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Hondadori Ave. Kenrokuen Garden 8 min. Get off at Kanazawa Noh Museum Gate(East Gate) Korinbo 7 min. walk Kanazawa Castle Park Ishikawa Prefectural No.⑥-⑪ (via Gyokusen'in maru Entrance) Hirosaka Hyakumangokudori Ave. History Museum The Fourth High school Memorial Museum 2-chome of Cultural Exchange, Ishikawa 21st Century Museum of U Contemporary Art, Kanazawa T r Ishikawa Red Brick Museum By Taxi / Approx. 10 min. from Kanazawa Station e o r k a o Shiyakushomae m m bo i a a Kaga Honda Museum By Car / 30 min. from Kanazawa West I.C. of the Hokuriku Expressway rin ch c c o ma h h K ga i i 20 min. from Kanazawa-Morimoto I.C. of the Hokuriku Expressway Na ※Kanazawa Castle Park and Kenrokuen Garden don't have their own parking lot. Kanazawa City Hall Please use public transport or parking lots nearby. History of Kanazawa Castle and Kenrokuen Garden Places of interest around Kanazawa Castle Park and Kenrokuen Garden

The history of Kanazawa Castle and Kenrokuen Garden dates back to 1546, ①Hishi yagura, Gojikken nagaya, ⑥Kotojitoro Lantern Hashizumemon tsuzuki yagura (Turrets & Store house) This lantern is said to have gotten its name from when Kanazawa Mido, a religious school of the Honganji temple was These were all restored in July 2001. They form the fact that it is shaped like the bridges that founded. Oda Nobunaga ordered his retainer, Sakuma Morimasa, to build a the largest wooden castle structure in Japan that support the strings of a koto . Nijibashi Bridge, was built since the Meiji period. It is well worth a which is in front of the lantern, is thought to castle in 1580, and three years later Maeda Toshiie made his entry into visit to see the buildings that have been restored resemble the body of a koto, and for this reason Kanazawa Castle. Until 1869 Kanazawa Castle was the residence of the using the traditional wooden frame construction is sometimes called Kotobashi Bridge. Maeda lord of Kaga Domain for 14 generations. The castle site was used as method, as well as various models on display. an army base until the end of World War II, and until 1995 it served as the ②Ishikawamon Gate ⑦Karasakinomatsu Pine The present Ishikawamon Gate, which has been This tree was grown by the 13th lord of the Kaga campus of Kanazawa University. At present it is being transformed into a park designated as a National Important Cultural clan from a seed that he obtained from Karasaki where visitors can learn about its bountiful nature and history right in the Property, was rebuilt in 1788. It is the back gate, in Omi. It is the shapeliest black pine in the and of the type referred to as masugatamon, or garden. The yukizuri ropes used to protect the downtown area. "box-shaped gateway". Night-time illumination branches from heavy snow are one of the Kenrokuen Garden is said to have originated when the 5th Lord Tsunanori gives it a particularly magical appearance. charming winter sights of the Hokuriku region. built the Renchiochin house on the slope facing the castle, and gave its garden the name Renchitei. Later the 12th Lord Narinaga and the 13th Lord ③Sanjikken nagaya ⑧Fountain This building, which has two-story, has been The source of this fountain is Kasumigaike Pond, Nariyasu built an extensive garden which had the basic design of the designated as a National Important Cultural and it operates by natural water pressure magnificent landscape garden in the strolling style that we know today. The Property, as well as Ishikawamon Gate. It was resulting from a difference in elevation that garden, which has a particular charm in every season, has been designated built in 1858, and its present length is creates the approximately 3.5-meter fountain. approximately 48 m. Built in the early 1860s during the Bunkyu period, as a Place of Scenic Beauty. Many people come from all over Japan to enjoy it is said to be the oldest fountain in Japan. it. ④Kahokumon Gate ⑨Hanamibashi Bridge Kahokumon Gate has a masugata (2 gates The flowers seen at different times of the year 〈〈 Why the name “Kenrokuen”? 〉〉 facing each other at right angles) shape and it from Hanamibashi Bridge are particularly essentially functioned as the main gate of beautiful. The loveliest of these are the cherry Kanazawa castle. Moreover, Kahokumon's blossoms, irises and azaleas that bloom along The garden was named Kenrokuen in 1822, based on secondary gate (ni-no-mon) is the biggest gate of the gently-flowing, winding stream. Rakuyo Meienki, a classical Chinese book about the the castle. This gate was restored in April 2010 and the interior view is open to the public. famous gardens of Luoyang. It is built around three sets of contrasting garden elements: spaciousness contrasts with ⑤Gyokusen’inmaru Garden ⑩Shiguretei Tea House Named after Gyokusen’in, the wife of Toshinaga, This building was restored in conjunction with the seclusion, artifice contrasts with antiquity, and water- the second feudal lord. In 2015, the garden was completion of the new garden in 2000. It is used courses contrast with panoramas. Thus the name: Ken rebuilt around the pond, based on its design in the as a tea house and for cultural events. (There is a late Edo period (19th century). The Gyokusen’an charge for tea and rental of the building.) (“combined”) roku (“six”) en (“garden”). rest area is located by the pond, where for a small fee visitors can enjoy matcha green tea and Japanese-style confection.

◆ Guide for Visitors Opening hours Entrances Admission Fee Others Mar. 1 - Oct. 15 (7:00am - 6:00pm) ・ Ishikawamon free Wheelchair accessible No animals ※ Oct.16 - the last day of Feb. (8:00am - 5:00pm) ・ Hishi yagura, Gojikken nagaya, in park and facilities Gyokusen’inmaru ※ Gyokusen’inmaru Garden Nighttime Hours and Light-Ups Hashizumemon tsuzuki yagura, Hashizumemon ・ Kuromon ¥ ¥ Open until 9:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, Adult: 320 (group rate: 250) Kanazawa Castle Park ¥ ¥ as well as days before national holidays. ・ Otemon Child: 100 (group rate: 80) ※ Group rate applies to groups of over 30 people Free Volunteer Guide Information ※ Hishi yagura, Gojikken nagaya, Hashizumemon tsuzuki yagura, Desks (no reservation required): ※ Kahokumon Gate: free Entrance rest area, Gyokusen’an Hashizumemon, Kahokumon Gate (9:00am - 4:30pm Last admission 4:00pm) ※ Gyokusen’an Tea Service ¥ ※ Gyokusen’an Matcha powdered green tea 730 Guide Service Available No bicycles allowed (9:00am - 4:30pm Last admission 4:00pm) (with Japanese-Style confection) (Closed: Dec.29 - Jan. 3) ¥ ¥ Mar. 1 - Oct. 15 (7:00am - 6:00pm) ・ Katsurazaka ・ Zuishinzaka Adult: 320 (group rate: 250) Kenrokuen Garden Child: ¥100 (group rate: ¥80) ・ Oct.16 - the last day of Feb. (8:00am - 5:00pm) ・ Sakuragaoka Mayumizaka ※ Group rate applies to groups of over 30 people *For a tour guide in Kenrokuen Garden, ※ Shiguretei Tea House ・ Kamisaka ・ Renchimon ※ Shiguretei tea service please contact Kenrokuen Tourism Association (9:00am - 4:30pm Last admission 4:00pm) ・ Kodatsuno Sencha green tea ¥310(with Japanese-Style confection) (TEL : 076-221-6453, in Japanese language only). (Closed: Dec.29 - Jan. 3) (Charges apply Matcha powdered green tea ¥730 for use in Kenrokuen)

Information: Kanazawa Castle Park & Kenrokuen Garden Management Office TEL 076-234-3800 FAX 076-234-5292 http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/english/top.html ver.1.00