The hanayome noren or “bride curtain” is a custom started in the Meiji period on the Kaga Domain, in which brides wed by walking under the noren hung over the door of the altar room at the groom’s home on the day of the wedding. The Hanayome Noren Museum, opened in April 2016, exhibits hanayome noren from the Meiji period on. Visitors can also do a kimono and experience the ceremony themselves.

Facing the “natural fishpond” of Nanao Bay, this is the largest roadside station on the Noto peninsula, chock full of such Noto specialties as fresh marine products fished that very morning, the popular hamayaki seafood cooked right on the beach, restaurants, etc.; a place for “looking, buying and eating”.

This 28-meter-tall rock island is said to have been discovered (“mitsuke”) by the great Kobo-Daishi, a.k.a. Kūkai, when he travelled from Sado Island. Due to its shape, it is also called Gunkanjima or “Battleship Island”. Famous as a symbol of Noto, the view of the rising sun from the Mitsuke-jima Island area is superb. The shore between Mitsuke-jima Island in Suzu City and Koiji Kaigan or “Love Coast” in Noto-machi, which is known for tales of tragic love, is called “Enmusubi-chi”, a play on words meaning “Marriage Beach”, and there is a “marriage bell” on Mitsuke shore. On clear days, the mountains of the far-off Northern Alps (Hida Mountain Range) are visible. The island is lit up at night.

This lighthouse is located on the very tip of Noto Peninsula, at the point where the outer shore and inner shore meet. The site is famous for the fact that from it you can see the sun both rising from the ocean and setting in the ocean. The chalk white lighthouse was built based on the design of an English architect in 1883 . The lighthouse is unattended and the inside cannot normally be visited, but it is open to the general public several times per year.

Suzu shrine enshrines the tutelary god of the Japan Sea shore. This prestigious shrine was built in the time of Emperor Sujin, the tenth emperor of Japan. The shrine’s sanctuary houses wooden statues of male gods that are nationally-designated Important Cultural Assets, as well as numerous ancient documents and articles related to Minamoto no Yoshitsune. One particularly treasured article is the “Semiore Flute”, offered by Minamoto no Yoshitsune as a token of gratitude for surviving a shipwreck.