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Street Spots in Around Higashi Chaya District Area

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  • Higashi Chaya District
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    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama
    The Chaya District is a usual sightseeing spot in Kanazawa, selected as a Japanese National Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings, and once a bustling entertainment area certified by the Kaga clan. It is located on the east bank of the Asano River in Higashiyama, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The old-fashioned town remains and along the main street and back alleys there are old town shops characterized by a lattice called “kimusuko”. Many of the stores currently are Japanese restaurants offering Japanese cuisine. In the evenings guests can hear the sound of the shamisen and taiko (Japanese traditional drums) coming from the houses, and feel elegant Japanese culture.
    Higashi Chaya District image
  • 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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  • Kyoka no Michi Street
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    Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Hashibacho
    A lane following the Asano River from the foot of the Asanogawa Bridge along National Route 359 to the Tenjin Bridge. The 600-meter-long lane follows the river’s south bank, and there stand a statue and a monument of Taki no Shiraito, heroine of Kyoka Izumi’s famous play, “Giketsu Kyoketsu.” Izumi lived in Shimoshin-cho in the Kazue-machi Chayagai located on the south bank of the Asano River. The Tenjin Bridge, the lane’s endpoint, also appears in “Giketsu Kyoketsu.” Covered in the shade of the surrounding buildings for most of the day, the lane matches the literary mood of the Izumi, whose works of fiction took Japan by storm, and many literature and opera fans make their way here.

    主計町茶屋街近くで生まれた作家の泉鏡花にちなんで名がついた浅野川沿いの遊歩道です。天神橋がスタート地点になっています。歩道沿いには歌碑や銅像などがあります。天気のいい日には気持ちよく散策できる場所でした。

    Kyoka no Michi Street image
  • Kuragari-zaka and Akari-zaka
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    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Shimoshinchou - Main town
    The two sloping roads stretching parallel from “Kazuemachi,” the chaya district of Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, are also a tourist attraction of Kanazawa. Both the narrow roads, which are shaded and dark even during daytime, are spots where visitors can feel the unique atmosphere of a back alley of the chaya district. It is said that the Kuragari-zaka used to be a way for wealthy shop owners to get to the entertainment district to avoid being seen. Akari-zaka was named by the writer Hiroyuki Itsuki, at the request of local residents and there is a column on which his words are engraved.
    Kuragari-zaka and Akari-zaka image
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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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