishikawa County, Kaga Province) describes the origin of Nagaike Village's name. It describes the village as being long from north to south, with more dwellings seen in the south, on land th...
Nagaike Kitanohashi Sites
The Nagaike Kitanohashi Sites are the remnants of a settlement that existed from the late 14th to the early 16th century. Excavation unearthed two types of residential areas separated into larger and smaller sections. Residential areas feature hou...
Nagaike Mura Muragoin
Toshitsune Maeda, 3rd lord of the Kaga Domain, implemented large reforms in agricultural administration. Prior to these reforms, crop yield (kokudaka) was confirmed by official land survey (kenchi) and tax (men) was levied. However, along with the...
Nagaike Mura Muragoin
This is the Nagaike Mura Muragoin (the Nagaike Village Land Tax Notification) issued in 1670, which describes the details of taxation. It lists 130 koku (kusadaka: total rice production), and a 45% men, or tax rate.
Nagaike Nishitanbo Sites
The Nagaike Kitanohashi Sites are the remnants of a settlement that existed from the late 14th to the early 16th century. Excavation unearthed two types of residential areas separated into larger and smaller sections. Residential areas feature hou...
Nakabayashi
The area name, Nakabayashi, appeared in historical documents from the 14th century. The Hayashi Clan, ruler of the entire area, led a group of samurai. The clan was brought to ruin, however, for its allegiance to Emperor Gotoba, who had been defe...
Nonoichi City Furusato History Museum
Contact: Nonoichi City Furusato History Museum TEL: 076-246-0133 Closed: Mondays (Tuesday when Monday is a national holiday), the day after national holidays (excluding Saturdays and Sundays), Year-end and New Year holidays Open Hour: 10:00AM...
Nonoichi Jonkara (Nonoichi Dance)
Nonoichi Jonkara is a bon festival dance handed down in the Hon-machi area from olden times. It was performed on August 14 and 15 in the past. At present, it is performed during the Nonoichi Jonkara Festival that takes place from the end of July t...
Nonoichi Mura Muragoin
This is the Nonoichi Mura Muragoin (the Nonoichi Village Land Tax Notification) issued in 1670, which lists the details of taxation. It lists 3,334 koku (kusadaka: total rice production), and a 53% men, or tax rate. There was also a tax for dyed p...
Noshiro
Earthenware uncovered in Noshiro that dates back 3000 years ago shows people lived in the area from ancient times. There were two mounds in Noshiro constructed with river stones. These were called Niso-no-tsuka. Although we cannot identify these m...
Ochozuike (Pond)
This is a dried pond measuring 2m in diameter and 1m deep. It has been said that water came out when Sotetsu Meiho was cremated in Taheiji Village. People in the village valued this pond thinking that the God of Mt. Hakusan came to clean his hands...
Ogimen
Kame no Ji was drawn by Nariyasu Maeda when he was 5 years old, and Saru no E was drawn by him when he was 7 years old. Takara no Tama no Zu was drawn by him in 1877. The back of the top of the box shows that this was housed at Kosho Hachiman Shri...
Okyozuka
The name of the area "Okyozuka" came from the kyozuka (Sutra mound) located to the north of the settlement. The Land Tax Notification submitted in 1670 listed 1,028 koku (kusadaka: total rice production), and 25 farmers, etc. Okyozuka w...
Okyozuka Jongara (Okyozuka dance)
Okyozuka Jongara is thought to have been performed before the Meiji Period (1868-1912). It is a Bon festival dance unique to the Oshino Area. Each house had a kentai, or red sash worn when dancing. The Jongara stopped during WWII; however, it was ...
Okyozuka Shinden Burial Mounds
Excavations between 1986 and 1996 uncovered evidence of 15 burial mounds built between the end of the 3rd and the middle of the 4th century. Although the mounds and burial chambers had been destroyed, the discovery of circumference grooves confirm...
Okyozuka Sites
Okyozuka Sites are from a circular settlement measuring 200m in diameter that existed between 3,700 and 2,500 years ago. Excavation in 1956 found sites where stone gyobutsu (Imperial treasures) were buried. Earthenware excavated in this area esta...
Ontokuhi
Iyomon Mimo was born in Nonoichi Village in 1815. He taught reading, writing, and arithmetic to farmers in the neighborhood, and used his money to help reclaim wasteland and copses. Taheiji Village was very poor and petitioned the ruling domain f...
Oshikoshi
The name Oshikoshi is first seen in Shoho Gocho, a book of village yields recorded by the Kaga Domain in the mid-17th century. According to Goto Clan documents, katauri (a type of melon) and eggplant were the major products of the region. Hakusan...
Oshino
The name Oshino derives from Oshino-sho, a Kamakura-era (1185-1333) manor. The area included Oshikoshi, the northern Hon-machi section of Nonoichi City, and the Youkaichi, Yokogawa, and Hisayasu sections of Kanazawa City. When the Kaga Ikko-Ikki ...
Oshino (Otsuka) Sites
The Oshino (Otsuka) sites are the oldest in Nonoichi City, dating from 3,800 to 4,000 years ago. Among the vast alluvial fan of the Tedori River, Jomon-era people were the first to settle in and around Oshino (Otsuka). There was a large mound in ...
Oshino Tachinaka & Oshino Yakata Sites
The Oshino Tachinaka and Oshino Yakata sites are located to the southeast of Tateno Elementary School. The Oshino Tachinaka sites are from a settlement existing between the late-middle and late-late Yayoi Period (100 BC-300 AD). Oshino Yakata w...
Oshinomaruki
Oshinomaruki was a small settlement located in the east section of what is now Oshino 1-chome. It was a junction on the road to Yokoe, Hakusan City. A Komori Jizo (babysitting jizo) in Oshinomaruki occupies a corner of this junction, and a festiv...
Ougigaoka Gosho Sites
The Ougigaoka Yagurada Sites date from the middle of 12th to the early 13th century. Sites of 25 homes with posts dug into the ground were found. They are thought to have been built over a short period of time. The largest known building from th...
Ougigaoka Hawaigoku Sites
The Ougigaoka Yagurada Sites date from the middle of 12th to the early 13th century. Sites of 25 homes with posts dug into the ground were found. They are thought to have been built over a short period of time. The largest known building from th...
Ougigaoka Yagurada Sites
The Ougigaoka Yagurada Sites date from the middle of 12th to the early 13th century. Sites of 25 homes with posts dug into the ground were found. They are thought to have been built over a short period of time. The largest known building from th...
Portable Shrine Decorated with Vegetables
The portable shrine decorated with vegetables is carried in a parade throughout the Hon-machi area during the autumn festival of Nunoichi Shrine held in the mid-October. As the name implies, this portable shrine is a small shrine decorated with v...
Rain Prayer Stone
This stone was originally at Shojitsu Hachiman Shrine. During the Edo Period (1603-1868), the area suffered a water shortage due to dry weather; but when people carried this stone and walked around the town, it started raining. It was named the ra...
Rengeji
The area name, Rengeji, came from the Rengeji Temple that once stood in the area. Rengeji Temple was a Tendai Sect temple in the Middle Ages, and it enshrined Kumano Gongen (God of Kumano). Rengeji Village first appeared in a 1646 Shoho Gocho (Sho...
Risei Todori Seo Magozo Gansho
The Notification issued by District Official Magozo Seo records Tokumoto Village's donation of money for feudal lord Nariyasu Maeda's move to Tokyo in September 1871. Other remaining documents include letters from Magozo Seo and Jikichi Kenbe.
Road-Origin Marker
Road-origin markers indicate the origin of or passing points on the road. In 1873, the national government ordered each prefectural government to place origin markers on major roads. The origin of measurement in Ishikawa Prefecture was set at an i...
Sanja no Dai Gaku
The Tomuro stone gate was moved to Tokumoto Village at the same time Hachiman Shrine at Kanaya Palace was moved. It is partially broken. "September 1863" is engraved on one of the gate's pillars. The other pillar shows that Tomoko, wife ...
Sanno
The area name, Sanno, came from having Sanno Shrine in the area. A description of Sanno Shrine appeared in the 1646 Shoho Gocho (Shoho Tax Register). Sanno was merged into Nonoichi Town in 1955. Kusaka Hiyoshi Shrine protects Sanno.
Sanno Aramiya Sites
The Sanno Toheidagoshi Sites are from settlements dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. Homes with posts dug into the ground, and tateana pit-type sites were found. Many ceramics and Haji Ware such as Suzu-yaki ware pots produced in the area th...
Sanno Nishiyosa Sites
The Sanno Toheidagoshi Sites are from settlements dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. Homes with posts dug into the ground, and tateana pit-type sites were found. Many ceramics and Haji Ware such as Suzu-yaki ware pots produced in the area th...
Sanno Toheidagoshi Sites
The Sanno Toheidagoshi Sites are from settlements dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. Homes with posts dug into the ground, and tateana pit-type sites were found. Many ceramics and Haji Ware such as Suzu-yaki ware pots produced in the area th...
Saru no E
Kame no Ji was drawn by Nariyasu Maeda when he was 5 years old, and Saru no E was drawn by him when he was 7 years old. Takara no Tama no Zu was drawn by him in 1877. The back of the top of the box shows that this was housed at Kosho Hachiman Shri...
Sennyo Shonin Shosoku
Sennyo was the 13th chief priest at Higashi Honganji Temple at the beginning of the 17th century. He worked to develop the temple. This document details important points for Buddhist ceremonies for women in Ishikawa County. The Mimo Clan was in c...
Seo Magozo Shojo
The Notification issued by District Official Magozo Seo records Tokumoto Village's donation of money for feudal lord Nariyasu Maeda's move to Tokyo in September 1871. Other remaining documents include letters from Magozo Seo and Jikichi Kenbe.
Shimobayashi
Shimobayashi was related to the Hayashi Clan that ruled the area. The name Shimobayashi is found in a historical document written in the 14th century. Shimobayashi became a part of Nonoichi Town in 1955. Yakushi Hiyoshi Shrine, thought to have b...
Shimobayashi Mura Muragoin
This is a Shimobayashi Mura Muragoin (Shimobayashi Village Land Tax Notification) issued in 1670. It lists the details of taxation. It lists 922 koku (kusadaka: total rice production), and a 51% men, or tax rate.
Shimoshinjo Arachi Sites
The Shimoshinjo Tanakada Sites were excavated in 1994. The excavation uncovered three tateana (pit-type) dwellings and four homes with posts dug into the ground. However, the excavated area was the outer edge of the settlement, and the center of t...
Shimoshinjo Tanakada Sites
The Shimoshinjo Tanakada Sites were excavated in 1994. The excavation uncovered three tateana (pit-type) dwellings and four homes with posts dug into the ground. However, the excavated area was the outer edge of the settlement, and the center of t...
Shinjo
In 1345, Takauji Ashikaga, founder of the Ashikaga Shogunate, assigned Ujiharu Togashi as Jito, (medieval land steward) to the area. This area was called Togashi Shinjo at that time. The current area name, Shinjo, is thought to have come from this...
Shinjo
In 1345, Takauji Ashikaga, founder of Ashikaga Shogunate, assigned Ujiharu Togashi as Jito, (medieval land steward) to the area. The current area name, Shinjo, is thought to have come from this old name. It was merged into Nonoichi Town in 1955. ...
Shishimai (Lion Dance) in Awada
The lion dance in Awada was restored for the first time in 27 years by volunteers along with the remodeling of Toyoda Hiyoshi Shrine in 1977. There are many performances of swinging swords in the lion dance, including kusarigama (sickle and chain)...
Shishimai (Lion Dance) in Hon-machi Area
The lion dance in the Hon-machi area is performed as part of a parade throughout the town at the autumn festival held by Nunoichi Shrine in mid-October each year. The lion dance in the Kaga region expresses a conflict between a man called Bofuri (...
Shishimai (Lion Dance) in Nakabayashi
The lion dance in Nakabayashi is thought to have been choreographed around 1890. The sword-dance section was taught by Seitaro Nishimura, who had a swordsmanship school in the area. Seitaro was born in Nakabayashi in 1869, and opened his school in...
Shodaiji Temple
According to historical documents, Shodaiji Temple was established in 1331 by Shukaku, the son of Shakunyo, the 5th chief priest of Honganji Temple. There is also a document stating that Gyojo, the great-grandson of Shukaku, became the chief pries...
Shogoin Doko Kahi
Doko, a priest at Shogoin Temple in Kyoto and leader of Yamabushi (Buddhist priests practicing asceticism in the mountains), composed a poem when he passed Nonoichi Village in 1486. This stone monument is inscribed with the poem. Written in the p...
Shukuokuri Ninsoku Temma no Sho
This is an order issued by Kaga Domain to each post town in the domain territory, including Nonoichi, in 1615. It announced the requirement for official permission to engage horses and handlers, and included the admonition that violators would be ...
Small Wooden Shrine
The small wooden shrine has a 1.25m-wide roof, 0.76m-wide main body, and stands 0.8m high with a lacquered pedestal. This precious small shrine was built at the end of the Edo Period (1603-1868). It was repaired along with the new establishment of...
Statue of Iekuni Togashi
The Togashi Clan had its base around the middle basin of the Takahashi River. It is said that the residence of the head of the clan was established in Nonoichi in 1063. In 1988, a bronze statue of Iekuni Togashi and a monument to the history of th...
Stone Lanterns at Toyoda Hiyoshi Shrine
A pair of stone lanterns sits in front of Toyoda Hiyoshi Shrine. Letters inscribed on the lanterns show that they were donated by a samurai of the Kaga Domain in 1695. The names of nine other people were also inscribed on the lanterns, which mean ...
Stone Monument at the Former Site of the Togashi Residence
The Togashi Residence was home to the head of the Togashi Clan over the generations. The surrounding area was the center of politics and economy for the Kaga Region at that time. The precise location of the residence had been unknown for a long pe...
Stone Statue of Fudaishi
Fudaishi was a Chinese Buddhist monk (497-569) who created Rinzo, the rotating containers for Kyoten, or Buddhist scripture. In later days, a statue of Fudaishi was placed in a scripture house (kyozo) as a guardian. This stone statue was carved by...
Stone Statue of Sanno Gongen God
The small wooden shrine has a 1.25m-wide roof, 0.76m-wide main body, and stands 0.8m high with a lacquered pedestal. This precious small shrine was built at the end of the Edo Period (1603-1868). It was repaired along with the new establishment of...
Suematsu
The village name, Suematsu, appeared in the 1646 Shoho Gocho (Shoho Tax Register). There are records in another historical document showing 24 farmers in 1670, and 194 farmers in 1876. Suematsu became a part of Tomioku Village in 1889. At the beg...
Suematsu Burial Mound
Many sites were discovered in Suematsu. The biggest discovery was the former site of Suematsu Temple, a large temple in ancient times. This area is located at a high elevation (35-40m above sea level) in the alluvial fan of the Tedori River. Due t...
Suematsu Mura Muragoin
This is the Suematsu Mura Muragoin (the Suematsu Village Land Tax Notification) issued in 1670. It lists the details of taxation. It lists 828 koku (kusadaka: total rice production), and a 56% men, or tax rate. The interest rate on the rice that t...
Suematsu Temple Sites
These sites are from the Suematsu Temple that was built in the late 7th century. It was known from Edo Period (1603-1868). In 1937, an excavation led by local resident Seiko Takamura discovered that this site was an ancient temple. In 1939, it was...
Sumiyoshi-no-miya
Sumiyoshi-no-miya (Nunoichi Shrine) was originally named Togashi-go Hachiman Shrine, which protected the area of present-day Hon-machi 2 and 3-chome. In 1914, Shojitsu Hachiman Shrine, which protected the area of present-day Hon-machi 4-chome, and...
Taheiji
The place name, Taheiji, is from the temple that Gen-I Fushaku, a senior disciple of Sotetsu Meiho and the 4th chief priest of Daijoji Temple, established in the area. The road running through the area from north to south is called Taheiji Kaido ...
Takahashi Sebone Sites
The Takahashi Sebone Sites contain a settlement dating from the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Excavation was carried out between 1990 and 1991, when 16 tateana (pit-type) dwellings and 5 homes with posts dug into the ground were uncovered. The middle of ...
Takara no Tama no Zu
Kame no Ji was drawn by Nariyasu Maeda when he was 5 years old, and Saru no E was drawn by him when he was 7 years old. Takara no Tama no Zu was drawn by him in 1877. The back of the top of the box shows that this was housed at Kosho Hachiman Shri...
Tanoshiri
The village name, Tanoshiri, appeared in a letter sent by Toshiie Maeda to his vassal Hikozo Fuwa in 1599. Tanoshiri Village was merged into Nonoichi Town in 1956. Go Community Center to the north of Tanoshiri Town was built in 1957. The statue o...
Todoroki
Todoroki was located in the area now known as Suematsu 2-chome. A story told in the area is that foxes and raccoons used to cheat people at nighttime. Long ago, Hachiman Shrine was located in the southeast, and Ebisu Shrine was located in the wes...
Toheida
The area name, Toheida, first appeared in Tenbun Nikki, or diary of Shonyo, the 10th chief priest of Shinshu Sect Honganji Temple. The diary explains that Jonen Toheida, an influential leader during the Ikko Ikki (uprising of Ikko Sect followers),...
Toheida Shimmura Muragoin
This is the Toheida Shimmura Muragoin (the New Toheida Village Land Tax Notification) issued in 1670. It lists the details of taxation. It lists 234 koku (kusadaka: total rice production), and a 55% men, or tax rate. The interest rate on the rice ...
Tokumoto
The area name, Tokumoto, came from Tokumoto Tsukada, a samurai who served at Matto Castle and lived in the area. People started growing Makuwauri melons in the area in 1683. They were very tasty and became popular in Kanazawa. In 1956, Tokumoto w...
Tokumoto Kuyada Sites
The Tokumoto Kuyada Sites are from settlements dating from between the 14th and 16th centuries. Residential areas separated by ditches were discovered. In the residential areas, dwellings with posts dug into the ground, tateana (pit-type) sites, a...
Tokumoto Mura Kimoiri Shihei Gansho (Request by Shihei, Tokumoto Village Organizer)
In 1871, because Hakusan Shrine in Tokumoto Village lacked a sacred object, Tokumoto resident Shihei asked Nariyasu Maeda, the 12th lord of Kaga Domain, for something he had written or touched as a sacred object for their shrine. This is the lette...
Tomioku Jonkara
The lyrics of the Tomioku jonkara dance have not changed, but the current dance is an integration of the Awada and Kambayashi styles from around 1935. It expresses the movements of weeding and harvesting rice. In the Jonkara dance performed in Ka...
Tori-I
The Tomuro stone gate was moved to Tokumoto Village at the same time Hachiman Shrine at Kanaya Palace was moved. It is partially broken. "September 1863" is engraved on one of the gate's pillars. The other pillar shows that Tomoko, wife ...
Tsukagoshi Festival
This kyozuka (Sutra mound) is also called Tsukagoshiyama mound. There is a small shrine that houses a stone statue of Fudaishi. During the Tsukagoshiyama mound festival held each year on February 15, the door of the small shrine opens. February 15...
Uji Jinja Jinja Go Negai
A Request to Rename the Shrine was submitted in October 1874. The Letter from Hajime Tada was written to residents of the village informing them that the feudal lord Nariyasu Maeda was very pleased that they had donated 2 yen to him in return for ...
Wado-kaichin Silver Coin
In 1961, local resident Seiko Takamura found a silver Wado-kaichin coin in an irrigation canal on the west side of the Main Hall at the Suematsu Temple Sites. This historically important artifact led to a full-scale excavation at a later date. Wa...
Wakizashi
There are three swords housed at Nunoichi Shrine. One is this short sword that has the name Nobunaga engraved on it. It is 47.8 cm long, 2.8 cm wide, and has a 0.6 cm curve. In the late 15th century, the sword maker Nobunaga, who lived in Nonoichi...
Yahagi
The area name, Yahagi, comes from the fact the many residents were engaged in arrow making. Yahagi in Japanese means to make arrows. In 1486, when the priest Doko climbed down Mt. Hakusan and stayed overnight in Yahagi, he composed a tanka, a Japa...
Yanagi Town
Yanagi Town was Yanagi-machi Village in the Edo Period (1603-1868). "Machi" means segmented field. The area was sectioned off by willow trees. Willow is yanagi in Japanese, and it is thought that the name "yanagi" came from the...
Yaso Yuka Ono-ono Onozukara Kobashi
Kame no Ji was drawn by Nariyasu Maeda when he was 5 years old, and Saru no E was drawn by him when he was 7 years old. Takara no Tama no Zu was drawn by him in 1877. The back of the top of the box shows that this was housed at Kosho Hachiman Shri...