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 ...
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...
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 ...
Kanazawa Castle
Maeda Clan Castle with White Lead Roof Tiles
The castle of the wealthy Maeda clan, featuring beautifully reconstructed gates and turrets with ...
Nagamachi Samurai District
Atmospheric Streets Where Samurai Once Lived
A preserved samurai residential district with earthen walls, private gates, and narrow lanes. The...
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...
Wajima Morning Market
One of Japan's three great morning markets with over 1,000 years of history, where local vendors ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...