Yuttari Park (Tsumakoibune-no-Yu)

Yuttari Park (Tsumakoibune-no-Yu): Visitors can sit and relax their feet at this natural “foot bath,” free of charge. While enjoying the foot bath, visitors can observe the scenery of Notojima Island and Notojima Bridge, right across from the Wakura Onsen.

Bentenzaki Park & Yumoto no Hiroba

Bentenzaki Park & Yumoto no Hiroba: Bentenzaki Park celebrates the goddess Benzaiten (Saraswati) and includes “hand baths,” suikinkutsu, and warm benches, rare commodities even in Japan. At the adjacent Yumoto no Hiroba, visitors can boil their own eggs with a slight salty flavor.

Soyu

Soyu: Wakura Onsen Soyu, newly constructed and opened in April 2011, is a communal bathhouse where visitors can easily enjoy the Wakura hot baths and atmosphere of the town. They can also boil their own eggs.

Wakuwaku Plaza and Koimachi Yagura

Wakuwaku Plaza and Koimachi Yagura: This is a park within the area of Wakura Bay, where many events are held throughout the year. The “Koimachi Yagura” is designed after “boramachi yagura,” a traditional method for fishing bora (flathead mullets), which are found in the Nanao Western Bay.

Noto Ran-no-Kuni

Noto Ran-no-Kuni: Ranyukan is the largest orchid greenhouse located in the area along the Sea of Japan. It is a flower park with over 10,000 orchids of 800 types throughout the year. Some are internationally rare and some are very popular.

Isaburo Kado Museum and Hironobu Tsujiguchi Museum

Isaburo Kado Museum and Hironobu Tsujiguchi Museum: This innovative museum and café were established by Hironobu Tsujiguchi, an internationally acclaimed pattiseur originally from Nanao. Visitors go through the black entrance and find themselves face-to-face with a panoramic view of the ocean. The interior, decorated in contrasting black and hairline silver, often overwhelms visitors.

Wakura Showa Era and a Toy Museum

Wakura Showa Era and a Toy Museum: This museum reproduces a Japanese city scene from approximately 50 years ago and displays a collection of toys from 1870 to 1975. Visitors can learn a lot about Japan’s old lifestyles.

Notojima Glass Museum

Notojima Glass Museum: This original museum displays glass art made by modern artists and many beautiful pieces based on original ideas by artists such as Picasso and Chagall.

Notojima Aquarium

Notojima Aquarium: This aquarium houses up to 40, 000 creatures, of approximately 500 species, with a focus on sea life from around the Noto Peninsula. It is an interactive aquarium with various programs such as the Dolphin and Sea Lion Show, Sea Otter Feeding, Penguins Go for a Stroll, Sea Bream’s World of Light and Sound, and an interactive tank for feeding and touching the animals such as dolphins. The “Whale Shark Zone: Blue World” is where visitors can see whale sharks in the largest tank found along the Sea of Japan.

Seirin-ji Temple

Seirin-ji Temple: Seirin-ji Temple, a temple of the Soto Zen school, is located on a hill at the base of the Wakura mountains. The entire city of Wakura Onsen can be viewed from here. At night, the front stairway and back bamboo forest are lit up, creating a magical sight.
Inside the temple is an alter for Hotei-sama (god of fortune), one of the seven deities.

Shingyoji Temple

Shingyoji Temple: Shingyoji Temple is a temple of the Shinshu-Otani school. Noto is famous for its many Shinshu temples; it is often referred to as Shinshu country. Inside the temple is an alter for Fukurokuju (god of wisdom), one of the seven deities.
Inside the temple is an alter for Hotei-sama (god of fortune), one of the seven deities.

Shingyoji Temple

Sukunahikona Shrine: According to legend, it was the grace of the gods that brought hot springs to “Yu-no-Tani,” the source of Wakura Onsen. This shrine was built to worship these gods.
Inside the temple is an alter for Bishamonten (protector from bad spirits), one of the seven deities.

Yama-no-dera Jiingun

Yama-no-dera Jiingun: This group of temples began when Toshiie Maeda established many non-Shinshu temples around the area, as a way to protect the region from the Oku-Noto area. At the time, there were 29 temples, but today, there are only 16 . These 16 temples still possess many interesting traditions and treasures, and visitors follow the “Meiso-no-michi (pathway of meditation),” which connects all the temples.

Nagomi-no-Oka Park

Nagomi-no-Oka Park: This park boasts a stairway with over 500 steps, a wonderful forest, and a midway platform where visitors can enjoy a great view. In the spring, the forest is full of flowers and plants, such as the yellow Japanese Azalea, and the sound of nightingales in the bamboo forest.

Notojima Ohashi Roading Park

Notojima Ohashi Roading Park: This park is located on the flank of Notojima Bridge so visitors can view the bridge from the side.

Wakura Onsen Seaside Park and Shirasaki Park

Wakura Onsen Seaside Park and Shirasaki Park: This seaside pool has everything from round pools to lazy rivers, pools for children and even waterslides. It faces the Nanao Western Bay, and visitors can enjoy the ocean scenery as well. The adjacent Shirasaki Park showcases poetry memorials for famous poets and haiku poets, such as Otomo no Yakamochi and Keisui Shimada.

Nanaojo Castle Site

Nanaojo Castle Site: This mountain castle was built by the Hatakeyama clan, governor of Noto, which prospered for 170 years, in the Shiroyama area. The castle utilized the rugged mountain land and was considered impregnable, but eventually fell to Kenshin Uesugi. Presently, a road leads to the mountain peak, and there are hiking courses and a belvedere that overlooks the city and Noto Island.

Golf courses

Golf courses: There are several golf courses around the Wakura Onsen area, with wide fairways and long middle-hole courses. It feels truly refreshing to play golf surrounded by Noto Peninsula’s nature.

Wakura Onsen Multipurpose Ground

Wakura Onsen Multipurpose Ground: This is an artificial grass field used for a variety of purposes, including soccer. It is a FIFA 2 star certified field (as of January 2011). The grand scenery of Nanao Western Bay, right in front of the field, makes it a great place to play sports.

Noto Food Festival Market

Noto Food Festival Market: This market includes the Noto Fresh Market, a great place to buy fresh seafood from the Noto area, the Noto Festival Saiji Hall where visitors can learn about traditional festivals, and the Noto Gourmet Hall.

Ipponsugi-dori Shopping Street

Ipponsugi-dori Shopping Street: This historical street is lined with registered national tangible cultural properties. There are many quaint stores that sell soy sauce, seaweed, Japanese candles, etc. Many places offer programs in which visitors can try their hand at Noto culture, such as grinding green tea, making Japanese sweets, pounding gold leaves, Wajima lacquer, and gold painting.