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Kanazawa Nagano KANAZAWA NAGANO Both cities are located in the center of Japan Sendai and within easy access of Tokyo and Osaka. Niigata KANAZAWA NAGANO Sapporo Fukushima JAPAN Nagano Kanazawa Nagaoka Wajima Takayama Matsumoto The two cities that are linked by history and a bullet train. Noto Hiroshima Tokyo Naoetsu Fukuoka Nagoya Kyoto Hokuriku Osaka Nanao Shinkansen Echigo-Yuzawa Kurobe Toyama Joetsu Tohoku Mt. Shirouma Shinkansen Shinkansen Hakuba NAGANO KANAZAWA Mitsuboshi Kaidou Mt. Tateyama [Three-star Road] Komatsu Gokayama Kaga Onsen Takasaki Shirakawago TAKAYAMA Matsumoto Mt. Hakusan Fukui Takayama Tokyo Hokuriku Line Omiya Line Chuo Line (Narita International Gero Airport) Gujo Hachiman Kofu Tsuruga TOKYO Yokohama Gifu Tokyo Mt. Fuji Lake (Haneda Biwa International Maibara Airport) KYOTO NAGOYA Otsu Shizuoka Shin-Osaka Tokaido Kobe Nagoya Shinkansen Nara (Central Japan International Airport) N 金 長 OSAKA Hamamatsu Osaka (Kansai 0 50 100km International Airport) Hokuriku Shinkansen Accessible with the Japan Shinkansen Rail Pass or Osaka · Tokyo Hokuriku Arch Pass JR Mitsuboshi Kaidou [Three-star Road] WEB www.mitsuboshi-kaidou.com 沢 野 Getting to Kanazawa By plane Tokyo -------- 1h ------- Komatsu ------- 40min ------- Kanazawa By train Tokyo -------------------- 2h30 ----------------------- Kanazawa By bus Tokyo -------------------- 7h30 ----------------------- Kanazawa Kanazawa Nagano By train Osaka -------------------- 2h30 ----------------------- Kanazawa City Convention By bus Osaka -------- 1h ------- Kyoto ---------- 4h -------------- Kanazawa Tourism & Visitors By train Nagano ------------------- 1h05 ------------------------ Kanazawa Association Bureau By bus Nagano -------------------- 4h ------------------------- Kanazawa Getting to Nagano By train Tokyo ----------------------- 1h25 ------------------------ Nagano By bus Tokyo ------------------------ 4h ------------------------- Nagano 1-1 Kinoshinbo-machi Nagano-shi Monzen Plaza 4F, By plane Osaka -------- 1h -------- Matsumoto ------- 1h30 -------- Nagano Kanazawa City, Ishikawa, 1485-1 Shinden-cho, Nagano By train Osaka -------- 1h ---------- Nagoya ---------- 3h --------- Nagano 920-0858 Japan City, Nagano, 380-0835 Japan By bus Osaka ------------------------ 5h ------------------------- Nagano tel + 81-76-232-5555 tel +81-26-223-6050 By train Kanazawa ------------------- 1h05 ------------------------ Nagano fax + 81-76-232-1170 fax +81-26-223-5520 By bus Kanazawa -------------------- 3h ------------------------- Nagano www.visitkanazawa.jp en.nagano-cvb.or.jp 2019014000 Go on a 60-minute journey by bullet train between the two cities with different attractions. During the Edo period (1603 - 1868), Joetsu, and Nagao. A minimum of Opened in 2015, the Hokuriku now be reached in just one hour when samurais ruled Japan, daimyos 2,000 and a maximum of 4,000 people Shinkansen largely runs along the from Nagano. (feudal lords) in different provinces of in a procession travelled 480 km route taken by the daimyo Kanazawa and Nagano - the two Japan made an annual visit to Edo between Kanazawa and Edo for procession of the Kaga domain. It cities that were connected by (present day Tokyo). around two weeks. Its halfway point takes 2 hours and 28 minutes for historic highways - are now linked The Kaga domain with its capital, is Zenkoji Temple in Nagano, and the the fastest "Kagayaki" train to travel by a new Shinkansen route, and are Kanazawa, would take the route to neighborhood was thriving both as a the distance, for which people would expanding the enjoyment of Edo through present day Toyama, temple and post-station town. walk for two weeks. Kanazawa can sightseeing. “Shojin Ryori,” made mostly with cereals and seasonal vegetables, is traditional Buddhist cuisine. The simple dishes bring out the best of the ingredients. They are offered at inns and eateries as KANAZAWA a speciality of the Zenkoji temple town. Kanazawa-Nagano 1H05 Togakushi Shrine which sits at the foot 金 of Mt. Togakushi. The shrine approach Castle Town Kanazawa with an array of cedar trees is wrapped In Japan, many castle towns were built together throughout the country from in a tranquil air. the late 16th to the early 17th centuries. A characteristic of Japanese castle The Kagami-ike pond towns is a systematic arrangement of samurai houses, temple districts, at Togakushi Kogen, which is a popular sight watercourses, and green spaces surrounding the daimyo’s castle residence. for autumn leaves. Having been formed with two rivers as natural outer moats, Kanazawa prospered for 290 years under the Maeda family of the Kaga domain as one of Japan’s main castle towns. During the Edo period, the extent of the land 沢 owned by a domain throughout the country was indicated by the “Kokudaka.” This was a measure of the productivity of the land as expressed by its rice yield. The Kaga domain had a kokudaka of one million, which was the second highest in Japan after that of the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo. It is said that at that time, the population of the Kaga domain ranked fourth, following Edo (Tokyo), Osaka, and Kyoto. The people’s temple, which accepts With a kokudaka of one million, the Maeda family used their strong financial everyone regardless of religious sect, power for civilian policy, and established the foundation of the present has been visited by a large number of Kanazawa, where arts and crafts thrive. Kanazawa escaped any pilgrims since the olden days. damage caused by war or major disasters, and retains a number of relics as well as the atmosphere and culture of the castle town. Kanazawa Castle, in which NAGANO the Maeda family used to reside, is now maintained as a park. 長 Temple Town Nagano Central Nagano developed historically as a temple town surrounding the Zenkoji Temple. The Zenkoji Temple is believed to have been built about 1,400 years ago, and people with power in the olden days had great faith in it. The Edo period saw a rapid The Nagamachi Buke Yashiki increase in the number of ordinary people who made a pilgrimage to the temple from District in which samurais used to live during the Edo period. all over the country. The daimyo procession of the Kaga domain travelled between The cobbled streets with Kanazawa and Edo on routes maintained for a pilgrimage to the temple. earthen walls create a Amida Nyorai, the main devotional object at the Zenkoji Temple, was brought from traditional atmosphere. 野 the continents along with the arrival of Buddhism and is said to be the oldest Kenrokuen Garden, developed by the Maeda family, is a chisen-kaiyu style garden Buddhist statue in Japan. However, no one actually has seen the figure of the (a traditional Japanese garden design “absolute secret Buddha.” People have felt Nyorai, who is invisible to the human eye, featuring springs and a pathway around and deeply offered a prayer. The Zenkoji Temple, which conveys the history and a central pond) that represents the Edo period ©Zenkoji the mind of a prayer, attracts some six million visitors each year. and is one of Japan’s three greatest gardens. If you extend your trip to outside the central city, you will have access to a variety of Nagano’s appealing sightseeing resources, including rich nature, historical sites, hot springs, and ski resorts. TOKYO Kaga cuisine, the traditional kaiseki dishes which are made with seasonal ingredients and reflect Nagano-Tokyo 1H25 the food culture of the castle town Kanazawa. They are offered at ryotei restaurants in the city. 2 3 2 10 11 1 3 4 8 12 KANAZAWA 5 9 13 14 N Hokuriku Shinkansen Asanogawa River Kanazawa Station Tsuzumimon Kazuemachi Chaya District 6 7 Higashi 15 16 Ohmicho Chaya Market District The city with samurai spirit Oyama Jinja Shrine and castle town’s character Gyokusen’inmaru 1 | 21st Century Museum 2 | Kanazawa Castle/Ishikawa-mon Gate Garden 8 | Kenrokuen 10 | Tea Ceremony 11 | Nagamachi Buke Yashiki District of Contemporary Art, These buildings have survived since the Edo period and are Kanazawa, which flourished as a castle town under the Kaga Ishikawamon Gate Garden Tea ceremonies thrived in Kanazawa, thanks to the interaction Samurais of the Kaga domain used to live in this designated as Important Cultural Properties. between the Maeda family and renowned tea experts. district, with the atmosphere making you feel as Developed by successive Kanazawa domain, still retains the historic townscape and landscape There are many facilities for a tea ceremony experience. though you’ve travelled back in time. Nagamachi lords of the Kaga domain Housing a collection of that was systematically designed during the feudal period. Buke Yashiki Kenrokuen over a long period of time, contemporary art, the new top 3 | Sushi 4 | Kanazawa District the garden features attraction in the art and craft city, A culture of accomplishments, such as tea ceremonies, and a Garden 12 | Chaya District 14 | In Kanazawa, facing the Sea of Japan, beautiful scenery every Kanazawa, attracts attention from Hyakumangoku Kanazawa has three hospitable Chaya (teahouse) districts, where you can enjoy delicious sushi. number of sophisticated traditional crafts are still alive in season. Kaga Firefighters both home and abroad. Festival geigi(geisha) perform dance and music in a teahouse drawing room. people’s everyday lives. Kanazawa’s historic heritages are 21st Century Ladder Acrobatics This grand festival Museum of Having inherited the tradition features a daimyo 5 | D.T. Suzuki Museum gathered compactly in the city center, where sightseeing Contemporary Art, 9 | Asanogawa River 13
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