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The Hokuriku region is located in the center of Honshu, the largest and populous island of Japan. Ishikawa and Toyama Prefectures are jewels of this region, and they each feature a Tokyu Hotel!

More About Toyama and Ishikawa Prefectures

The western coast of both Toyama and Ishikawa prefectures face the Sea of Japan. From these waters, abundant with fish and crustaceans, come fresh and delicious snow crabs, yellowtail and white shrimp, making the region a seafood mecca for both locals and tourists

Kanazawa is the capital of Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, along the Japan Seacoast. Because of its rich cultural history and preserved art and architecture, it is often called the Jewel of the Hokuriku - Central Honshu - region.

Historically, Kanazawa was the headquarters of the Kaga Domain during the Edo Period (1603-1868). The Kaga Domain was Japan’s second most powerful, after the Tokugawa Shogunate, located in Eastern Honshu. 

The Maeda Clan, headquartered in Kanazawa, were the Kaga Domain's feu