Ipponsugi Street, Nanao
一本杉通り
A 600-year-old shopping street in Nanao, lined with wooden machiya townhouses and traditional shops, where splendid bridal noren curtains are on display each spring.
Ipponsugi Street is an old shopping street about 500 m long in the centre of Nanao City. It preserves numerous machiya townhouses and earthen storehouses (dozō) dating from the Meiji to early Showa periods, and long-established shops selling soy sauce, candles and kelp are still in business. Five of the buildings are nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Properties. This is the birthplace of the “hanayome noren,” a bridal custom of the Kaga-Noto region in which decorative curtains are hung at the entrance. The Hanayome Noren Exhibition is held every April and May, and the nearby Hanayome Noren Museum displays them year-round. Some buildings were damaged in the 2024 earthquake and are under restoration. It is about a 10-minute walk from JR Nanao Station.
Opening hours
Shops approx. 9:00 am–6:00 pm
Nearby sights
- Nanao Castle Ruins
- Wakura Onsen
- Notojima Aquarium
- Noto-Kashima Station (Noto Sakura Station)
- Myojoji Temple
- Keta Taisha Shrine
- Noto Kongo Coast (Ganmon)
- Chirihama Nagisa Driveway