Travel Destinations in Ishikawa

Kanazawa

A preserved castle town with Kenrokuen Garden, samurai districts, geisha quarters, and 99% of Jap...

Kanazawa Higashi Chaya District

Kanazawa Higashi Chaya District - Edo-Era Geisha Quarter

One of Japan's best-preserved geisha districts, featuring Edo-period wooden teahouses, gold leaf ...

Kenroku-en

One of Japan's Three Great Gardens

Considered one of Japan's three most beautiful landscape gardens, known for six attributes of an ...

Myoryuji (Ninja Temple)

A Temple of Hidden Traps and Secret Passages

A fascinating temple built with hidden staircases, trap doors, and secret passages as defensive m...

Kanazawa Castle

Maeda Clan Castle with White Lead Roof Tiles

The castle of the wealthy Maeda clan, featuring beautifully reconstructed gates and turrets with ...

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art

Kanazawa's Round Contemporary Art Museum

A striking circular glass museum by SANAA architects, famous for its interactive Swimming Pool in...

Nagamachi Samurai District

Atmospheric Streets Where Samurai Once Lived

A preserved samurai residential district with earthen walls, private gates, and narrow lanes. The...

D.T. Suzuki Museum

Contemplative Museum for a Zen Philosopher

A quiet museum in Kanazawa devoted to the Buddhist philosopher Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, built arou...

Wajima Morning Market

One of Japan's three great morning markets with over 1,000 years of history, where local vendors ...

Omicho Market

Kanazawa's Covered Food and Fish Market

A covered market in central Kanazawa with about 170 shops selling fresh seafood, produce and prep...

Oyama Shrine

Shrine with a Three-Style Shinmon Gate

A Kanazawa shrine dedicated to Maeda Toshiie, known for a front gate blending Japanese, Chinese a...

Nishi Chaya District

Kanazawa's Smaller Western Teahouse District

The smallest of Kanazawa's three former geisha teahouse districts, in the Nomachi area west of th...

Chirihama Nagisa Driveway

Beach You Can Drive a Car On

A stretch of firm sand beach in Hakui where cars, motorcycles and bicycles can drive directly alo...

Kanazawa Station

Rail Gateway with the Wooden Tsuzumi-mon Gate

Kanazawa's main rail hub, noted for the large wooden Tsuzumi-mon gate and the glass Motenashi Dom...

Kazuemachi Chaya District

Riverside Teahouse District on the Asano River

A former geisha quarter of latticed teahouses along the Asano River, quieter than the nearby Higa...