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You can enjoy the cycle of the seasons at Kenroku-en much more than other Japanese Gardens! Spring cherry blossom, summer iris, autumn colored leaves and winter propped pine tree with snow, There're also illumination events in each season.◎Kenroku-en Garden is located in Kanazawa urban district, so you can visit here by bus. Parking lots are available for cars.
Name
Kenrokuen Garden
Address
1 Kenroku-machi, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map
Tel
076-234-3800
Hours
7:00-18:00,8:00-17:00
How to get there
10 min by bus from Kanazawa Station. By car, 30 min from Kanazawa Nishi (West) IC, 30 min from Kanazawa Higashi (East) IC, or 20 min from Kanazawa Morimoto IC.

Kanazawa's Great Spot For Photos! Higashi Chayagai Looks Excellent With KimonoHigashi Chaya District
Higashi Chayagai District is the largest one of the three Chayagai Districts in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. There're beautiful houses with traditional wooden fences and red walls. And they're very photogenic with Japanese Kimono! You can also enjoy lunch and cafe at Higashi Chayagai.◎I recommend to use rental kimono shop and walk in Higashi Chayagai in Kimono. I rented kimono at 'Kokoyui' this time.

'Swimming Pool' is one of the most famous works of 21st Century Museum Of Contemporary Art Kanazawa. On sunny days, the ripples reflect beautifully like this picture. When you take pictures, use continuous-shooting to make you look floating in the water.
Name
21st Century Museum Of Contemporary Art Kanazawa
Address
1-2-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map
Tel
076-220-2800
Hours
9:00-22:00
How to get there
10 min by bus from Kanazawa Station. By car, 20 min from Kanazawa Higashi IC, or 2.6 km from Kanazawa Station.
Parking
Toll parking area is available

One of the three chaya towns in Kanazawa, Kazue-machi chaya town has tasteful stone pavements and Sembon-koushi (wooden lattice windows). As soon as you enter the narrow alley, you can feel like a time travel to Edo Period. It becomes more tasteful in the season of cherry blossoms. You all shouldn't miss the scenery of both together in only spring.
Name
Kazue-machi Chaya District
Address
Kazue-machi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map

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
Name
Kanazawa Umimirai Library
Address
1-1 Jichu-machi, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map
Tel
076-266-2011
Hours
10:00-19:00 [Sat・Sun・Holidays]10:00-17:00
Closed
Wed
How to get there
13 min by bus from Kanazawa Station. 10 min by car from Kanazawa Nishi IC.
Parking
Parking area is available

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.

In the large sight, you can see nine buildings such as samurai residences, old stores and farm houses including the important cultural assets that were used in the domain of Kaga in Edo period. This is a valuable cultural facility shows a part of the culture of forceful domain of Kaga and life of ordinary people.
Name
Kanazawa Yuwaku Edo Mura
Address
35-1 Araya-machi Yuwaku, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map
Tel
076-235-1267
Hours
9:00-17:30
Closed
Tue

Nishi chaya-gai is one of the three chaya-gai districts in Kanazawa. It's smaller than others, there are the biggest number of geiko (young geisha) in fact. Some fashionable shops that you can meet only here. You may want to overreach yourself and walk in the district.
Name
Nishi Chaya District
Address
Nomachi, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map

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.
Name
A Site Of Samurai House Nomura-ke
Address
1-3-32 Naga-machi, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map
Tel
076-221-3553
Hours
8:30-17:30

Ono town is a soy sauce-producing center since Edo era (around 1600-1800) where tasteful houses stand in a line. Ono soy sauce is characterized by its taste of sweetness and good flavor. You can enjoy visiting factories, soy sauce sweets and shopping omiyage in this town like a theme park of soy sauce.
Name
Ono-machi
Address
Ono-machi, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map

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.
Name
Suzuki Museum
Address
3-4-20 Honda-machi, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map
Tel
076-221-8011
Hours
9:30-17:00
Closed
Mon

Korin-ji Temple is secretly becoming popular as a temple for success in one-wish. Any kinds of wish will be OK, but only one for one person. And the way of praying is also very unique. If you touch the White Fudo sitting in the garden, you can get a beautiful skin. So don't miss touching it!
Name
Korin-ji Temple
Address
1-3-15 Nomachi, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map
Tel
076-241-3905
Hours
9:00-16:30

In old time, a man Togoro washed yam here, then he found gold dusts. From such a story, 'a swamp (沢) to wash gold (金)' became 'Kanazawa (金沢). It doesn't run dry under a blazing sun in midsummer and overflow after a long rain. It's a mysterious spring always filled with clear water.
Name
Kinjo Reitaku
Address
1-3 Kenroku-machi, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map

A popular arch in the rose garden here. The crimson Uncle Walter in full bloom and colorful roses behind it are in full bloom. I felt the scent of roses even when I was wearing a mask.
Name
Kanazawa Minami Sports Park Rose Garden
Address
3 Togashi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa, JapanGoogle Map
Tel
076-220-2356
How to get there
10 min by car, from Nishi-Kanazawa Station

Benkichi Ohno's memorial museum has lots of his inventions. Everyone must be absorbed in 3-D puzzle and forget the time passing! Why don't you try?
Name
Ishikawa Prefecture Kanazawa Port Ohno KARAKURI MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Address
4-2-29 Ohno-cho, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map
Tel
076-266-1311
Hours
9:00-17:00
Closed
Wed

Peel art gallery with fluff art and vegetable and fruit skins. Cute and eco-friendly art. It was a photogenic space.
Name
HIMITO
Address
54, Nakakawayokemachi, Kanazawa, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa, Hokuriku, JapanGoogle Map
Tel
076-224-3730
Hours
12:00-
Fee
Adult 1000 yen、Child 300 yen
How to get there
10 min by car or taxi, from Kanazawa Station

At Rental Kimono Shop KOKOYUI, you can choose casual kimono from 150 kinds, and what's more, you can coordinate also Obi, Han-eri (collar), Obi-dome (accessary for Obi) and even Haori (jacket for kimono). I like the decorative tied Obi, so they can dress us very beautifully and carefully.◎The shop is located between Kanazawa Station and Omi-cho Market, and 7min walk from both of them. They prepare all things needed for kimono, so you can visit with empty-handed. You can take a reservation in HP.
Name
Kimono Rental Shop KOKOYUI
Address
1-3-39 Honmachi, Kanazawa-shi, IshikawaGoogle Map
Tel
076-221-7799
Hours
10:00-18:00
How to get there