Spots in Kanazawa City Area
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- Imai Kinpaku Main Store
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4.018 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Saiwaimachi 7-3
- This long-standing gold leaf specialty shop was established in 1898. Facing Saigawa-odori Avenue and located close to the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa and the Kenrokuen garden, the shop sells gold leaf materials and gold leaf crafts and also holds a variety of workshops. The shop’s most popular workshop is its gold leafing activity, which lets you handle real gold leaf just one 10,000th of a millimeter thick. Under the tentative guidance of an instructor, you can make your own gold leaf hand mirror, small bon tray, postcard, or badge, the perfect opportunity to make a memory of your trip to Kanazawa that will last a lifetime. The gold leaf ice cream activity, in which you apply gold leaf to a soft serve ice cream cone, is also popular.
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街中あちこちに金箔ソフトクリームはありますが、金箔やさんが出しているだけあってか、近江町市場、駅前よりも少し安い気がします。金箔味は正直分かりませんが、名物なのでとりあえず話のネタに食べてみてもいいかも。
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- Kasumigaike Pond
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4.516 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Kenrokumachi
- This pond is located in the center of the Kenrokuen garden, considered one of Japan’s three most famous gardens along with Kairakuen Park in Mito and the Korakuen Garden in Okayama. The largest of the garden’s ponds, its surface area is 5,800 square meters and it is 1. 5 meters deep at its deepest point. The expansive, secluded pond serves as a symbol of the garden, and the colors of its waters vary depending on the position from which one is looking. Many of the garden’s most famous sights are found here, including the Kotoji Stone Lantern, Nijibashi Bridge, Karasaki Pine, and the Sazaeyama hill. The primary walking path around the pond is without hills and incorporates universal design principles, ensuring that even wheelchair users can leisurely traverse the path. Visitors can enjoy the seasonal views along the path.
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C’est le plus grand étang de Kenroku-en et il est situé en plein centre du parc. C’est un très bel endroit pour prendre de belles photos.
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- Nagamachi Yuzen Kan
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4.016 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Nagamachi 2-6-16
- This Kaga Yuzen dyeing studio is operated by Chibeni, a dyer established some 200 years ago during the early Edo period. Here visitors can see a variety of Kaga Yuzen kimono and other craft articles made by Ikko Teranishi, the seventh head of a Kaga Yuzen dyeing family; in addition, visitors can also try actual Yuzen dyeing themselves. The facility also has a shop where you can purchase original and exclusive Yuzen-dyed items.
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The exhibits may seem faded and old, but they show an age old tradition and beauty that is the very essence of Japan. The silks are beautiful.
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- Shinmeiguu
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4.015 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Nomachi 2-1-8
- "A Shinto shrine dedicated to the goddesses Amaterasu Omikami and Toyouke-hime Omikami standing along National Route 157, a 10 minute drive from JR Kanazawa Station. Counted as one of Japan's Seven Shinmei Shrines or one of Three Shimei Shrines. The shrine provides worshippers with protection from evil and misfortune and, since ancient times, has been nicknamed ""Oshinmei-san."" The shrine's Himachi Festival and Aburimochi Shinji, regular spring and autumn festivals have been held for over 300 years. A giant Japanese zelkova tree on the shrine's grounds is some 1,000 years old and is the biggest such tree in the prefecture."
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金沢市の繁華街の南側の犀川を超えた幹線道路沿いにあります。車通りが多い通り沿いですが、一歩境内に入ると静かで、人も自分以外はいない状態でした。悪事災難厄除けに御利益があるあぶり餅神事が有名だそうですが、そのイベントと関係ない訪問だとやはり樹齢1000年という大ケヤキに存在感を感じますね。
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- Utatsuyama Iris Garden
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3.516 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- 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.
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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。
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- Hosenji Temple
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3.515 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Koraimachi 57
- This Buddhist temple is counted as one of Japan’s three greatest Marici (Buddhist goddess of war) temples, alongside the Tokudaiji Temple in Tokyo and the Zenkyoan Temple, a sub-temple of the Kennin-ji Temple, in Kyoto. The temple enshrines a statue of Marici which was used as a protective charm by the samurai general Maeda Toshiie, the first lord of Kaga Domain. Standing at the midpoint of Mt. Mukaiyama in what would be the unlucky “kimon” northeast of Kanazawa Castle, the temple was built by Kaga Domain’s chief vassal Toda Shigemasa on the order of Maeda Toshinaga, the second lord of the domain. The grounds offer a sweeping view of the homes along the Asano River as well as the Higashi Chaya District. The five pine trees standing on the temple grounds served as material for a novel written by Kanazawa-born author Kyoka Izumi. The temple is also famous for its sunsets, and even Japanese literature researcher Donald Keen once praised the scenery visible from the site.
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素晴らしい眺めは望めます。 お堂の扉が開いていたので、上がらせて頂きお経を読んでいると、どなたかが様子見に来られましたが、わざとらしい足音をたてながらそのまま母屋に戻られました。 泥棒かどうかを見に来られたんでしょうね。 何か他に対応なかったんでしょうか？
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- Nousaku
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4.512 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Hirosaka 1-1-60
- A long-standing lacquerware shop in Hirosaka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa which has operated continuously for eight generations since 1780. The shop carries an abundant variety of items, including traditional Kaga makie gold and silver lacquerware and Kanazawa Shikki lacquerware as well as Yamanaka-nuri and Wajima-nuri lacquerware, Ishikawa Prefecture specialty products. Floors one through three are stocked with items which can be used every day like chopsticks, bowls, and cups, as well as tea ceremony goods and flower vases. A café and sweet shop is situated on the fourth floor, and here you can enjoy a cup of coffee, matcha green tea with a tea cake, or sweet matcha cream zenzai red adzuki bean soup.
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The lacquer ware at Nosaku is exquisite and beautifully displayed. The shop is like a museum. Prices are surprisingly reasonable. The gentleman presiding was in earnest conversation with an artisan...
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- Naga-machi Buke Yashiki Kyukeikan Rest House
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4.014 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Nagamachi 2-4-36
- "A tourist information facility located in the Nagamachi Samurai District in Kanazawa City where visitors can take a break and go to the bathroom. Although built with iron, stainless steel, and other modern materials, the facility's atmosphere is wholly that of a traditional samurai estate. The facility has a tourism pamphlet area and exhibition corner and you can learn about the history and culture of the area or take a break and rest in between exploring the town. ""Maido-san"" volunteer sightseeing guides are always on hand, so feel free to make use of their services and get guidance on the Nagamachi neighborhood."
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金沢市の繫華街の西側にある武家屋敷跡エリアにある休憩スペースを兼ねたインフォメーションセンターのような場所です。このエリアに来るまで少し繫華街から歩くので休憩にいいです。自分は個人行動が好きですが、ガイドもいるので解説が欲しい方はお願いするのもいいと思います。
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- Site of Nagamachi Samurai Residences
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- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Nagamachi 1
- The site of Nagamachi Samurai Residences are the manor ruins of middle-class samurai in the Kaga clan, and its ”Komogake” straw supports made for protecting the earthen wall from snow are a winter tradition in Kanazawa. There is an air of romance in the yellow, earthen wall with its shingled roof, and the Nagayamon gate with its samurai window. ,You can get a taste for what life was like back then by stopping by the Nomura Family Samurai Residence, which is open to the public.
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- Kotoji Stone Lantern
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4.512 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Kenrokumachi
- This stone lantern serves as a symbol of the Kenrokuen, counted as one of Japan’s three most famous gardens. The two-legged lantern can be found by walking from the toll booth at the Katsurazaka gate on the Hyakumangoku-dori Streetside straight towards Kasumigaike Pond. 2. 67 meters tall, the lantern is a modified version of a “yukimidoro” three-legged lantern used to light up the surface of a pond, and only one of its legs stands in the pond’s waters. It is said that its name is derived from its appearance from behind, which resembles the bridge of a Japanese koto zither; although spelled with different characters, “kotoji” is the term for a koto bridge. The view in the fall encompassing the lantern, the Nijibashi Bridge spanning the Kyokusui meandering stream connecting to the pond, and the autumn foliage makes for a spectacular commemorative photo. Depending on your timing, you may encounter a line of photographers waiting to take just such a picture.
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兼六園内にあります、日本三名園の一つ兼六園のシンボルです、霞が池の北岸に配された琴柱灯籠、名前の由来は足が二股になっておりそれが琴の糸を支えることじに似ているのでその名がついたと言われる。
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- Kazuemachi Chaya District
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- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kazuemachi
- The Chaya District near “Asanogawa-ohashi Bridge” in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture is also where the mansion of Toda Kazue Shigeie of the Kaga clan once stood. The area flourished as a pleasure quarter from the Meiji era to before the war and still today is a town of many town houses with latticed windows and cobblestones. There are a variety of Japanese restaurants and tea houses, as well as café bars reusing the old town houses and at dusk visitors can hear the sounds of shamisen coming from the houses. This is the town that became the stage of Hiroyuki Itsuki’s novel, and there are many spots related to the literary master Kyoka Izumi who was born in neighboring Shimoshin Town.
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- Great People of Kanazawa Memorial Museum
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3.514 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- 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.
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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。
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- Nishi Chaya District
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- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Nomachi
- This area once flourished as a licensed chaya (traditional place of feasts and entertainment by geisha) district of the Kaga Clan and is still an area with Japanese restaurants and geisha houses lining the streets. It is located on the west side of “Saigawa River” in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The chaya style town houses with impressive lattices line the streets, and the atmosphere of traditional pleasure quarters refusing first-time customers without introduction remains. It is the town where the Taisho period novelist Seijiro Shimada, who wrote the best-selling novel “On the Ground” at the age of 20, spent his childhood. In the “Nishi-Chaya Museum,” visitors can see material on Seijiro Shimada and a reproduction of a Japanese style room of chaya.
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- Yaoyoroz Honpo
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3.512 Reviews - Leisure / Hobbies
- 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.
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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。
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- Fountain
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4.010 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Kenrokumachi
- A fountain fed by Kasumigaike Pond in the center of the Kenrokuen garden. The fountain’s waters jet 3. 5 meters into the air and are powered by the natural water pressure created by a difference in height with the pond’s surface. The fountain was constructed at the end of the Edo period. Records state it was constructed in part to test a method for bringing water into the outer citadel of Kanazawa Castle, and the facility provides a glimpse into the technological capabilities of the time. It is thought that water was piped from the Tatsumi Canal, which penetrated into the garden, from in front of the Nijibashi Bridge via a pipe built into the Ishikawa Bridge. The fountain is a highly unusual feature for a Japanese garden and is also thought to be the oldest in Japan.
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この噴水は霞ヶ池を水源とし噴水の高低差を利用している自然の水圧で噴水が上がっている霞が池の水位により噴水の高さ決まる、この噴水は日本最古の噴水です。
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- Owari-cho Citizen's Culture Museum
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3.512 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Owaricho 1-11-8
- This cultural hall is an Ishikawa Prefectural Registered Tangible Cultural Property. The facility uses a bank building dating from 1907. The exterior is finished with black stucco, while the interior uses white stucco in a beautiful mixed western and Japanese style, and the gallery holds exhibitions with a different main theme set every two months.
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近江町市場からひがし茶屋街方面に歩いて行くと道沿いにありました。平日は開いてないそうで外観だけの見学となりました。かつては銀行だったそうで、個人的な印象の銀行建築とは違いましたが、味わいはあっていい雰囲気の建物でした。
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- Nakashima Menya Main Store
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3.511 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Owarichou 2-3-12
- This traditional toy store is located in Owari-cho, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. This a long-established store was founded in 1862, originally selling theater props and masks. It began selling Kaga dolls and traditional toys later. The store prides itself on its lovingly-made handmade toys, and with the “Kaga-hachiman okiagari” motif based on Kaga-hachiman tradition, their toys are considered auspicious in the way that they rise up again, no matter how many times they fall. Inside the store is a corner where customers can experience painting Kaga-hachiman okiagari toys themselves. (Charges apply.)
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金沢駅から徒歩約18分の距離にあります。今回はひゃくまんさん人形をGetすべく来店。幸いにも店頭に1点在庫があり無事購入することが出来た。 お店は昭和を感じさせるレトロな作りではあるが歴史を感じさせる作品が並んでいる。 張り子のひゃくまんさんなのでとても軽くお土産の品としては良いかもしれない。
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- Terume Kanazawa
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- Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Matsushimamachi 17
- A hotel with a bathhouse using only water for a natural hot spring source located a one minute drive from the Kanazawa-nishi Interchange on the Hokuriku Expressway. The hotel's baths are filled with water from a sodium chloride spring which is gentle on and beautifies, and smooths the skin. The hotel has 10 different bath varieties, including a lie down bath, medicinal bath, and waterfall shower bath, in addition to a large group bath and outdoor bath. The bathhouse area also has a women's only rest area and offers a full array of spa treatments. Floors four through seven of the hotel are occupied by the 114 guest rooms, which range from single rooms to Japanese-style rooms; hotel guests can use the bathhouse for free. Wi-Fi is offered throughout the entire hotel facility.
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- Hisago Pond
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- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Kenrokumachi
- A gourd-shaped pond sprawling on the west side of the Kenrokuen garden. The area was once known as “Renchitei” (“Lotus Pond Garden”), and it is believed that creation of the Kenrokuen, counted as one of Japan’s three most famous gardens, began in the vicinity. The pond’s name literally mean “gourd” and was given to it because of its shape. Walk around its banks and you can take in a variety of views so different from each other you wouldn’t think they all involved the same pond. There are two big and small islands in the pond modeled after legendary islands of youth and longevity and mountain wizards, and these, along with the Kaisekito six-tier stone pagoda standing on the center island, are popular photography spots.
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兼六園の西側の出入り口である真弓坂口。ここから兼六園に入ると、まず瓢池がありました。池の周りは、見事な木々に囲まれていて、５月の新緑がこの瓢池に映っていて、とてもきれいでした。 瓢箪の形をしていることから瓢池と名付けられたそうで、新緑の美しさに加えて、高さ6.6メートルの翠滝から流れ落ちる水の音もまた、素敵にに響き渡っていました。
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- Hishi Yagura /Gojikken Nagaya /Hashizume-mon Tsuzuki Yagura /Hashizume-mon
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- Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Marunouchi 1-1 Kanazawa Jo Park Uchi
- This collection of structures, a symbol of Kanazawa Castle Park, was newly restored in 2001. Its total area spans 1,900 square meters. Like the Ishikawa Gate and Sanjikken Nagaya, it is covered with lead roof tiles and so-called Namako walls. The three-tier, three-story Hishi Yagura and Hashizume-mon Tsuzuki Yagura turrets are connected by the two-tier, two-story Gojikken Nagaya gallery. It is believed the structures would have been used to protect the outer citadel in battle, and features such as ports for dropping rocks and lattice windows with gaps sized for guns, as well as its outer wall designed to prevent against fires attest to its defensive strength. It is the largest of any such structure in Japan built as part of a wooden castle from the Meiji period onward. The structure operates as a museum facility and incorporates universal design principles up to the second floor, including a stair lift and elevator.
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二の丸広場があり、五十間長屋などが建っているところから三の丸広場へと向かうと、橋爪門を通りました。 橋爪門は、二の丸の正門にあたる門です。高麗門形式の「一の門」、石垣と二重塀で囲われた「枡形」、櫓門形式の「二の門」からなる枡形門で、枡形は城内最大の大きさなんだそうです。金沢城にいくつもある門の中で、一番かっこいいなあと思いました。なお、この橋爪門は平成27年に再建の工事が終わったばかりなんだそ...
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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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