Best Tourist Spots On Rainy Days In Ishikawa Prefecture

Here're best tourist spots where you can enjoy even it rains in Ishikawa Prefecture. Including 21st Century Museum and Kanazawa Umimirai Library, we selected the top ones from 'special places to travel in Japan' posted in City's Pride by travelers and the locals who have actually been to Ishikawa. And released the ranking for places you can enjoy inside.

Best Tourist Spots On Rainy Days In Ishikawa Prefecture [1-7]

1Kanazawa Umimirai Library

A City Library With Beautiful Dotted Windows

It has won some prizes such as '25 most beautiful libraries in the world'. Inside the library with windows like dots on the white wall, the 2nd and 3rd floor are very open for the stairwells. There're three different sizes for the windows and the sun light comes from them beautifully to wrap the room gently.◎To take pictures of the inside, you need to fill in the application and meet some conditions. You can use for free because it's a city library. Open: weekdays 10:00-19:00, holidays 10:00-17:00. Regular holiday: Wednesdays

221st Century Museum Of Contemporary Art Kanazawa

A Symbolic Art Of This Museum 'The Swimming Pool'

Leandro Erich's 'The Swimming Pool' is very attractive to take pictures! It's can be seen both from the ground and inside the pool, and you can see from the ground for free.◎Though it looks to be filled up by water, it's just a pool which is 10 centimeters in depth on the clear glass. Under the glass, there's a light blue room and you can enter it (need entrance fee).

3Mortorcar Museum Of Japan

Car Museum With 500 Famous Cars

A car museum filled up to the 3rd floor, such as old famous cars and Rolls-Royce that Princess Diana got in. If you aren't a big fan of cars, you can enjoy here at cafe and photo space.◎Access: 7min by car from JR Awazu. Travel to Kanazawa, Kaga Onsen and Noto from Kansai Region, use JR Gururin Pass.

4Rosanjin's Cottage, Iroha Souan

An Extraordinary Artist & Foodie Kitaoji Rosanjin Loved The Cottage All His Life

Although he had stayed here only for a short term, he was concerned here ' Iroha Soan' till his last years. In the building, his work-room and a study are left as they are, and his rare art works are exhibited. You can totally enjoy a world of Rosanjin.

5Suzuki Museum

Peaceful & Quiet Room For Zen

A worldwide Buddhism philosopher Daisetsu Suzuki who made zen culture popular in the world. Yoshio Taniguchi embodied his ideas, and the unique design is worth visiting for anyone not only the architecture fans.

6A Site Of Samurai House Nomura-ke

Fascinated With A Beautiful Japanese Garden. Two Michelin-starred High Class Samurai House

Fusuma doors with landscape paintings of the Kano school, shoji (papered) doors with glasses, and ceiling all made of Japanese cypress, the formal house has these wonderful workmanship. And, a garden won the third place of the best Japanese garden chosen by the garden specialized journal in America is worth seeing.

7Shima

A Fascinating Hanamachi Atmosphere Remains Here. An Important Cultural Asset 'Ocha-ya' With A Long History.

There's a lingering scent of old times here and there in this representative structure of 'ocha-ya', and you can feel like a time traveling to Edo period. Such an elaborately, gorgeously and dignifiedly made house in Higashi Chaya Machi had been once set as high valuation as Kyoto Gion. Feel the fascinating atmosphere.

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