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  • Seisonkaku
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    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kenrokumachi 1-2
    Seisonkaku is a retreat which Nariyasu Maeda, the 13th lord of Kaga Province, built for his mother, Shinryuin, in 1863. It is located next to Kenroku-en Garden, a famous tourist place in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The building has been designated as a National Important Cultural Property and its garden as a National Place of Scenic Beauty. The two-storey building with a shingle roof features the Shoin-zukuri architectural style on the first floor and the Sukiya-zukuri architectural style on the second floor. The luxurious interior decorations, such as the Shoin-no-ma with its impressive purple walls and pastel ultramarine ceiling, as well as the drawing room with a beautiful colored ranma openwork screen are particular must sees.

    We really enjoyed walking round this house. If you have the day bus pass for tourists you can save 100 yen. They have lockers for your shoes and umbrellas.

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  • Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Ishikawa Prefecture
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    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Hirosaka 2-1-1
    "A reception hall created by remodeling the former Ishikawa Government Office built in 1924. The two beach trees on either side of the front entrance are a symbol of the facility; 300 years old, they are even included in the facility's name (""Shiinoki"" means ""beech tree""). Known as the Temple-shaped Beeches, these trees are also designated National Natural Monuments. The side of the building facing Kanazawa Castle Park is covered with floor to ceiling windows, giving it a more modern and fashionable aspect, and these windows are perfect spots from which to view the Kanazawa Castle wall when it is lit up at night. The facility has a restaurant and cafe and is frequently used to host events and exhibitions."

    金沢２１世紀美術館のすぐ北側にあるしいのき緑地にあります。昔は県庁だったそうで、まさにレトロモダンという雰囲気の建物です。朝で中は見学していませんが、無料で入ることができ、カフェなどもあるので休憩にもピッタリだと思います。

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  • Ishikawa-mon Gate
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    Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Marunouchi 1-1 Kanazawa Jo Park Uchi
    Full-fledged construction on Kanazawa Castle was begun in 1583 by samurai general Maeda Toshiie after the Battle of Shizugatake. The rear Ishikawa Gate, facing the Kenrokuen garden, was once known as the Karamete (“back”) Gate. Records state its current name is derived from the fact that it faces the direction of Ishikawa County, and today it is used by countless tourists as one of Kanazawa Castle’s main gates. The complex structure consists of the two–tier, two-story Ishikawa Yagura turret and multiple gates, and it is believed the purpose of this design was to slow enemies in the event of an invasion. At night, visitors can enjoy the beauty of the castle lit up by lights.

    金沢城の東側に位置する門で、石川橋で兼六園につながっています。なかなか立派な門ですが、これでも裏門なんですね。お堀通りを歩きながらちらっと見学したので、門よりも櫓のほうが存在感がありましたが、一体的になかなか良かったです。

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  • Shiguretei
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    Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Kenrokumachi
    One of the six teahouses located in the Kenrokuen garden. The teahouse existed from the time Maeda Tsunanori, fifth lord of Kaga Domain, created the Kenrokuen, and it is believed that it was primarily used for conducting the tea ceremony. The 10 and eight tatami mat rooms on the garden side and the connecting enclosure have been restored based on original ground plans. Until the original teahouse was demolished in the early Meiji period, it stood in front of where the garden fountain is now; the teahouse was rebuilt in its current location in March 2000. Today, visitors can enjoy matcha green and sencha green teas here for a small fee. Many people stop by to have a cup of tea and a Japanese confection while strolling the garden.

    700 Yen and 10 minutes later we got to sit down, drink a cup of tea and eat piece of cake. There is nothing happening, no ceremony, no ambience, just a big room and a bow when the tea is brought.

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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.

    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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  • 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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Ishikawa Kanazawa City Around Kenrokuen Garden
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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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