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Total Area: 4,185.22 km2 (1,615.92 sq mi) that is often called "the Fire & Violence Festival".
C -Senmaida (1000 rice fields)- One of the most scenic
h Total Population: 591,753
a places in Ishikawa.
p Major Cities:
t Cuisine: N/A
e
r Hakui Nanao

Hakusan Nonoichi

Kaga Nomi

Kahoku Suzu
NAGANO
Kanazawa (capital) Wajima
A prefecture of Japan located in the Chubu region of
Komatsu
the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Naga-
Economy: no. Due to the abundance of mountain ranges in this
area, the land available for inhabitance is relatively
Ishikawa's industry is dominated by the textile indus-
try (artificial fabrics) and the machine industry limited.
(construction machinery). Total Area: 13,585.22 km2 (5,245.28 sq mi)
Tradition: Total Population: 934,362

-Art of No: Art introduced to the area during the rule Major Cities:
of the fifth Maeda lord Tsunanori and was refined
into the style of Kaga hosho. Azumino Nakano
Chikuma Okaya
-The Tea Ceremony: Introduced in 1666 when
Maeda Toshitsune invited Senbiki Soshitsu of Chino Omachi
urasenke to Kanazawa.
Iida Saku
-Kutani Ware (Kutani yaki): A bright colored glaze Iiyama Shiojiri
like Chinese porcelain.
Ina Suwa
-Ohi tea ware (Ohi yaki): A pottery with a style
unique to Kanazawa. Komagane Suzaka

-Kaga silk (Kaga yuzen): Made with a complicated Komoro Tomi
silk print technique giving it an international rough Matsumoto Ueda
look (wabi sabi).
Nagano (capital)
-Kanazawa lacquerware (Kanzawa shikki): High
quality lacqueware traditionally decorated with gold Economy:
dust. The prefecture's mountains have made it relatively

-Kanazawa gold leaf (Kanazawa haku): Produced isolated, and many visitors come to Nagano for its
with a technique of beating gold into wafer-thin mountain resorts and hot springs.
sheets. Customs and Heritage:
-Kaga mizuhiki- ribbon-like decorations made from -Lake Kizaki: A lake, situated near Omachi, and lo-
glued Japanese paper (washi). cated at the foot of the northern Japanese Alps. It's

-Kaga: inlay crafts made with a combination of thin one of the ‘Nishina Three Lakes’, that also include
flat and thread metal inlays. Lake Aoki and Lake Nakatsuna.

-Abare Festival: reputedly is the most 'fierce' festival -Lake Suwa– The site of an interesting natural phe-

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