Kaga Province facts for kids

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Kaga Province highlighted

Kaga Province (加賀国, Kaga no kuni) was an old province in the area of Ishikawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It was sometimes called Kashū (加州).

History

Chief Shinto shrine of Kaga Province

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Kaga Province were reformed in the 1870s.

Shrines and Temples

Shirayamahime jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Kaga.

Related pages

• Provinces of Japan
• Prefectures of Japan
• List of regions of Japan
• List of islands of Japan

Images for kids

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  Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Kaga" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting fishing fires on Lake Renko

See also

In Spanish: Provincia de Kaga para niños