Ishikawa prefecture (石川県 Ishikawa-ken) is in the central Chubu region of the main Japanese island Honshu.

Cities

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Kanazawa — the prefectural capital and one of Japan's best-preserved samurai towns

Komatsu — construction equipment manufacturers and a famous temple

Other destinations

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Hakusan National Park

Noto Peninsula — hot springs and rugged scenery

Get in

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By plane
Ishikawa's main airport is in Komatsu, but Wajima on the Noto Peninsula also has a tiny airport, and Toyama is also fairly convenient.

By train

By bus

Ishikawa (石川 "rocky river") is a Japanese surname. It can refer to:

Places

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Ishikawa Prefecture

Ishikawa-gun, district, Ishikawa Prefecture

Ishikawa-gun, district, Fukushima Prefecture

Ishikawa-machi, town, Fukushima Prefecture

Ishikawa-shi, city, Okinawa Prefecture

Real People

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Chiaki Ishikawa, musician

Goemon Ishikawa, thief, would-be assassin

Hideo Ishikawa, voice actor

Jun Ishikawa, author

Jun Ishikawa, video game music composer

Kaoru Ishikawa, developer of the Ishikawa diagram

Koji Ishikawa, artist

Naohiro Ishikawa, football (soccer) player

Rika Ishikawa, musician

Takuboku Ishikawa, poet

Yoji Ishikawa, photographer

Travis Ishikawa, baseball player

Fictional Characters

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Keiko Ishikawa, wife of Miles O'Brien, Star Trek

Ishikawa, a member of Public Security Section 9, Ghost in the Shell

Goemon Ishikawa XIII, the samurai member of Lupin's gang in Lupin III

Other

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Ishikawa diagram, cause-and-effect diagram, developed by Kaoru Ishikawa

Ishikawa clan, a Japanese clan mainly taking place during the Sengoku Period.

See also

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Japanese name