Travel / Tourism Spots in Kanazawa City Area
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- Takara En Ji
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3.05 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Takaramachi 6-14
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兼六園などの中心地からは離れているので、観光で訪れる人も少ない。お堂の中には大きな赤い仁王像があり、とても迫力がある。ひょうたん型で中にお釈迦様が見えるキーホルダーが売っている。
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- Kyokusui
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4.04 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Kenrokumachi
- The collective name for the small streams flowing through the Kenrokuen garden, considered one of Japan’s three most famous gardens along with Kairakuen Park in Mito and the Korakuen Garden in Okayama. Starting at the foot of Yamazakiyama, the 570-meter long stream system winds its way through the garden. The waters are so clear, you can see the bottom, and are supplied from the Tatsumi Canal, whose source in turn is the Sai River. The Tatsumi Canal is an important source of water in Kanazawa; waters drawn from It are fed into a settling basin in the garden to remove sediment, after which they are used to provide water for the garden’s trees and flowers. There are many highlights along the stream system, but the standout is the Hanami Bridge from which can be seen cherry blossoms, Japanese irises, and azaleas when in season. Many are also delighted by the views of fresh verdure in summer, fall foliage in autumn, and snowscapes in winter.
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兼六園では、その名のとおり園内のあちこちを曲がりながら水が流れています。10キロメートルほど上流の犀川から取水し、兼六園の沈砂池に入り、曲水を経て霞が池に流れ込み、さらに、翠滝や噴水となって園外へ下っていきます。よどみがないので水が綺麗です。
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- Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art Hirosaka Annex (Conservation and Restoration Studio of Cultural Properties)
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3.54 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Dewamachi 1-1
- This annex of the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art houses antique works of art affiliated with Ishikawa Prefecture and the Kaga Maeda family. The annex building was built in 1922 as the official residence of the commander of the Imperial Japanese Army’s 9th Division. Facilities include a multipurpose room, Japanese-style rooms with a broad veranda, and a museum room which provides introduces the work of past restoration projects. The building was used for a variety of purposes, including serving as an official residence for commissioned officers of the US armed forces after the war, and the Kanazawa Family Courthouse; its elegant entranceway still looks the same as it did when first constructed. The building was remodeled and refurbished in 2016 to house the Ishikawa Prefectural Conservation and Restoration Studio of Cultural Properties. In the museum room, visitors can watch videos of restoration work conducted on damaged works of art, and use touch panel exhibits to learn more about the work involved.
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This beautiful building was an official residence of commander. Now it is an annex of the prefectural museum. In this area (around Hirosaka intersection), there are many cultural facilities and good...
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- Noukabanzai the Shop Higashiyama
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4.53 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi
- This shop, opened in 2015, sells modern, new traditional crafts created by young artisans connected to Ishikawa Prefecture. The 66 square meter shop is filed with over 300 items. All are welcome, and the shop carries many relatively reasonably priced Kutani ware and Wajima lacquerware pieces perfect for everyday use.
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石川県の若手のアーティストの作品が置いてあります。九谷焼など、普段使いできるものがたくさん。ついついお土産に買っちゃいます。
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- Ochaya Art Museum, Former Nakaya, Cultural Asset designated by Kanazawa City
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4.53 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Higashiyama 1-13-7
- "This cultural museum conveys the teahouse culture of Kanazawa to the present time. The museum building is a typical teahouse that was actually used during the Edo period. The first floor is used for art exhibitions and displays the luxurious colorful hairpins once used by Geisha. The second floor is a spacious drawing room, with vivid blue and red walls. The courtyard has a beautiful ""suikinkutsu"" (a buried earthen jar that makes sounds due to dripping water), also not to be missed."
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ひがし茶屋街にあるお茶屋の建物のひとつです。部屋はいくつかあり、なかでも青く塗られた壁の部屋が印象的でした。内部の写真撮影は禁止です。
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- Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo
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3.53 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Utatsumachi To 10
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金沢市卯辰山にあります、金沢の優れた伝統工芸の継承発展と文化の振興を図るための工芸の研修施設です、この前の庭に金沢では珍しい梅林があり毎年写真を撮りに来ます。
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- Kanazawa Paulownia Craft Iwamoto Kiyoshi Shoten
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5.01 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Hyoutanmachi 3-2
- At the Ishikawa Prefecture Designated traditional crafts “Kanazawa Paulownia Crafts” store and studio is a charming town house with a sign saying “Kiri Hibachi (Paulownia brazier)” as its landmark. Kanazawa Paulownia Craft is charred paulownia wood bark covered in a rust mixture of polishing powder and lacquer and is characterized by patterns of gold or silver powder, called “Taka-Makie.” The most popular items are “Chokotto tray” which are decorated with a single, lovely makie design. In addition, tea ceremony items, paulownia braziers, ashtrays, sweet bowls and various paulownia craftworks are available. The nearest station is Kanazawa Station.
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柔らかくて傷がつきやすいけど驚くほど軽くて木目が美しい無臭の杉。杉に蒔絵を施した可愛さ絶品のちょこっとトレーが気に入りました。町家の古い日本家屋に絶妙なセンスの工芸品が並んでいます。レトロな音響から流れているのはぶらんぶらんの音楽！先端なのか伝統なのか。こちらの工芸品はセレクトショップにもよく置いてありますが選択肢が豊富なのでお店への訪問をお勧めします。店内は小さくてもステキな品が沢山あってとても...
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- Nakamura Shrine
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4.01 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Nakamuramachi 16-1
- This history-leaden Shinto shrine celebrated its 1,100th anniversary in 2009. The Haiden front shrine was once the Bugakuden (noh stage), which stood on the grounds of Kanazawa Castle’s outer citadel. Later moved here, it is one of only a very few of Kanazawa Castle’s original structures still standing and was designated a Tangible Cultural Property by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2004.
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金沢の犀川近くにある神社仏閣が集まるエリアの神社です。１０００年以上の歴史ある神社だそうで、拝殿は金沢町の能楽堂を移築したものだそうです。厳かな雰囲気を持つ神社でした。
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- Kurumiya
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4.01 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama 1-16-5
- This select shop is located in the Higashi Chaya District, in Higashiyama, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. It has more than 1,000 kinds of towels gathered from all over the country, ranging from women’s cute patterns to classic Japanese patterns and traditional patterns associated with old Kanazawa. It sells miscellaneous original Japanese products, such as colorful chopstick rests made from Mizuhiki cord, accessories and pouches. Also available are select retro paper accessories, which are popular souvenirs for tourists.
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ひがし茶屋街の細い路地にある日本手ぬぐいのお店。風情のある小さなお店の中には日本手ぬぐいがいっぱいです。色とりどりの素敵な絵柄が取り揃えられています。お店のオリジナルもあります。きっとお気に入りの1枚が見つかるはずです。ちなみに私は旅の思い出に加賀やさいの絵柄を選びました。
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- Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts
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- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kenrokumachi 1-1
- The Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts is dedicated to the collection of examples of Ishikawa’s handicraft traditions. The Museum is located next to the Kenroku-en garden (a popular tourist attraction), which can be accessed directly from the Museum’s West Entrance. Inside the Museum there are displays on 36 different traditional crafts, 10 of which are METI-designated Traditional Craft Industries. On Saturdays and Sundays, visitors can see demonstrations of various traditional crafts by expert craftspeople. The Museum also holds pottery-making experience activities and workshops of various kinds. The Museum is situated around 15 minutes’ drive from JR Kanazawa Station.
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- Gold Leaf Sakuda (Sakuda Gold & Silver Leaf Crafts)
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- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama 1-3-27
- Gold Leaf Sakuda is a long-established gold leaf workshop (with its own shop) that has been using traditional techniques to make beautiful, intricate gold-leaf products since 1919. Gold leaf making is a traditional craft in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, with 99% of all gold leaf produced in Japan being made in Kanazawa. Located around 100 meters from the famous Higashi Chaya-gai district, Gold Leaf Sakuda’s flagship store offers workshop tours and golf leaf application experience activities, enabling visitors to see for themselves the complex techniques used in golf leaf production. Gold Leaf Sakuda also has a wide range of souvenir gifts on sale, including not just handicraft items but also glassware and cosmetics products, etc.
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- Onosho-yosui canals
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- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Nagamachi
- This channel is a multipurpose water supply that is said to have played a major role in the construction of Kanazawa Castle in the old days. The channel extends 10 kilometers from its intake on the right bank of the Saikawa River above Sakurabashi, and it is an average of six meters wide as it flows across Naga-machi, passes through Nagadohe, and on to Showa-machi. Built more than 400 years ago, it is famous as Kanazawa's oldest water supply channel. It played an important role in the life of the castle town, defending the castle from enemies and from fire, and transporting wood when the snow melted. The section of the channel along Dohe is used for the water features of the gardens of elegant houses, and fireflies can be seen on its banks in the summer. The channel is a part of Kanazawa's traditional cityscape, and many households set up potted plants on benches along its banks.
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- Sanjikken Nagaya
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- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Marunouchi 1-1 Kanazawa Jo Park Uchi
- This two-tier, two-story tamon yagura gallery is located close to the inner citadel of Kanazawa Castle, one of Kanazawa’s most well-known landmarks. The Sanjikken Nagaya, Ishikawa Gate, and Tsurumaru Warehouse were the only structures to escape destruction in a fire on the grounds in 1881. Today, these structures are the important example of the castle’s architecture. The warehouse is roughly 48-meterlong, and it was originally used to store tableware but it is believed to have been used for storing weapons and ammunition in the late Edo period. Erected in 1858, the gallery has been designated an Important Cultural Property along with the Ishikawa Gate.
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- Sotobori Park (Otebori)
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- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi
- 1. 4-hectare Sotobori Park is located on the site where the moats of Kanazawa Castle originally were in the Edo period. The moat was later filled in in the Meiji period and today is a popular space for rest and relaxation among local residents and tourists alike. The moats were filled in one by one after the abolition of the feudal domain system, and now only the Otebori Moat remains. 430 meters in circumference, the moat’s embankment was reinforced in 1989 and a walking path built along it. Commanding a view in spring of the cherry trees blooming along Kanazawa Castle Park’s stone wall, this area is one of the top cherry blossom viewing spots in the park.
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- Yugaotei
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- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Kenrokumachi
- A teahouse standing on the east bank of Hisago Pond in the Kenrokuen garden. One of what were once four teahouses standing in an area formerly known as “Renchitei” (“Lotus Pond Garden”), the teahouse is believed to have been erected in 1774. The teahouse’ name is a combination of the word “yugao,” which is the Japanese name for the bottle gourd; and “tei,” which means “arbor or pavilion;” the elegant name is derived from an openwork depiction of bottle gourd flowers in one of its interior walls. In spite of its small size, the structure is designed so that it can be used for full-fledged traditional tea ceremony events. The oldest teahouse in the garden, at the present time visitors are not permitted to freely view the interior, but its exterior, unchanged since it was built, can be seen from a walking path a short distance away.
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- Kenrokuen Tourist Association
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- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Kenrokumachi 1-25
- An organization which was established by 12 teahouses located inside and around the Kenrokuen garden. The organization’s office provides a rest area and restaurant and also serves as a tourist information center in order to share with visitors the wonders of the world-class Kenrokuen garden. Standing near the Katsurazaka gate tollbooth, the Kenrokuen Tourist Information Center prides dedicated guided tours which are well-reviewed by first timers as well as those who have taken the tour multiple times and international tourists. Upon request, visitors can also get information on Kanazawa Castle Park and the sightseeing destinations in the surrounding area. Guided tours are provided daily excluding the end of year and New Year’s holidays; also great is the fact that individuals and small groups may freely join in. In addition, you can reserve a tour spot in advance over the Internet.
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- Kinjo Reitaku (Sacred spring)
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- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Kenrokumachi 1-3
- "This well hasa mystical legend behind it, located on the grounds of Kanazawa Shrine adjacent to Kenrokuen Garden. A quiet spring bubbles out of the foot of a hill called Ho-ozan, and according to legend, a man named Imohori Togoro was washing yams in the flowing water when gold dust came out of them. It came to be called the ""gold washing marsh"" (""kanearai no sawa""), which is said to be the source of the name Kanazawa. Nowadays, the spring is famous as a spot with mystical powers, and many tourists visit it along with Kanazawa Castle Park and Kenrokuen Garden."
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- Rokuto no Hiromi
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- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Teramachi 5
- “Hiromi” are what the wide, open spaces dotting the streets of Kanazawa are called. It is said they were made to provide protection from fires long ago when the town was first being built up. The Rokuto no Hiromi is said to be the largest hiromi in the city and it sprawls in front of the Myoryuji Temple, famously nicknamed the “Ninja Temple. Located in an area where few tourists visit, this place allows one to imagine what the ancient townscape once looked like. It is also said to have been used in ceremonies to welcome and send off the national government’s traveling envoys in the Edo period, and to turn around coaches as part of a strategy to lure enemies in times of conflict.
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- Nakanohashi bridge
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- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi
- A wooden pedestrian bridge spanning the river downstream from the Asanogawa Bridge. The foundations are concrete, but the upper part of the bridge is made of wood and engenders an elegant atmosphere. The bridge also famously appears in Kanazawa-born author Kyoka Izumi’s celebrated novels: “Kecho” and “Teriha Kyogen.” At night, the bridge is lit up and many tourists strolling the Higashi Chaya District stop by here. In the past, one had to pay one (ichi) “mon” coin to cross the bridge, and thus it was also known as “Ichi Mon Bridge.”
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- Saisei no Michi Street
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- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi
- A path following the Sai River and Asano River often used as a walking course by local residents. The tree-lined lane, extending from the Saigawa Bridge to the next upstream bridge, the Sakura Bridge, July 1 to August 31 was named after Muro Saisei, counted as one of the three great literary masters of Kanazawa. Cherry trees grow along the 400-meter-long lane, and in spring when they come into bloom, many visitors come here to view the flowers.
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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.
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