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Kanazawa Castle Park

4.0

2207 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Marunouchi 1-1

In addition to the peripheral garden Kenrokuen, Kanazawa Castle Park is a treasure for the people of Ishikawa Prefecture. It is a center of history, and the castle—formerly the home of Kaga’s million-koku strong Maeda clan—is open to the public. There are innumerable sties to see, including Important National Cultural Properties like the Ishikawa Gate, Sanjikken Nagaya, and Tsurumaru Warehouse, as well as the grandeur of recent reconstructions of the Hishiyagura (tower), Gojikken Nagaya (gate), and Hashizume-mon Tsuzuki Yagura (tower). You can get a strong sense of Kaga’s history and culture by visiting there. Approximately 20 minutes by car via Kanazawa-Morimoto Interchange on the Hokuriku Expressway.

Interesting Castle recently rebuilt to the highest standards. Fascinating to see the skills required to reconstruct this most traditional building. All set in a most beautiful park especially when...
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art

4.0

169 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Dewamachi 2-1

This integrated art museum is located in Dewamachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. It opened in 1959 and was moved to its current location in 1983. The museum collects and displays various works, ranging from the works of artists associated with Ishikawa Prefecture to the antiques associated with the Maeda Family of the Kaga clan, which are its focus, to Japanese-style paintings, oil paintings and sculptures. It also houses a National Treasure, “Iro-e Kiji Koro (Incense burner in the shape of pheasant decorated with overglaze enamels),” by Nonomura Ninsei, and other important cultural properties. There are seven collection exhibition rooms, which are rotated regularly, to display different works. The café created by a patissier Hironobu Tsujiguchi is also very popular.

Visited to soak in the local art and was pleasantly surprised by the high quality exhibits. The incense burners are particularly lovely in person, as are some of the other historic exhibits. The...
Kanazawa FORUS

4.0

109 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Horikawashinmachi 3-1

Kanazawa FORUS is a shopping center located adjacent to Kanazawa Station. There is a wide range of shops, selling high-fashion clothing, confectionery, sundry goods, music, books etc. The sixth floor has a variety of different restaurants, and there is a nine-screen cinema complex on the seventh floor.

Forus is a spacious and huge shopping mall that is conveniently located right outside the east exit of JR Kanazawa Station. It has 7 storey with many boutique shops of fashion, books, music, cinema...
Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum

4.0

144 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama 1-3-10

"A five minute walk from the ""Hashiba-cho"" bus station on the Hokuriku Railroad Bus and JR Bus lines from Kanazawa Station. This museum is dedicated to gold leafing, a traditional industry in Kanazawa. The museum was started by Takaki Yasue, a gold leaf artisan who collected gold leaf artwork and tools and built a hall to display them in Kitayasue. Due to the aging of this facility, the museum was moved from the hall to its current location in Higashiyama in 2010. The museum building was modeled after a traditional Japanese townhouse and is accented with gold leaf. The domed ceiling in the museum's hall, decorated with no. 3 pure yellow gold, in particular is a must-see. The museum contains exhibits and video displays which show how gold leaf is made and applied, as well as gold leaf works of art, and visitors can learn about the history of gold leaf production and view dazzling examples of the craft."

Great antique houses with shoos and business mixed. A community showcasing their products. Gold leaf workshops as their champion. Whats more, it is free admission, too.
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of History

4.0

91 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Dewamachi 3-1

A history museum located a three minute walk from the Kenrokuen Garden easily identifiable by its eye-catching red brick structure. This building was once used as an armory by the imperial army as well as a facility for the Kanazawa College of Art and has been designated a National Important Cultural Property. As its name indicates, the museum contains exhibits presenting the history and culture of Ishikawa Prefecture, and visitors can trace the eras of the area, from a reconstruction of a Jomon period dog based on excavated bones, to a recreation of a Showa period Japanese living room. The museum also actively engages in a variety of activities, including holding several planned and special exhibitions throughout the year as well as seminars and lectures by curators. In addition, the museum hosts tours of nearby historical sites and temples.

重要文化財に指定されている金澤陸軍兵器支廠の兵器庫を活用した歴史博物館である。外観こそ往年の古い赤レンガの佇まいを彷彿させるが、館内は新しく整備されている。とは言え館内の全てが現代風に刷新されているわけではなく、往年の洋館の雰囲気を随所に漂わせている。博物館の展示資料だけでなく、建物自体を探検するのも興味深い。博物館は1階が常設展示室となっており、2階が特別展示室となっている。常設展示と特別展示...
Kanazawa Phonograph Museum

4.5

95 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Owarichou 2-11-21

This museum located in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture is dedicated to the subject of phonographs. The museum houses approximately 600 phonographs and 30,000 78 rpm records collected since the mid 1970s-mid 1980s, making it one of the largest museums of its kind in Japan. Three times a day, records are played on different phonographs selected from the collection so that visitors can hear the difference in the sound each produces. The phonographs used range from the wax cylinder phonograph invented by Thomas Edison to a Credenza, which is sometimes called the king of phonographs. The museum's beautiful exterior evokes romanticism for the Taisho era.

Even of you only have a passing interest in the history of recorded music, the warmth and enthusiasm of the staff will draw you in to this amazing collection of photographs from the creation by...
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Hirosaka 1-2-1

The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa is housed in an imposing circular, glass-walled building, located in the center of Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The Museum is divided into an Exhibition Zone, for which there is an admission charge, and a Public Zone, with free admission. There are a wide variety of art installations and artworks everywhere, both indoors and outdoors. One particularly popular exhibit is Leandro Erlich’s “The Swimming Pool” (popularly known as “Leandro’s Pool”). From ground-level, it looks as though the people underneath are underwater; this experiential work creates opportunities for fascinating encounters between the people above and the people down below.
Kanazawa Noh Museum

4.0

77 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Hirosaka 1-2-25

The Kanazawa Noh Museum is located adjacent to the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, on Prefectural Route 10 in 1 Chome, Hirosaka, Kanazawa City. The Museum collects and exhibits masks and costumes from the “Kaga Hosho” tradition (a style of Noh drama that developed in the Kaga Domain), which has been designated an Intangible Cultural Asset by Kanazawa City Government. The Hirosaka district, where the Museum is situated, has a strong association with Noh drama, as this is the district where the old Kanagawa Noh Theatre was located.

The museum is on the main road and is not in the fine arts museum. We enjoyed taking pictures dressed in the noh outfit. Not much to buy. Super glad we found the place. It near the Kenrokuen. Exit on...
Kutani Ware Kaburaki Kanazawa Kutani Museum

4.0

41 Reviews

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Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Nagamachi 1-3-16

The traditional Japanese architecture evokes the Nagamachi Samurai manor scenery, and it holds a Kutani ware sales space, a tearoom, counter looking on an inner garden, and and a museum holding the Kaburaki Collection room. It displays unique pieces collected by the owners of the Kaburaki shop through its history from the first owner through the current, eight generation.

This is a lovely shop selling Kutani Porcelains. The family have been doing so for generations and there is some beautiful pieces of work on display and for sale. Very friendly people, very...
Kanazawa Municipal Nakamura Memorial Art Museum

4.0

35 Reviews

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Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Hondamachi 3-2-29

This started as a private collection that was donated to the public. The museum is small and can be viewed in I Hut ion with the Suzuki museum next door. It has s lively garden and the tea ceremony...
11th Ohi Chozaemon Ware/Ohi Museum/Ohi Gallery

4.0

30 Reviews

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Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Hashibacho 2-17

Ohi ware is a type of pottery. Records state the origins of this pottery date back to when Maeda Tsunanori, the fifth lord of Kaga Domain, invited tea ceremony master Senso Soshitsu to Kaga to popularize the tea ceremony in the area; during his stay, Senso used clay from the outlying village of Ohi (now the neighborhood of Ohi-machi) to create tea cups. Ohi ware is shaped entirely by hand without the use of a potter’s wheel and is covered with a traditional ameyu glaze. The art museum standing on the studio’s grounds, open year-round, displays examples of Ohi ware made by the first Chozaemon head potter to the current head, as well as tea ceremony implements strongly connected to the old Kaga Domain. The studio’s Edo period samurai residence is a Kanazawa Designated Preservation Structure.

金沢市橋場町にあります、金沢市の陶芸家大樋長左衛門の窯の敷地内にあります見ごたえがある美術品が並びます美術館では珍しいミシュラン一つ星に認定されています。
Kohrinbo Atrio

3.5

18 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kourimbou 1-1-1

A shopping center in Korinbo, the heart of Kanazawa. In addition to a basement level, floors one through four are connected by an atrium, giving them a bright and open atmosphere. The center is occupied by around 30 establishments, including cafes, food vendors, and stores selling knickknacks, accessories, and traditional crafts. The shopping center's outdoor plaza, with its large pyramidal light, is a useful meetup spot. The center is also replete with convenient underground parking, aiding a leisurely shopping experience.

金沢市香林坊にあります、金沢市香林坊にある複合商業施設です、地元百貨店香林坊大和店とファッションを中心とした香林坊アトリオによって構成された商業ビルです、両店には高級ブランドや地下には全国と地元銘品など様々店舗が揃っています。
Kaga-Honda Museum

3.5

30 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Dewamachi 3-1 Ishikawa Red Brick Museum 3rd building

Located within the Ishikawa Prefectural History Museum grounds in the Dewa Town, Kanazawa City, the Kaga-Honda Museum has around 2,000 precious historical artifacts in its collections, including weapons and armor, old documents, relating to the Honda family, one of the “Hakka” (“eight clans”) families of leading retainers that served the Maeda family (who ruled the Kaga Domain) for generations. The Museum is a marvelous place to learn about the history of the Kaga Domain and about the samurai culture of the Edo period.

石川県立歴史博物館と同じ、金澤陸軍兵器支廠の兵器庫を活用した博物館で、加賀藩の家老を務めた本多氏の所蔵品が展示されている。石川県立博物館との共通点として、往年の威容を彷彿させる赤レンガの建物が挙げられるが、内装は異なっており、博物館として刷新され、少なくとも目にした範囲では、石川県立博物館の内部で見られた洋館の面影は感じられない。展示品は古文書や書状が多く、それらの劣化を防ぐためか、石川県立博物...
National Crafts

4.5

9 Reviews

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Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Dewamachi 3-2

日本海側初の国立美術館。名称に『工芸』とあるため、古来より今に伝えられる伝統工芸について学ぶ施設を想像するかもしれないが、実際のところは博物館のような要素は少ない。移転元が東京国立近代美術館の工芸館であるため、展示されている作品も明治時代以降のもので占められている。むしろ明治時代から現代の美術家たちによる美術作品や作品群のデザインを展示する美術館、と思うだろう。勿論、（主に）近代以降の作品や作品の...
Utatsuyama Iris Garden

3.5

16 Reviews

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Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Higashimikagemachi Utatsuyama Park Uchi

A Japanese iris garden located inside Utatsuyama Park. Built halfway up Mt. Utatsu, the garden is divided into three sections: the upper terraced Japanese iris beds, the middle consisting of Japanese irises and a stream, and the lower Japanese irises and a pond. The garden has been planted with 200 thousand Japanese iris plants spanning around 100 varieties, as well as some 2,900 bigleaf hydrangeas, and from mid-June to mid-July when they come into bloom, the garden is stunningly beauty.

金沢市卯辰山にあります、古くから市民の憩いの場として親しまれている卯辰山公園の中にあり、6月には見ごろを迎える花菖蒲、あじさいが見ごろです。
Great People of Kanazawa Memorial Museum

3.5

14 Reviews

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Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Shimohondamachi 6-18-4

Kanazawa, once the capital of Japan, has produced great numbers of pioneers in a wide variety of fields since the late Edo period. This museum introduces some of the most famous and celebrated of these personages. The standing exhibition on the second floor is divided into seven areas presenting the achievements and careers of people who have supported modern Japan. One of the areas features people requested by Kanazawa City elementary school students, and visitors can learn more about the things they have done and the way they lived. The museum also serves as a base for research concerning the great people of Kanazawa.

金沢21世紀美術館と市役所との間の道路を道沿いに南下するとあります。その名からわかるように金沢出身の著名人の功績が紹介されています。自分は台湾が好きなので八田與一に目が行きましたが、正直他はあまり知らない人物も多かったです。
Yaoyoroz Honpo

3.5

12 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Owarichou 2-14-20

A sort of miniature shopping mall comprised of several shops operating together inside a remodeled old townhome and former hardware shop in Owari Town, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The shops of Yaoyoroz Honpo carry popular Ishikawa traditional crafts and specialty products. Here you will find popular Ishikawa souvenirs combining tradition with innovative ideas, including Kutani ware porcelain featuring designs that look like pop art stickers and attractive items handmade by Noto artists. You’ll also find an abundant variety of merchandise feature Hyakuman-san, the official mascot of Ishikawa Prefecture.

金沢尾張町にあります、東茶屋街から少し離れていますちょつと変わったみやげ物屋です、少し変わった食品、瀬戸物、アクセサーリなど所狭しと並んでいます。
Kanazawa Yuwaku Edo-mura

4.0

9 Reviews

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Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Yuwakuarayamachi 35-1

This museum was opened in 2010 after three farmhouses, one samurai residence, two merchant residences, one post station town wholesaler’s residence, and one gate from a samurai residence were moved here from the former Edomura open air museum. The museum conveys the culture and history of Edo period Kaga Domain, centered in Kanazawa. The museum is divided into two zones – a merchant/ samurai residence zone and a farmhouse zone, and the museum’s structures are of immense historical value and have been variously designated as cultural properties by the national, prefectural, and city governments.

全てが国・県・市の文化財指定されている日本伝統建築物群の民家園。加賀、能登、越前から武家住宅・町屋・農家などの「民家」を移築しています。町屋と農家の移築民家園はいくつかは存在するが、武家住宅(中級以下の武士宅)と本陣(宿場町の本陣/問屋場)までも存在するのは、なかなか無い。日本民家園の佐地家遺構は、主屋の移築は適わず門・供待だけになっている。 (ちなみに佐地家主屋は、名古屋市東区の歴史古写真...
Gallery Mita (previously Mita store)

3.5

9 Reviews

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Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Owarichou 1-8-5

Gallery Mita is an art gallery located on National Route 159 in 1 Chome, Owari Town, Kanazawa City. Besides paintings and antiques, the gallery also sells local handicraft products. The gallery is housed in a Western-style building constructed in 1930; as relatively few of this style of building survive in Japan, it has been designated as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property. Gallery Mita also has its own café.

Delightfully retro gallery/shop for antiques! We felt very comfortable to browse and were compelled to purchase as the prices were super reasonable for high quality ceramics! We were lucky to meet...
Kanazawa Yuwaku Yumeji-kan Museum

3.5

7 Reviews

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Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Yuwakumachi I144-1

This art museum, opened in 2000, is dedicated to Yumeji Takehisa. Takehisa was deeply connected to Kanazawa and Yuwaku Onsen, and through his works and personal affects, visitors can learn more about his timeless artistry and humanity. The museum’s permanent collection looks at the theme of “Travel, Women and Beliefs” and introduces the artistry and humanity of Takehisa. The museum also holds around four special exhibitions each year.

湯涌温泉にお泊まりでしたら翌朝お帰りの前に立ち寄っていただきたい。入場料も割安で竹久夢二と3人の女性との関わり合いが説明されている。ショップで絵葉書を買って帰りました。

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Ishikawa Areas

Long, thin Ishikawa prefecture runs along the Sea of Japan up into Noto Peninsula. Highlights of the seaside towns lining the west coast include Kanazawa, often described as a "Little Kyoto" thanks to its old wooden tea houses and geisha culture as well as its picturesque Japanese garden, Kenroku-en.