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Tourism Policy Section, City of Kanazawa 1-1-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8577 JAPAN Tel:076-220-2194 Fax:076-260-7191 Extraordinary beauty [ Tourist Information Websites ] and artistry at every turn. Kanazawa City Tourism Association Go deeper into Kanazawa’s fascinating past and vibrant visitkanazawa.jp present through the city’s remarkable artisanal crafts and Kanazawa Tourist Information Guide Search unparalleled culture. Replete with dozens of museums, preserved houses and shops, thriving geisha districts, and visitkanazawa KANAZAWA Shirakawa-go of course, Kanazawa Castle and Kenrokuen Garden, Takayama TOKYO Kyoto Nagoya Kanazawa o ers something for everyone. Osaka
植物油インキを使用しました。 2020.3 Kanazawa Castle Town Town with real Geisha performers Kanazawa’s traditional Kanazawa – Town with a mixture performing arts There is a saying in Kanazawa of old traditions and new culture that goes “Utai (the chanting of a Noh text) falls down from the The castle town of Kanazawa was built by the Maeda family of the sky.” Ever since the olden days, Kaga clan in the late 16th century. The Maeda family promoted the Noh plays have been enjoyed city’s development by arranging samurai and townspeople’s by samurai, merchants, and residential areas and the temple districts around Kanazawa Castle. even by gardeners. You would Kanazawa then grew to become Japan’s largest castle town, ruled by often hear someone humming a feudal lord who invested heavily in culture and education as a verse from a Noh play while opposed to military force, in an attempt to create a sophisticated, walking down the street in traditional culture. Kanazawa was Japan’s fourth-largest city at the Kanazawa, which is where the time, behind Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. above saying comes from. The Modern-day Kanazawa is one of the largest castle towns in Japan and unique Kaga Hosho Noh plays retains many streets and cultural elements from the olden days and the Subayashi musical owing to the fact that the city has escaped damage caused by war or accompaniment have been major disasters for a period of over 400 years. Kanazawa’s unique passed down through the charms include the tourist spots of Kanazawa Castle, Kenrokuen generations, and remain part Garden, the long-established sh market, teahouse districts, the of citizens’ lives to this day. samurai district and tradesmen towns, as well as its traditional culture Kanazawa is also known as one such as crafts, entertainment, and food. of Japan’s leading cities for Geisha performers. The tea Along with its history and culture, today’s Kanazawa also has new ceremony, an essential part of attractions including the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, samurai culture, has also Kanazawa, which attracts attention from home and abroad, and grown in popularity as a way to districts that are home to fashionable gallery shops. casually enjoy tea. Experience the city of Kanazawa that combines tradition with new culture. Kanazawa’s traditional arts and crafts
arrangements, serving up dishes The Kaga clan provided home of a number of art forms, and table manners in addition to su cient protection and including Kaga Yuzen, gold leaf, the ingredients. Kanazawa is also training to enable art and craft and lacquerware. In recognition known as the home of Japanese techniques to ourish under of its thriving arts and crafts, confectionery due to the fact that their rule. Kanazawa is the city was appointed the rst a number of famous sweets were Welcome to Kanazawa! renowned in Japan as a city of UNESCO Creative City of Crafts created in the city, and where the crafts and is the established and Folk Art of Japan in 2009. tea ceremony is very popular. A city that prides itself in the colors of greenery, and in its re ned traditional Kenrokuen Garden throughout the four culture - and at the same time incorporates seasons, in the clear water of the Saigawa modern elements as it continues to and Asanogawa rivers, in its abundant develop. This is the city of Kanazawa. Fresh ingredients and exceptional cooking techniques
Kanazawa’s food culture shrimps from the Sea of Japan, as Kanazawa bene ts from its well as locally produced Kaga location facing both the sea and vegetables. Kanazawa’s rich food mountains, with an abundance of culture aims to delight all of your fresh ingredients available. These ve senses using its advanced include seafood such as crabs and cooking techniques and
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You can enjoy the Japanese school students and younger: free Here you can experience everything Hakucho-ro Str. 白鳥路 b atmosphere of its beautiful landscaping b076-221-0751 related to Kaga yuzen: view exhibits, Bunka Hall ! Gyokusenin 6 百万石通り 文化ホール Oyama Jinja Maru Garden Kenrokuen-shita at any time of year. shop, watch hand-painting jVNj Shrine 玉泉院丸庭園 兼六園下 Seisonkaku Villa 成巽閣 尾山神社 v x7:00 am - 6:00 pm from Mar. 1 to Oct. 15, ❻ demonstrations, try your hand at Hishi-yagura / ( Hyakumangoku Dori Ave. jC 21st Century Museum Art, of Contemporary Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Garden Castle Kenrokuen and 8:00 am - 5:00 pm the rest of the year This villa was built about 140 years stencil dyeing, get dressed in a jC Gojikken Nagaya Nj 9 jC xv 菱櫓・五十間長屋 jC- ) c - v l$ ' 1 Open year-round ago by the 13th lord of Kaga, as a kimono (reservations required), or go v Ishikawa-mon 7 The Fourth High school vAdults ¥320 / Children ¥100 retirement residence for his mother. for a stroll wearing a Kaga yuzen Korinbo Tokyu ●❹ Gate - jV jV Memorial Museum of Cultural - Kenrokuen Square = 石川門 jC ( b076-234-3800 It incorporates two di erent styles of kimono (reservations required). jV 香林坊東急 Exchange,Ishikawa - 石川四高記念文化交流館 X? k. Garden 21st Century Museum of - スクエア ❶ Mhttp://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/ architecture. As there are very few x9:00 am - 5:00 pm cWednesdays(A - Shiinoki Cultural Complex, ● - jC Imori-bori 兼六園 Contemporary Art, Kanazawa daimyo family residences that have holiday is removed), Dec. 29 - Jan. 3 lR 3 Ishikawa Prefecture ●❸ ●❾ " " 13 石川県政記念しいのき いもり堀 金沢21世紀美術館 jV k. jC v Kenrokuen Garden remained intact, this villa is highly vAdults ¥310 / Children ¥210 jZkF - 迎賓館 " 木倉町通り kF ' ● l% Korinbo - kS Hirosaka 兼六園 This museum allows you not only to unusual. b076-224-5511 Kiguramachi- l& " Daiwa Dept. Store / ATRIO - dori● 香林坊 広坂 vSDFGH look at modern art from all over the x9:00 am - 5:00 pm cWednesdays (or the ™ j< 香林坊大和・ - " National Crafts Museum(Sched- アトリオ #k. ●❽ world, but also to experience it, thereby next day if Wednesday is a holiday), Dec. 29 - Kanazawa ! Ishiura Jinja Shrine Kanazawa Medical Ctr. City Hall 石浦神社 ●❼ 金沢医療センター " uled to open in summer of 2020) Korinbo / Kata-machi Naga-machi deepening your understanding. Jan. 3 vAdults ¥700 / High school and jV l( " " 4 金沢市役所 ●❶ 8 8 ! ●❻l' 国立工芸館 lE Nj ) x10:00 am - 6:00 pm (until 8:00 pm on junior high school students ¥300 / 12 Pref.Noh Theater " 2 Tate-machi Shopping Promenade - - ●❷ - 県立能楽堂 ( Fridays and Saturdays) cMondays (or the Elementary school students ¥250 National Crafts Museum (o cially, Katamachi jV j< E jC タテマチ商店街Kanazawa Furusato E Kanazawa Folklore Museum " Kanazawa b076-221-0580 片町 jV kG 金沢くらしの博物館 next weekday if Monday is a holiday), Dec. 29 the Crafts Gallery of the National kD Ijinkan Museum = Hondanomori Hall ● 本多の森ホール kS( Castle Park - Jan. 3 vAdmission fee for permanent Mhttp://www.seisonkaku.com/ Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) will kF 金沢ふるさと偉人館 kS Honda-no-mori Park kG The Kanazawa E 本多の森公園 Kanazawa Castle Park 7 ❹ kH 金沢城公園 exhibition: free / be relocated to Kanazawa, and will Theatre l) Kodatsuno- Dori Ave. - ●❺ jC b076-220-2800 Gyokusen’inmaru Garden ❼ Museum for Traditional Products be the rst national museum of art 金沢歌劇座 9 kS # Kanazawa Naka ' Pref.History Museum ) Mhttp://www.kanazawa21.jp/ 金沢城公園 / 玉泉院丸庭園 and Crafts 石川県立伝統産業工芸館 along the west coast of Japan. Police Station 県立歴史博物館 小立野通り " - - jV 金沢中署 Kanazawa Castle Park is a park established With its many traditional crafts, such National Crafts Museum is Japan’s z< ❷ Pref. Museum of Art 石川県立美術館 by the Maeda family of the Kaga Domain. as Kaga yuzen dyed silk, Wajima only national art museum specializ- j< Exhibits a wide range of art, including Full-scale construction of the castle began lacquerware and Kutani ceramic ing in crafts, and over 1,900 art and Saigawa " ( Kanazawa Station / Owari-choMusashigatsuji antique art related to Ishikawa more than 400 years ago. ware, Ishikawa is said to be a treasure craft items (or about 70% of the 犀川 3 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa / Prefecture, crafts and paintings by Many of its buildings were burned down house of crafts. Here you will see collection of the current Crafts ( artisans with a connection to Ishikawa. in repeated res, but several structures, displays of these crafts and the tools Gallery in Tokyo), including ceramics, ( Kenrokuen Garden and Vicinity Please take your time and look around such as Ishikawa-mon Gate and Sanjikken used to make them, as well as lacquerware, textiles, and metalwork, Accessb information About 3 min. walk from Kenrokuen-shita Kanazawa Station Bus Terminal at many of the most superb works in Nagaya, are still standing; others are manufacturing processes. will be relocated. bus stop to Kenrokuen Garden Japan - some of which have been being restored with historical accuracy. x9:00 am - 5:00 pm cThursdays (only the 兼六園口（東口）(Kenrokuenguchi Higashiguchi) East Gate One can summarize the attraction of present-day Kanazawa Bus stops The Nishidake Family Garden Stop Via Kenrokuen Garden/Kanazawa Castle Park as “coexistence of modernity and tradition” . designated as national treasures and Gyokusen’inmaru Garden existed until the third Thursday of the month from April to 7 important cultural assets. abolition of the feudal domain system, November), Dec. 29 - Jan. 3 vAdults ¥260 / “Gyokusen-en Garden” 兼六園下・金沢城 Kenrokuen Garden/Kanazawa Castle Park Kanazawa Loop Bus Stop For example, by simply venturing a little distance away x9:30 am - 6:00 pm cDec. 29 - Jan. 3, and was restored in March 2015. Seniors 65 years and over ¥210 / Children 17 西田家庭園「玉泉園」 6 “Joka-machi Kanazawa Shuyu Bus” 広坂・21世紀美術館 All busses pass by "Kenrokuen Garden/Kanazawa Castle Park" from the downtown area that bustles with young people, periods of exhibit change xSame as Kenrokuen Garden cOpen years and younger ¥100 b076-262-2020 This strolling garden featuring a Stop Hirosaka / 21st Century Museum 6 and "Hirosaka / 21st Century Museum" you can come across a streetscape dating back several vAdmission fee for permanent exhibition: year-round vAdmission for Hishi-yagura, pond is 120 years older than Higashiyama Kazue-machi / Utatsuyama Adults ¥370 / University students ¥290 / Gojikken-Nagaya, Hashizume-mon ❽ Kanazawa Noh Museum/ Kenrokuen Garden. 4 centuries. This is the area that symbolizes the attraction of High school students and younger: free Tsuzuki-yagura, and Hashizume-mon: Adults Kanazawa Crafts Hirosaka Shop Here you can enjoy a matcha tea present-day Kanazawa. The 21st Century Museum of b076-231-7580 ¥320 / Children ¥100 金沢能楽美術館／金沢クラフト広坂 ceremony in Kanazawa’s oldest tea Kanazawa The World of Tea Contemporary Art, Kanazawa exhibits a wide range of Mhttp://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/ bMSame as Kenrokuen Garden This museum, you can see valuable room. (Reservation required at least 01 lessons material about Kanazawa's three days in advance.) Tea ceremony, part of traditional Japanese culture, modern art by artists from all over the world; you can spend ❺ Nakamura Memorial Museum traditional Noh. The Shop, you can x9:00 am - 5:00 pm( 9:00 am - 4:00 pm from is not simply making matcha tea, but rather a a long time there without tiring of the exhibits. Kanazawa 中村記念美術館 see unusual traditional crafts such as Nov.21-Dec.24) cWednesdays (or the next comprehensive art uniting the architecture of the Kodatsuno Nodayama Castle Park is a symbol of Kanazawa's traditional culture, The museum has a collection of about Kaga inlay, Kaga mizuhiki (ribbon-like day if Wednesday is a holiday), closed from tea room, tea utensils that are works of art in 600 pieces, including excellent paper decorations) and Kaga y Dec.25 to Feb.28 vAdults ¥700 / High themselves, and a connection to Zen. and Kenrokuen Garden was created as the castle garden by tea-ceremony works of art and interior shing hooks. school students ¥600 / Elementary and Through Japanese tea ceremony, one can learn No-machi Tera-machi furnishings. The collection mainly x10:00 am - 6:00 pm cMondays (or the middle school students ¥500, Matcha tea etiquette and spirituality. successive generations of lords, beginning more that 300 5 years ago. As one of the three most famous gardens of consists of art/craft objects donated by next weekday if Monday is a holiday) periods ¥800 (no reservation required) / Tea As the art of tea ceremony was required learning the Nakamura family, who run a sake of exhibit change, Dec. 29 - Jan. 3 ceremony ¥2,300 (reservation required) for samurai, Kanazawa actively conducts Japan, it attracts many tourists. brewing company. Some pieces have vKanazawa Noh Museum: Adults ¥310 / b076-221-0181 Japanese tea ceremonies, and even today This area, in which newness and traditional culture coexist, been designated as important cultural Seniors 65 years and over ¥210 / High school matcha tea is readily available to be enjoyed. Kenrokuen Garden 兼六園 At the Nishidake Family’s Gyokusen-en Garden, if you make a reservation at least three days in is truly representative of modern-day Kanazawa. ❸ assets. Visitors can enjoy a bowl of students and younger:free(Kanazawa Crafts This garden originated more than 300 powdered green tea while admiring the Hirosaka Shop:free) bTel.076-220-2790 advance, you can drink matcha tea while watching a Japanese tea ceremony with an English years ago as the garden of the secondary garden. explanation. residence of the feudal lord of that time. x9:30 am - 5:00 pm cDec. 29 - Jan. 3, Information ' Korinbo / Kata-machi / Naga-machi Recommended Sightseeing Spots Area map 武蔵ヶ辻 x Open hours c Closed v Admission b Telephone number M Website ! lT 14 0 100 200 300m Korinbo ❺ Naga-machi Buke Yashiki Kyukeikan 2 / 香林坊 achievements of Daisetz Suzuki, a stores to high-end shops. There is a Showa Odori Ave. Kanazawa Rest House 長町武家屋敷休憩館 prominent Buddhist philosopher best restaurant mall on the eighth oor. Bunka Hall Naga-machi Buke ( x Yashiki District 金沢市文化ホール 百万石通り This facility was built as a base for known as D.T.Suzuki, and is also a 10:00 am - 7:00 pm (8th- oor restaurants E jV Ishikawamon 長町武家屋敷跡 Nj 石川門 sightseeing in the Nagamachi area. place for self-re ection. open until 9:00 pm) 昭和大通り ●❷ jC Hishi-yagura / ' Hyakumangoku Dori Ave. ●❶ Everybody is welcome to come in and x9:30 am - 5:00 pm cMondays. (or the cWednesdays b076-220-1111 Motoguruma ● Gojikken-Nagaya xv 菱櫓・五十間長屋 元車 ) - use the lounge and washrooms, view next day if Monday is a holiday) periods of " v v Tate-machi Shopping Promenade ●❽ ● The Fourth High school 21st Century Museum Art, of Contemporary Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Garden Castle Kenrokuen the exhibits, and obtain tourist exhibit change, Dec. 29 - Jan. 3 Adults j< Kanazawa Memorial Park Ishikawa The Fourth High school タテマチ商店街 Nj 1 information. ¥310 / Seniors 65 years and over ¥210 / jC●❺ ● いしかわ四高記念公園 Castle Park jV jV Memorial Museum 金沢城公園 Korinbo "/ Kata-machi of Cultural Exchange,Ishikawa x9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Mar. 16 - Nov.), 9:30 High school students and younger: free With about 400 meters of fashion and ●❻ Korinbo - kF = Mikage-ohashi lR 石川四高記念文化交流館 am - 5:00 pm (Dec. - Mar.15) b076-221-8011 sundry goods shops, cafes, etc., !香林坊／片町 TokyuSquare -k. - Kata-machi 香林坊 Oyama Jinja Shrine 尾山神社 Saigawa RiverDFGHJ jC jC 13 3 ❶ cOpen year-round vfree of charge Tate-machi is Kanazawa's trend-set- 東急スクエア Nj jC= l% 片 町 中央通り jV ● - Kenrokuen This shrine is dedicated to the rst b076-263-1951 ting area, bustling with fashionable jC ●❹ jZkF '- kS l& ●❸ Korinbo - 兼六園 lord of Kaga, Maeda Toshiie. Inlaid young people. 犀 川 " jC Chuo Dori Ave. 香林坊 glass in the uppermost section of the j< #k.™ kS- Kanazawa City Hall ! Ashigaru Shiryokan Museum " 新橋 金沢市役所 Kanazawa Noh Museum/ three-tiered gate gives it an exotic jV - 8 8 l( 金沢市足軽資料館 ) jV Kanazawa Crafts Hirosaka ShopkS appearance. Shin bashi Bridge jZ 12 Nj 金沢能楽美術館/金沢クラフト広坂 - " - jV lE 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa xyear-round cOpen year-round Two ashigaru (foot soldiers, the lowest jV j< Korinbo / Kata-machi Naga-machi jV k. 金沢21世紀美術館 jV Kata-machi jZ vfree of charge b076-231-7210 rank of samurai) residences from the ● kG 2 ●❾ 片町 jV Kanazawa Furusato Edo period were relocated and Ijinkan Museum ❷ Naga-machi Buke Yashiki District j< - 金沢ふるさと偉人館 kS E jQ reconstructed in this museum. " jV 7 Naga-machi " 長町武家屋敷跡 The stones placed on the roof recreate " Nishi Chaya Shiryokan ' 4 The Kanazawa Theatre l) Nishi Inter Museum 金沢歌劇座 ' -9 長 町 ❽ Naga-machi Yuzenkan (Yuzen Silk Odori Ave. - Kanazawa Naka Police During the Edo period, the the atmosphere of the era. XM西インター大通り西茶屋資料館! Saigawa Ohashi Bridge 西インター大通り 犀川大橋 Station Ctr.) 長町友禅館 jV ●❼ middle-class samurai of the Kaga x9:30 am - 5:00 pm Nishi Chaya District " " 金沢中署 ❻ Nomura Samurai House 野村家 j< Domain resided here.. Here you can tour a Kaga yuzen cOpen year-round vfree of charge にし茶屋街 野町広小路 " The narrow alleys, earthen walls, and This is the former mansion site of the workshop, or try your hand at coloring b076-263-3640 kSNj Nomachi 5 hirokoji kS Nagaya-mon Gate all retain the Nomura family. For successive silk. You can also have your picture " ( Remains of the Takada Family " appearance of ancient times. generations they were high ranking taken wearing a kimono, or rent a " ( Kanazawa Station / Owari-choMusashigatsuji o cials under the Maeda Family. kimono. Reservations required. House ( j< 3 Korinbo / Kata-machi / Naga-machi and Vicinity ❸ Maeda Tosanokami-ke Shiryokan Inside the building you can see a x9:30 am - 5:00 pm cTuesdays, 旧加賀藩士高田家跡 b Museum 前田土佐守家資料館 ceiling made completely from cypress, Wednesdays and during winter (Dec. to Open to the public, here you can see This museum displays weapons, art along with painted sliding doors, and Feb.)v¥350 / Silk coloring ¥4,400 / Wear a the restored Nagaya-mon Gate from Access information About 3 min. walk from Korinbo bus stop and craft items, letters, etc. belonging a garden with both 400 year old kimono ¥1,300 / Kimono rental ¥4,400/day the Edo period. to Naga-machi Buke Yashiki District Kanazawa Station Bus Terminal to the Tosanokami family, chief Bayberry trees and a meandering b076-264-2811 Inside the residence are a strolling The area that comprises Ishikawa Prefecture, where Kanazawa Bus stops 兼六園口（東口）(Kenrokuenguchi Higashiguchi) East Gate vassals of the Kaga clan. Visitors have stream surrounded by magni cent garden and pond, vestiges of the Edo Kanazawa Loop Bus is located, Toyama Prefecture to the east, and Fukui Prefecture Stop free access to a lounge facing the stones. ❾ Kata-machi Area 片町界隈 period. 香林坊 Korinbo 6 “Joka-machi Kanazawa Shuyu Bus” All busses pass by "Korinbo" to the west is called Hokuriku. Korinbo/Katamachi is the Stop Stop Stop small garden, conveniently located for x8:30 am - 5:30 pm (From October to With its many bars and Japanese-style x9:30 am - 5:00 pm 片 町 Kata-machi 8 9 10 and "Katamachi" largest commercial area in Hokuriku. With its concentration of resting after a stroll. March closing time is 4:30 pm) pubs including "shot bars" specializ- cOpen year-round vfree of charge various kinds of people and shops, it is the most important x9:30 am - 5:00 pm cperiods of exhibit cDec. 26 - 27, Jan.1-2 vAdults ¥550 / ing in local sake, this is the busiest b076-263-3640 Higashiyama Kazue-machi / Utatsuyama change vAdults ¥310 / Seniors 65 years High School students ¥400 / Junior high downtown area in Hokuriku. To fully 4 center for both people and products in this area. If you are enjoy a night in Kanazawa, spend it in and over ¥210 / High school students and and Elementary students ¥250 Kanazawa Japanese-style Pubs walking around looking for a place to have lunch or dinner, or younger: free b076-221-3553 Kata-machi. “Izakayas” to have tea, this is probably the area where you can enjoy b076-233-1561 02 lessons yourself the most. People looking for typical Kanazawa dishes, Shinise Kinenkan Museum “Izakayas,” restaurants that ❹ serve alcohol and food, are very or those who miss the tastes of their home country can 老舗記念館 common in Japan. Kodatsuno Nodayama probably nd the type of restaurant they are looking for here. The Nakaya pharmacy, which was There are many izakayas around established in 1579, was moved to Korinbo and Kata-machi, and Of course, this area is also recommended for shopping, and for this location and reconstructed as a after work or on weekend No-machi Tera-machi museum. It contains furnishings from nights, the area is brimming people who want to spend an evening in Kanazawa enjoying 5 Seseragi-dori Street some good drinks. If you go a little beyond the commercial when the old shop was in business, as with people going out to drink well as items that show the せせらぎ通り with co-workers and friends. district, you can walk through Naga-machi, an area that brings merchants' culture of the time. This street is lined with cafés and Be sure to experience these to mind the streetscape of samurai days. In this area there are x9:30 am - 5:00 pm ❼ D.T. Suzuki Museum 鈴木大拙館 Daiwa Dept. Store / Atrio general stores. Japanese-style pubs, where you 香林坊大和・アトリオ can pair Japanese cuisine such also samurai residences and museums that evoke the lifestyle cperiods of exhibit change The D.T.SUZUKI MUSEUM is an ideal With the Kuratsuki Canal owing vAdults ¥100 / High school students and place for visitors both inside and This is a long-established department along the side, you can enjoy the as fresh sashimi with sake and of the feudal period, so if you are interested in samurais and younger: free outside Japan to deepen their store that has all kind of shops in it, sounds of the stream as well as the beer, all at a reasonable price. their culture, you should de nitely go and have a look. b076-220-2524 understanding of the ideas and from well-known local sake and craft beautiful scenery. Information : Uchinada Kanazawa Station / Musashigatsuji / Owari-cho : Kanazawa Higashi I.C. Area map 内灘 Recommended Sightseeing Spots 金沢東IC x Open hours c Closed v Admission b Telephone number M Website 0 100 200 300m jV Kanazawa Station / ' The mall includes restaurants and a pm) cDec. 29 - Jan. 3 vAdults ¥310 / ❾ Nakashima Men-ya 中島めんや Kanazawa Station (- 金沢駅 IRいしかわ鉄道 ) j V movie theater as well. Seniors 65 years and over ¥210 / High Nakashima Men-ya is a long-estab- 金沢駅 jV IRIR IshikawaIshikawa RailwayRailway Ave. Odori Higashi - 東大通り - x10:00 am - 9:00 pm cOpen year-round school students and younger: free lished store which creates and sells YUIOP< Hokuriku北陸新幹線 Shinkansen jMjZjN'k. Bridge Ohashi Nakajima Higashi Odori Ave. (some individual stores may close) v076-232-3066 Kaga Hachiman Oki-agari dolls, Kaga - 中島大橋 b076-265-8111 Ningyo dolls, Kaga Shishi Gashira, and Kanazawa ●❸ jV - Port Gate(West Gate) jV jV Kanazawa traditional toys. You can try 広岡 金沢港口 0 jV Nakajima- Ohashi Bridge kY jV k. （西口） ●❷ 21st Century Museum Art, of Contemporary Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Garden Castle Kenrokuen your hand at making decorating a Hirooka jC 0 jV Higashi Inter-odori kP Kenrokuen ●❶ l= ! 1 Kaga Hachiman Oki-agari doll as well. jV jV jV Gate(East Gate) jV j< 2 x9:00 am - 6:00 pm cTuesdays jV 兼六園口 Machi-Nori" ●❷ （東口） " " ' kF Head "Office 彦三大橋 3 - kP E kH " k. Musashigatsuji vKaga Hachiman Oki-agari dolls まちのり事務局 " ( 12 kO jV ❶ Kanazawa Station 金沢駅 Decoration Trial lesson ¥880 (reservation - jV " Hikoso Ohashi●❼ Bridge 東インター大通り 武蔵ヶ辻 Pref-Ongaku-do Hall kG 1 b 県立音楽堂 jV ●❽ The design of 'Motenashi Dome', the required) 076-232-1818 Showa Odori Ave. 4 Rifare 13 kF リファーレ symbol of the station's East Plaza, kOkG represents an umbrella pro ered to Yokoyasue-cho Shopping Street 北陸本線 jV - kG kG jN jC jV dori Ave. ' Kazue-machi (b visitors to Kanazawa. In front, there is 横安江町商店街 昭和大通り - - JR Hokuriku Main Line ) ● 六枚 Hikoso O彦三大通り 主計町 ❼ Ame-no Tawara-ya Shop - Yokoyasue-cho a wooden gate that represents a hand This historical shopping street is Asanogawa-ohashi Rokumai 横安江町商店街 Musashigatsuji Omi-cho Market 近江町市場 あめの俵屋 - - XV Shopping Promenade drum. The underground plaza is ❹ located between Kanazawa Station ● jV Korinbo / Kata-machi Naga-machi l! 武蔵ヶ辻 浅野川大橋 equipped with Internet terminals, and A favorite place for food shopping This shop sells a healthy kind of candy and Musashigatsuji. 2 jV- Musashi DFGHJ ( - ) a large multivision sign that displays a among Kanazawa residents, this made from rice and barley, with no The street features an assortment of Meitetsu M'za Dept. Store lY15 武蔵 ! ' めいてつエムザjZ ●❾ - ●❻ Asanogawa-ohashi variety of images. This is the place to market consists of about 170 shops additives whatsoever. The nutritious stores, such as variety stores, co ee - 1 l" Owari-cho Owari-cho < jN gather information before going on a selling fresh sh, vegetables, etc. Jiro-ame (soft honey-like candy) is the shops, and old specialty stores. ❺ Omi-cho Ichibakan Market Plaza 2 Kanazawa Station / Owari-choMusashigatsuji 7 b 3 Kanazawa Station / 近江町いちば館 ( Adjacent to the Omi-cho Market, this ' ( Musashigatsuji / Owari-cho and Vicinity building houses 37 shops including Access information About 2 min. walk from Musashigatsuji restaurants and fresh produce stores. bus stop to Omicho Market Kanazawa Station Bus Terminal Meboso Hachirobei Company x1F 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Varies by shop), (Kenrokuenguchi Higashiguchi) East Gate The glass dome of Kanazawa Station has the nickname Bus stops 兼六園口（東口） ❷ Kanazawa Hyakubangai 金沢百番街 2F (Restaurant oor) 11:00 am - 11:00 pm, 目細八郎兵衛商店 of "Motenashi Dome". Motenashi means "welcoming" or Stop76 Via Hashiba-cho This is the shopping and restaurant B1F (produce and daily commodities oor) This long-established store has been 尾張町 Owari-cho "entertainment"; it is a word that indicates good section of JR Kanazawa Station. Here 9:00 am - 8:00 pm cOpen year-round in business since 1575. Stop3 Stop8 Stop9 Stop10 Via Korinbo Try your hand at playing the koto treatment of guests. The dome expresses the hospitality you will nd all kinds of souvenir b076-231-3323 ❽ Using the delicate art of Kaga y 武蔵ヶ辻・近江町市場 Kanazawa Loop Bus 15 1 Stop6 Musashigatsuji/Omi-cho Market “Joka-machi Kanazawa Shuyu Bus” Higashiyama Kazue-machi / Utatsuyama of the citizens of Kanazawa, who kindly greet and send items, including traditional crafts and This shop manufactures and sells shing lures originating from the Edo Japanese confectionery. There is also kotos. From January to March, visitors period, this shop today produces 4 o people who come to visit the rainy city, in the hope a post o ce and a tourist information can make a reservation to try playing feather accessories made from shing center that can provide service in lures. Kanazawa Owari-cho, that they will not get wet when starting their journey. the koto free of charge (no xed time the Merchant Town Omi-cho Market, said to be the "kitchen of the citizens English. limit). x9:30 am - 5:30 pm cTuesdays 03 lessons xANTO (souvenir shops): 8:30 am - 8:00 Koto Sangen Nodaya ［琴三弦野田屋］ vMaking a Kaga y shing lure broach: of Kanazawa", is located in Musashigatsuji. About 300 In the Edo period, Owari-cho, pm / Restaurants: 11:00 am (some 10:00 x10:00 am - 6:00 pm ¥2,000 (reservation required) made up of merchants and years old, it is crammed with rows of seafood and am) - 10:00 pm cSundays, Dec. 29 - Jan. 3 b076-231-6371 artisans, was the main section Kodatsuno Nodayama vegetable shops. Looking around at all of the produce, xANTO Nishi(Supermarket, b076-221-2870 of Jokamachi Kanazawa. Restaurant,etc)7:00am-11:00pm(It di ers Chomin Bunkakan Community The old townscape from the you will get a sense of the market's unique vitality. according to the store.) Center 町民文化館 past still remains today. No-machi Tera-machi xRinto (stylish items, clothes, etc.): 10:00 ❻ Kanazawa Phonograph Museum This cultural center was built as a bank There are several stores that Owari-cho, which was once inhabited by merchants and 5 金沢蓄音器館 craftsmen, has many old shops that are still in business. am - 8:00 pm(varies slightly depending on in 1907. have been in business since the the shop) cJan. 1 only b076-260-3700 This museum has a collection of 600 x9:00 am - 5:00 pm Edo period, and from the You can enjoy the taste of such treats as old- phonographs, including Edison cWeekdays, 12/29 – 1/3 outside, you can see handmade fashioned confections and tsukudani (various foods ❸ Kanazawa Forus 金沢フォーラス models, most of which still work, as vfree of charge b076-222-7670 displays of “merchant culture” passed down from previous boiled down in soy sauce). The atmospheric street that A large, indoor shopping mall located well as 30,000 SP records. There are right beside Kanazawa Station. Enjoy three demonstrations a day that you generations in a few show goes from Owari-cho to the Kazue-machi Chaya District your time shopping indoors with can listen to and compare sounds. windows. by the Asanogawa River is the perfect place for a stroll. stores lined with the newest trends. x10:00 am - 5:30 pm (last admission 5:00 Information ' Recommended Sightseeing Spots ( - Area map Higashiyama / Kazue-machi / Utatsuyama - x Open hours c Closed v Admission b Telephone number 東大通り Higashi Odori Ave. : Kanazawa Higashi I.C. M Website - 0 100 200 300m Higashiyama 金沢東IC - Yamanoue 山の上 ] " ] / 東 山 a middle-ranking samurai of the Kaga Ohi ceramics were made for successive - - Domain. generations of the Kaga clan, and have a - " - 深谷温泉 The outstanding works of Kurando, history of about 330 years. The museum Moriyama-kita ( 金沢森本IC " " who was also an artist, are on display. exhibits pieces ranging from superb 森山北 " 2 Hakuza Gold Leaf Shop " kD 箔座 You can also walk through the garden. works made by the rst Ohi master to 城北大通り Fukatani Hot Spring " Kanazawa Morimoto I.C. 彦三大橋 " ! . Higashi Inter Odori Ave. x9:30 am - 5:00 pm (last admission 4:30 pm) contemporary masterpieces. k 東インター - " 12 " Johoku Odori" Ave. 21st Century Museum Art, of Contemporary Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Garden Castle Kenrokuen 大通り - cDec. 29 - Jan. 3, periods of exhibit change x9:00 am - 5:00 pm Hikoso Ohashi Bridge " " " v c " 1 Adults ¥310 / Seniors 65 years and over Periods of exhibit change " " ¥210 / High school students and younger: vGeneral (high school students and older) 3 " " " " " " free b076-224-2789 ¥700 / Elementary and junior high school " " kH Kazue-machi - " " " ❶ Gold leaf application ❸ Higashi Chaya District students ¥500 b076-221-2397 Kazue-machi 11 Utatsuyama Temple District 主計町 Chaya District ( - " " ひがし茶屋街 b 東山 " " 卯辰山山麓寺院群 Ninety-nine percent of Japanese gold 主計町茶屋街 " jC Higashiyama ! This popular tourist area beside the Hikoso 彦三大通りOdori Ave. " leaf is high-quality leaf produced in SFAHJ ひがし茶屋休憩館 " jC Ak jC ●❶ Higashi Chaya" Kyukeikan Kanazawa. Here you can watch the Asanogawa River features rows of old Nakano-hashi Nakano- ●❽" ! jV 中の橋 Rest House hashi " process of making gold leaf of a geisha houses that give a feel for what jC ! 中の橋 " Higashi Chaya District thickness of only 0.0001 mm, and try Kanazawa was like in bygone days. jC - "" N ● ) 4 ひがし茶屋街" ●❺ ●❸ Korinbo / Kata-machi Naga-machi your hand at gold leaf application. ! kJ 浅野川大橋 ' Utatsuyama Ak Ak ● " " ASDFGHJ - kD Asanogawa Ohashi Bridge ●❷ Reservations required. 卯辰山 2 l" Owari-cho - jC Kanazawa Bungeikan Ak Tokuda Shusei ●❼ [Sakuda Gold Leaf Shop] - 橋場 jV ●❹ 尾張町 kS 金沢文芸館 Monument = ［金銀箔工芸さくだ］ Hashibal#k. jC 徳田秋聲文学碑 Ak Utatsuyama Ak - Ak kG " kG kS b xTimes for do-it-yourself gold leaf kP 10 5 梅ノ橋 v " - - b Ume-no 卯辰山 卯辰山公園 Hashi Bridge - kG Hanashobu-en application: 1) 9:00 am ~ 2) 10:30 am ~ ❼ Utatsuyama Park - jVkG " ! " - b Osaki Jinja Taki-no b Garden 志摩 天神橋 - 3) 1:00 pm ~ 4) 3:00 pm ~* Time required: This park, which extends along the base Shima (Geisha House)Shrine ●❾ Shiraito Monument AsanogawajC River Izumi Kyoka Kyoka 花菖蒲園 尾﨑神社 jV 滝の白糸碑 Tenjin Bashi Bridge 1 hours Limit of 50 people (Reservations of Mt. Utatsuyama, a ords a good view This typical geisha house, constructed ●❻ Literature Monument Monument 泉鏡花句碑 - - required) cOpen year-round of Kanazawa. From the lookout point on di erently from other houses, has been - j< 浅野川 - " vFrom ¥600/person for one time (includes the summit, called 'Bokodai', one can perfectly preserved, and is open to the cost of materials) + shipping cost see the whole city, and on clear days public as a cultural asset of national j< 6 Kanazawa Station / Owari-choMusashigatsuji b076-251-6777 ❹ Asanogawa River 浅野川 there is a view of the Japan Sea. The importance. You can enjoy a cup of b 3 Higashi Chaya District / Kazue-machi / There is something delicate about the park is also popular for its night view. powdered green tea in 'Kanson-an', a ( scenery around Asanogawa River. tearoom inside the building (fee ( Access information Utatsuyama and Vicinity Walking on the street along the river, charged). About 4 min. walk from Hashiba-cho you will notice the close relationship x9:00 am - 6:00 pm Closes at 5:00 pm bus stop to Higashi Chaya District Kanazawa Station Bus Terminal during winter (Dec. to Feb.) cOpen Higashi means "east", utatsu means "east-southeast"; that local residents have with it. 兼六園口（東口）(Kenrokuenguchi Higashiguchi) East Gate year-round Bus stops Stop6 Via Hashiba-cho the names of the Higashi Chaya District and Mt. Utatsu vGeneral (high school students and older) 橋場町 Hashiba-cho Kanazawa Loop Bus (Utatsu-yama) derive from the fact that they are located in ¥500 / Elementary and junior high school “Joka-machi Kanazawa Shuyu Bus” an easterly and east-southeasterly direction, respectively, students ¥300 b076-252-5675 Higashiyama Kazue-machi / Utatsuyama as seen from Kanazawa Castle. 懐華樓 Kaikaro (Geisha House) 4 The Higashi Chaya District is one of three chaya districts in ❷ Shamisen playing Enjoy the beautiful, bright interior Kanazawa. Its streetscape, which has maintained a strong The shamisen is an indispensable ❽ Yasue Gold Leaf Museum decoration of this restored 200- Kanazawa Walk Through the Utatsuyama instrument in the geisha district. You 安江金箔工芸館 year-old geisha house, which Temple Area feudal-period atmosphere, is still throbbing with life. 04 lessons are o ered a chance to play one in Explanation of the process on how gold harmonizes tradition and originality. Tea One of three temple areas in For example, in the evening, under the lights of the houses, this time-honored shop. leaf is made and which tools are used to is available. Kanazawa. Kazue-machi Chaya District Kodatsuno Nodayama you might be lucky enough to meet a group of geisha girls. [Shamisen no Fukushima] ❺ create it. Through art and craft works, x10:00 am - 5:00 pm With several small, winding paths 主計町茶屋街 you can experience the world of 0.0001 cClosed irregularly These are not meant as an attraction for tourists; they are ［三味線の福嶋］ designed to protect against x10:00 am - 4:00 pm cSundays and This area near Asanogawa River mm thin gold leaf. vAdults ¥750 enemy invasions, the atmosphere de nitely one of the sights of modern Kanazawa that have features a cobblestone street lined x9:30 am - 5:00 pm (last admission 4:30 pm) b076-253-0591 holidays, 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, of the Edo period still lingers at No-machi Tera-machi year-end and New Year's, Obon holiday with old buildings: high-end Japanese cDec. 29 - Jan. 3, periods of exhibit change this mountain temple. remained throughout the city's long history. The Higashi 5 vAdults ¥310 / High school students and Geisha District is an area where you can see and experience v¥500 (includes shamisen playing, restaurants, bars and inns. Be sure to Away from the hustle and bustle, powdered green tea and dry confectionary) check out the beautiful glass bench at younger: free / Seniors 65 years and over the peaceful view of the small for yourself the traditional culture of Kanazawa. b076-252-3703 the nearby Hashiba-cho bus stop! ¥210 b076-251-8950 paths and roofs covered with Mt. Utatsu is a mountain that Kanazawa citizens are familiar black tiles is especially beautiful ❻ The Old Site of Mr. Kurando ❾ Ohi Family Ceramics Studio, Kiln in the evening. with as a place to relax that is close to the downtown area. Terashima’s House of the Tenth Heir Ohi Chozaemon This is one of Kanazawa’s You can go there in the spring to enjoy its cherry blossoms, 寺島蔵人邸 and Ohi Gallery little-known travel locations. and in the fall to enjoy its crimson foliage. The residence of Kurando Terashima, 大樋焼本家窯元・十代大樋長左衛門窯・大樋美術館 Information Area map No-machi / Tera-machi Furusato Ijinkan Kata-machi 0 100 200 300m 片町 No-machi Tera-machi Q Q 野 町 寺 町 j< 4 / Nishi Inter Odori Ave. ' Yoshiro and Yoshio Taniguchi Museum : Kanazawa Nishi I.C. - " of Architecture, Kanazawa 偉人館 ふるさと 金沢西IC XM西インター大通り Saigawa Ohashi Bridge ' - ! 犀川大橋 谷口吉郎・吉生記念金沢建築館 " " = < 9 " b z ●❷ jN Basho Literature Nishi Chaya District k. 野町広小路 Saisei-no michi Street kSjC - Monument - Nomachi 5 にし茶屋街 Nishi Chaya 芭蕉句碑 犀星の道 Shiryokan Museum hirokoji 21st Century Museum Art, of Contemporary Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Garden Castle Kenrokuen SDFGHJ 西茶屋資料館 X> " " 1 - - ●❺ ●❹Saigawa River ( ●❶ " 11 j< " kG " lW ●❸ " ! b " "v Tera-machi Dori Ave. jC kF " 犀 川 Hokutetsu jV " Shogetsuji " 6 Ishikawa Line Temple-no Sakura" No-machi / Tera-machi and Vicinity )" " 10 北陸鉄道 松月寺の桜 南大通り lQ kY - " ! " 石川線 " Sakura Bashi Bridge Nomachi Station " " "jC 桜橋 Tera means "temple". As the name indicates, there are about 野町駅 " " - " - " 寺町通り v : Tsurugi - " 70 temples in Teramachi. About 400 years ago, temples that 鶴来 W-zaka kF Tera-machi " - W坂 ! " " Temples and Shrines " " were dotted around the city were moved to Teramachi and " " Minami Odori Ave. " 寺町寺院群 - " Korinbo / Kata-machi Naga-machi " - " the base of Mt. Utatsu. Myoryuji Temple, known by its " Tera-machi " X} - 2 - Shoseien Garden nickname of Ninja Temple, will probably surprise you with " 寺町鐘声園 " Izumi " - - 野田山・大乗寺 its various contraptions. The sound of bells at dusk also 泉 j< " Nodayama / Daijoji ] makes a deep impression on visitors. ( " xv " " x Open hours c Closed v Admission kF Recommended Sightseeing Spots b Telephone number M Website 鶴来 高尾 ❶ Myoryuji Temple (Ninja Temple) Here, in addition to purchasing and 妙立寺（忍者寺） trying your hand at decorating Kutani Takao ' : Kanazawa Station / Owari-choMusashigatsuji Famous for its nickname, this temple ware, one of Kanazawa’s traditional crafts, : Tsurugi has many contraptions such as you can watch its production process. 3 hidden staircases and oor traps to defeat attacking enemies. ❹ Saigawa River 犀川 xWeekdays: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Weekends The Saigawa River is called the “male Access information & national holidays: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (9:00 river” because of its powerful current. From the Hirokoji bus stop →About 3 min. walk to Nishi Geisha District Kanazawa Station Bus Terminal am - 4:00 pm from Dec to Feb) It is also known as a famous place to →About 3 min. walk to Myoryuji Temple 兼六園口（東口）(Kenrokuenguchi Higashiguchi) East Gate cNew Year's, Buddhist sermon days see cherry blossoms. Bus stops Kanazawa Loop Bus vGeneral (junior high school students and Stop 6 “Joka-machi Kanazawa Shuyu Bus” 11 ❺ Yoshiro and Yoshio Taniguchi 広小路 Hirokoji older) ¥1,000 Elementary school students Stop 8 Stop 9 Stop10 Via Korinbo/Kata-machi ¥700 (telephone reservations required) Museum of Architecture, Kanazawa Higashiyama Kazue-machi / Utatsuyama b076-241-0888 谷口吉郎・吉生記念金沢建築館 4 An architecture and urban ❷ Nishi Chaya District にし茶屋街 Kanazawa The Art of development-themed museum, the Kanazawa Geisha In addition to a historical streetscape facility contains a faithful replica of 05 lessons and geisha girls, this area has a the Japanese Style Annex, “Yushintei" In Kanazawa, where this tradition has been museum and geisha houses, one of of the State Guest House, Akasaka passed down since the Edo period, there are which o ers visitors the rare Palace in Tokyo. The replica is approximately 50 Kanazawa Geisha active in Kodatsuno Nodayama opportunity of going inside for displayed as a permanent exhibition the three Chaya Districts. powdered green tea or co ee. in the museum, and is the rst ever to The old custom where you need the be displayed in any facility in Japan. invitation of a regular customer to attend a No-machi Tera-machi ❸ Kutani Kosen-gama (Kutani Kosen The building was designed by dinner party in a tatami room is still being 5 Pottery Kiln) ［九谷光仙窯］ international architect, Yoshio passed down today. x9:00 am - 5:00 pm * Visitors wanting to Taniguchi. Although it is normally not possible to meet decorate a piece or watch the production x9:30 am - 5:00 pm (last admission 4:30 pm) the geiko, depending on the season, the process must arrive by 4:30 pm. (10:00 am - cMondays (or the next day if Monday is a general public may have the chance to see 3:00 pm from Dec. 30 to Jan. 3) holiday), New Year's Holiday period the dance of the Kanazawa Geisha. cJan. 1 only vfrom ¥1,300 (Choice of vAdults ¥310, High school students and If you walk the streets of the Chaya District, you might hear the sounds of the shamisen or taiko drums owing from the tea rooms. over 20 types,reservations required) younger: free, Seniors 65 years and older b076-241-0902 ¥210 b076-247-3031 Information Area map Kodatsuno / Nodayama : 0 100 200 300m Tera-machi Kodatsuno " " " " 寺町 小立野 / - Ak - ( ( " - Heiwa-machi) ( 平和町 Kanazawa Folklore Museum ( X} 金沢くらしの博物館 # ( - ) - kS ( " ) X? Kanazawa Univ.Hospital 21st Century Museum Art, of Contemporary Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Garden Castle Kenrokuen 金沢大学附属病院 - - 1 j< " ( " ! " Nodayama " " " 野田山 " " " ! k. Kodatsuno- Dori Ave. " ( " - - 小立野通り Ak kG - " - $ " - Muro Saisei Cemetery - 石引 室生犀星の墓 jC $ kG Ishibiki ●❶ Ak $ Korinbo / Kata-machi Naga-machi Kodatsuno / Nodayama and Vicinity ! Yuwaku Hot Spring $ Kodatsuno Temples and Shrines - ●❷ Nodayama Cemetery 2 湯涌温泉 野田山墓地 小立野寺院群 Saigawa Odori Ave. $ Kodatsuno is southeast of Kenrokuen Garden. There are $ $ ] " $ many temples here too, as well as residential Yun Bongiru Gishi Bochi jC 犀川大通り 尹奉吉義士墓地 " jC $ Ak neighborhoods, schools and hospitals; it is a good place for " $ Rennyodo Temple Nodayama●❸ getting a close-up look at the Kanazawa way of life. ! 蓮如堂 野田山 Nodayama is an immense cemetery where many gures of v Ak $ Maeda Family Cemetry historical importance to Kanazawa, such as members of the 前田家墓地 Maeda family, have been laid to rest. It is said that there are Kanazawa Station / Owari-cho Musashigatsuji more than 50 thousand gravestones in the cemetery, and 3 many people go there to pay their respects. x Open hours c Closed v Admission Access information Recommended Sightseeing Spots b Telephone number M Website About 5 min. walk from Noda bus stop to Nodayama Kanazawa Station Bus Terminal Bus stops ¥200 (tea ceremony ¥500) b076-231-4484 兼六園口（東口）(Kenrokuenguchi Higashiguchi) East Gate 天徳院前 Tentokuin-mae Stop 7 Via Hashiba-cho ❷ Daijoji Temple 大乗寺 野田 Noda (3 buses/hour) Stop10 This temple, used for training monks, Higashiyama Kazue-machi / Utatsuyama was founded about 700 years ago 4 and moved to its present location about 300 years ago. Here you can Kanazawa The World of Zen experience Zen meditation - the 06 lessons seeking of enlightenment through Kanazawa, the birthplace of the Tentokuin Temple 天徳院 ❶ detachment and silence, by sitting Buddhist philosopher Daisetz Suzuki, This is the family temple of quietly and concentrating. The who made Zen culture known around Kodatsuno Nodayama Tama-hime, the princess who came building has been designated as a the world, has been a ourishing place to Kaga in 1601 to marry into the cultural asset of national importance. for Buddhism since ancient times. Maeda family. Even now, a At Daijoji Temple, Zen meditation No-machi Tera-machi wind-up-doll play about the ❸ View from Nodayama starts at 4:15 AM and continues for the 5 24-year-long life of Kanazawa's 野田山からの景観 entire day without a pause, and in the beloved Tama-hime is performed at From Nodayama, a hill located in the morning you can join the monks for the temple every day. southwestern part of the urban area their ascetic practices. x9:00 am - 4:30 pm (Mar. - Nov.), 9:00 am - of Kanazawa, you can see the whole In addition, at the Zen meditation 4:00 pm (Dec. - Feb.) cWednesday (Dec. - urban area. It is popular as a spot sessions held every Sunday from 1:30 Feb.), Dec. 29 - Jan. 3 v High school from which to see the city at night; if PM, or the temple stays, you have the chance to quietly collect yourself. students and older ¥500, Junior high school you have a car, the view is well worth students ¥300, Elementary school students the drive. Information A Bit Farther From Kanazawa Gokayama / Shirakawago / Takayama / Matsumoto Near Kanazawa Hokuriku Hida Shinsyu Mitsuboshi Kaidou Why not board a local train ❸ Ishikawa NISHIDA KITARO and relax at the spots Museum of Philosophy 3-Star Route familiar to locals Kenrokuen Garden ［石川県西田幾多郎記念哲学館］ Kanazawa World Heritage Site and not normally Nanto Gokayama Shirakawa At this museum that Matsumoto found in guidebooks? Takayama World Heritage Site National Treasure introduces the Shirakawa-go Matsumoto Slightly removed from 3-Star Route Castle bountiful nature, hot achievements and Takayama Kanazawa is an area full of belongings of the springs, and food culture – ❶ Uchinada Beach traditional culture that has philosopher Kitaro the “real Japan" that fascinates ［内灘海水浴場］ been carefully preserved, Nishida, you will not only learn about philosophy, those who visit. At this beach but also have the chance to philosophize. located The building was designed by Tadao Ando. approximately • JR Nanao Line, 25-minute walk from Unoke Station 200 meters x9:00 am – 5:30 pm (last admission 5:00 pm) from the cMondays (or the next day if Monday is a water's edge, young people holiday), year-end and New Year's holiday enjoy sur ng and jet Unoke (Dec. 29 – Jan. 3) vAdults ¥300 skiing all year round, Station b076-283-6600 Gokayama ［五箇山］ Shirakawa-go ［白川郷］ Ishikawa ❸ JR Nanao Along with Shirakawa-go, Ainokura The mountain village lifestyle, rooted in and in the summer Line NISHIDA KITARO and Suganuma Gassho-Zukuri Villages tradition, is still alive at Shirakawa-go. Museum of Philosophy IR Ishikawa ❹ Kita Family it is busy with Line are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Protected as an Important Preservation Uchinada Tsubata Residence families. Beach Station Kurikara The traditional washi (Japanese paper) District for Groups of Traditional You can enjoy ❶ Station ［喜多記念館］ industry and folk songs are being Buildings, it is known as a place where Uchinada Kurikara ❺ passed down. you can encounter the nostalgic, barbeque at Station Fudoji Temple This townhouse, Kanazawa relocated from original landscape of Japan. the beach Hokutetsu • 60 minutes from Kanazawa by car • 80 minutes from Kanazawa by car Asanigawa around map Kanazawa in the early or bus huts, and Line or bus the Kanazawa Kanazawa 19th century, is a Station Castle nationally designated beautiful Kenrokuen Garden Important Cultural Property. sunset is a Nomachi must-see. Kita Family Station From the tatami room and the Residence Nonoichi Kodai-Mae tea room, lined with old • Hokuriku ❹ Station Railroad Hokutetsu furnishings, you can see the Ishikawa Line Asanogawa Line, garden outside. 20-minute walk • Hokuriku Railroad Ishikawa Line, 10-minute Takayama ［高山］ Matsumoto［松本］ from Uchinada Shirayama walk from Nonoichi-Kodaimae Station Station Tsurugi Hime Jinja •3-8-11 Honmachi, Nonoichi The merchant center that was once Matsumoto ourished as a castle town in Shrine the heart of this castle town still the Edo period. Station x9:00 am – 4:00 pm ❷ aunts its elegant appearance today. With the grand Northern Alps as a ❷ Shirayama cIrregular closing At the Takayama Festival, held in backdrop, Matsumoto Castle is a must-see. Hime Jinja Shrine days vAdults ¥400 spring and autumn and one of If you go a little farther, the abundant b076-248-1131 Japan's three major beautiful nature enveloping some of the most ［白山比咩神社］ (reservation required) festivals, you can watch a parade picturesque mountains in Japan is almost Along with Mt. Fuji and Mt. with gorgeous, dazzling oats. overwhelming. Tateyama, Mt. • 2 hours from Kanazawa by car or • 2 hours from Takayama by car or ❺ Kurikara Fudoji Temple bus bus Hakusan has ［倶利伽羅不動寺］ been regarded With roughly 1,300 years of For more information：https://mitsuboshi-kaidou.com/en as a sacred history, this temple is known as place for one of Japan's three most mountain worship since ancient famous Fudoson temples. times. • Ishikawa Railway, Looking for a Kanazawa Guide and Interpreter? Mt. Hakusan is the object of 20-minute taxi ride Please take advantage of the Kanazawa Guide Interpreter Search worship at this shrine, the head from Tsubata Station site (https://kanazawaguide.jp). There, you can search for Interpreters/Kanazawa guides based on shrine of roughly 3,000 Hakusan •Ri 2 Kurikara, Information availability as well as areas of expertise and inquire with them directly. Shrines across the country. Tsubata-machi, The registered guides are all Kanazawa residents, so they can provide an even • Hokuriku Railroad Ishikawa Line, Kahoku-gun deeper and more meaningful experience than the standard travel guides! 30-minute walk from Tsurugi Station b076-288-1451 Information UIPGuide to Kanazawa Station U Map of main Kanazawa bus routes Some bus stops are not shown, and times and numbers of buses may vary. Please use the map only as a rough guide. KANAZAWA LOOP BUS COMMUNITY BUS I Taxis Joka-machi Kanazawa Shuyu Kanazawa Flat Bus Typical taxi fares from the Kenrokuen Gate(East Gate) Stop 1 of Kanazawa Station to various sightseeing spots: 金沢ふらっとバス Area-3 Omicho Market 城下まち金沢周遊バス Stop 2 B ❶ Konohana route 此花ルート 700 yen Stop11 * For detailed information, please refer to the first map. For Komatsu Area-1 Kenrokuen Garden Stop 3 ❶ Zaimoku route 材木ルート Airport 1.300 yen Light up Bus ❶ Kikugawa route 菊川ルート The one-time fare for this minibus is ¥100 for Stop 4 Area-2 Korinbo (ATRIO) 金沢ライトアップバス adults and ¥50 for children. It runs at 15- Nagamachi route 長町ルート U I B 1.100 yen Route ❶ minute intervals on Saturdays and Sundays as * For detailed information, please refer to p.11. well as weekdays. Stop 5 Taxi stand Area-4 Higashi Geisha District Stop 8 1.100 yen Asanogawa River Stop 6 To Ishikawa To Morimoto Area-5 Nishi Geisha District Prefectural Office Area- 3 Stop 7 金沢港口（西口） 1.500 yen Kanazawa Port Gate Kanazawa Station Kanazawa Port Gate(West Gate) Area-5 Nodayama Cemetery (West Entrance) 金沢駅金沢港口（西口） To Yanagibashi ❶ 2.500 yen Area-5 Yuwaku Hot Spring Kanazawa Port Gate(West Gata) Kanazawa sta. Kenrokuen Gate 5.000 yen (East Entrance) Tourist Information Ctr. 金沢駅 兼六園口 N 観光案内所 P Bicycle rental Kanazawa Station （東口） Taxi JR Highway Bus ❶Colo Colo Rent a cycle Kenrokuen Gate(East Gate) Area- 4 standI Opening hours: Stop 5 Stop 4 ● ● ● ● ● KANAZAWA LOOP BUS 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Kanazawa Station Kenrokuen Gate Bus Terminal 2 3 E 金沢駅兼六園口（東口） 12 11 0 0 Stop 6 Stop 3 500 yen for 4 hours ●⓿ Pref. Bus information centerN 800 yen per 1 day ●❶ Utatsuyama Koen Ongaku-do Hall Stop Hokutetsu 卯辰山公園 Kenrokuen 2 ●❷ ●❸ Utatsuyama ' Stop 7 Highway 1,500 yen per 2 days 2 1 ● ● Shuttle 00 yen Park bus Rifare-mae 13 Stop 8 U ❷Daiwa Anshin Rental Bike ● Higashi リファーレ前 ●❹ Stop 1 Parking Owari-cho Chaya Stop 9 4 District ❸Daiwa Anshin Rental Bike ●❺ ● Stop 10 Parking Kagekiza ● 320 yen N Kazue-machi (5 buses/day) Opening hours: 8:00 am - 8:00 pm 200 yen Chaya ● ● 2 Stop ●❾ 2 00 yen 11 0 Hokutetsu (Retrievable 24 hours a day) Musashigatsuji / ●❼ ●❽ 00 yen District Ekimae Center Omi-cho Market Owari-cho Hashiba-cho ¥100 for one hour / ¥100 for Bus arrival areaz (Bus Ticket Office) ● ●❽●❾武蔵ヶ辻・近江町市場●❶●❻ 尾張町 ● 橋場町 ● every two hours after the first ● ● 10 5 Kanazawa Flat Bus Downtown 15 1 Here you can hour / Maximum fee is ¥900 area Omi-cho (Konohana route) buy tickets for Market z1 per day (You will pay ¥1,000 in ● the main buses ● ● ●❷ ●❸ ●❹ that operate in advance and receive your ● ● Kanazawa. change when leaving) ●❻ ●❼ ●❺ ●❾ ●❺ ● ● To Kanazawa University 2 ● 00 yen ● Hokutetsu Bus 北鉄バス Kenrokuenguchi(Higashiguchi) East Gate ●❹ 6 Minami-cho / Oyama Jinja Shrine ●❻ ● 南町・尾山神社 ● Stop 6 Stop 8 Stop 9 Stop10 Stop 3 Stop 7 ●❸ 14 2 ● ● 200 yen Naga-machi Kenrokuen Garden / ● Area-4 橋場町 ●❷ Buke Yashiki Kanazawa Kanazawa Castle Park Area-3 武蔵ヶ辻・近江町市場 Musashigatsuji/Omi-cho Market ● Castle Park Hashiba-cho District ● 兼六園下・金沢城 ● ●❶ 9 7 Area-1 兼六園下・ Area-2 香林坊 Korinbo ● 200 yen 2 Hirosaka / ●❽● 金沢城 00 yen 21st Century Museum Kenrokuen Garden / Kanazawa Castle Park ● Korinbo Area-5 広小路 Hirokoji Area-1 広坂・21世紀美術館 Hirosaka / 21st Century Museum 香林坊 ●❶●❼ 広坂・21世紀美術館 13 3 Kenrokuen Area-5 天徳院前 8 8 Garden 21st Century 200 yen Tentokuin-mae Area-5 野田 Area-1 本多町 Area-1 兼六園下・金沢城 ● Museum of Pref. Museum of Art / Noda Honda-machi Kenrokuen Garden / Kanazawa Castle Park Downtown Contemporary Area-5 湯涌温泉 Art, Kanazawa ● Seisonkaku area 県立美術館・成巽閣 Yuwaku Onsen ● 2 2 Area-4 卯辰山 2 00 yen 00 yen 00 yen Area- 1 Utatsuyama ● Kata-machi Honda-machi Dewa-machi 片町 本多町 出羽町 Stop 1 Regular sightseeing bus ● ●❷ 12 4 7 9 Express bus (for Noto) ● ● 2 30 yen Area- 2 Ishibiki-machi Area- 5 KANAZAWA LOOP BUS ●❸ ●❹ KANAZAWA LOOP BUS ONE DAY PASS 石引町 (Kanazawa Sightseeing Bus) ●❺ ● The One Day Pass is convenient as you can use it 6 10 ●❻ ●❼ ●❽ ●❾ ● ● ● ● for both the Kanazawa Loop Bus, the Kenrokuen Saigawa River Shuttle and also on all other bus routes within ● ● 5 ● ● Kanazawa up to a ¥250. ● 2 11 vAdults ¥600 / Children ¥300 To Midori Hirokoji 00 yen ● 広小路 ● ● 2 Nishi Chaya Myoryuji Temple 50 yen This is an ideal bus for sightseeing as District (Ninja Temple) Tentokuin-mae Tentokuin 2 00 yen 天徳院前 Temple it stops at all the major sightseeing Sales Windows No-machi (3 buses/hour) 2 locations within Kanazawa. ›› Hokutetsu Ekimae Center (Kanazawa Kenrokuen Gate(East Entrance) 野町 90 yen Nodayama Noda (1 bus/hour) Information vAdults ¥200 / Children ¥100 ›› Kata-machi Center (In front of the Kata-machi Bus stop) 野田 6 10 yen Stop 6 0 0 ›› Musashi Service Center (MEITETSU M’za) YuwakuOnsen 湯涌温泉 Hot spring (onsen) ☆The Japan Rail Pass cannot be used on Hokutetsu buses. To Nonoichi To Shijima To Hokuriku Gakuin Junior College To Kanazawa Gakuin University Information TYUTransportation Information N Information Taipei / Dalian Noto Airport Shanghai Tourist Information Center Anamizu Shanghai Seoul Sapporo Tourist information is available in English at the following tourist information offices: Seoul Wakura 〇Kanazawa Station Tourist Information Center/ 8:30 am - 8:00 pm Sendai Hot Spring 〇Kanazawa Central Tourist Information Center（Scheduled to open in spring of 2020） Nanao Line 〇 （Offers guided tours of Kenrokuen Garden Komatsu Airport Information Booth in Kanazawa Castle Park Every day except Dec.29 - Jan.3/ 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Noto Satoyama Kaido and Kanazawa Castle Park） Fukuoka JR Hokuriku Main Line ★Kanazawa Goodwill Guide Network（KGGN） Volunteer Guide Group Toyama Naha Fukui Kaga-onsen Komatsu Toyama Itoigawa Naoetsu Saigata Nagaoka If you contact KGGN two weeks in advance, you can reserve a guide to accompany you sightseeing in Kanazawa and the surrounding area. Hokuetsu Express Taipei Kanazawa Hoku-hoku Line b 076-232-3933 http://kggn.jp Hokuriku Highway Muika-machi Tsuruga Nagano Joshinetsu Highway ' Service available in: English, Portuguese, Spanish Echigo- Police Yuzawa Takayama Main Line Takasaki Police Help Line Mon-Fri / 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Shinkansen Hokuriku Matsumoto * Please feel free to call if you are the victim of a crime or need assistance from the police. Chuo Main Line X b 076-225-0555 Tokai Hokuriku Highway Meishin Highway Tomei Highway Ueno SOS To report an incident or accident to the police, dial the emergency number (24 hrs/day). Kyoto Tokaido Shinkansen b 110 T Maibara T T T Osaka Kansai Nagoya Nagoya HanedaTokyo Narita ) Hospitals Name of hospitals Address b T Air routes xTime required Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital 2-1 Kuratsuki Higashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 076-237-8211 Flight to and from Komatsu Airport Flights to and from Noto Airport Kanazawa Municipal Hospital 3-7-3 Heiwa-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 076-245-2600 TTokyo (Narita) ⇔ Komatsu TTokyo (Haneda) ⇔ Noto SOS Fire / Rescue / Ambulance: Dial emergency number (24 hrs/day) b 119 x One way: approx. 1 hr & 15 min x One way: approx. 1 hr Transportation between Noto Airport and Kanazawa Station TTokyo (Haneda) ⇔ Komatsu x One way: approx. 1 hr & 10 min < UExpress Bus Kanazawa Central Post Office Transportation between Komatsu Airport and Kanazawa Station x One way: approx. 1 hr & 55 min Address b UKomatsu Airport Limousine Bus 1-1 Sanja-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 076-224-3822 Buses run according to arrival and departure times at Komatsu Airport. x One way: approx. 1 hr, 40min (Super Express) N Services provided in foreign languages Subject of inquiry Name & address of organization Days and hours of service b Languages available xTime required Third Thursday of Y JR Routes NLegal advice (reservations required) every month English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian Tokyo ⇔ Kanazawa Nagoya ⇔ Kanazawa Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 076-262-5931 Rifare 3rd Floor, 1-5-3 Honmachi, Kanazawa Y Y (Change trains at Maibara) Hokuriku Shinkansen Tokaido Shinkansen "Hikari" - NGeneral advice Mon-Fri English x Approx. 2 hrs & 30 min Limited Express "Shirasagi" x Approx. 2 hrs & 30 min Kanazawa International Exchange Foundation 9:00 am - 5:45 pm 076-220-2522 Osaka ⇔ Kanazawa Rifare 2nd Floor, 1-5-3 Honmachi, Kanazawa Y English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, YLimited Express "Thunderbird" Limited Express "Shirasagi" Procedures for foreigners related to N Mon-Fri Tagalog (Chinese- and Korean-speaking staff members x Approx. 2 hrs & 40 min x Approx. 3 hrs disembarkation and residence are sometimes not available.) 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