Kanazawa 2h30 from Tokyo & 2h10 from Kyoto

Sapporo Nagaoka KANAZAWA Wajima Japan Noto Hokuriku Shinkansen Naoetsu Kanazawa Takayama Matsumoto Nanao Echigo-Yuzawa Tokyo Kurobe Nagoya Joetsu Shinkansen Hiroshima Kyoto Toyama Fukuoka Osaka

World Heritage Nagano Gokayama Kanazawa Mt.Tateyama Toyama Komatsu World Heritage Okuhida Onsen Kaga Onsen Shirakawa-go Takasaki Matsumoto Matsumoto Mt.Hakusan Fukui Takayama Takayama Hokuriku Line Omiya Tokyo Line (Narita International Gero Airport) Gujo Hachiman Kofu Chuo Line Tsuruga Tokyo

Gifu Yokohama Tokyo Lake (Haneda Biwa Mt. Fuji International Maibara Airport) Kyoto Nagoya

Sanyo Otsu Shizuoka Shinkansen Shin-Osaka Kobe Nagoya Nara (Chubu Centrair International Airport) Tokaido Hamamatsu Osaka Shinkansen N Osaka (Kansai International Airport) 0 50 100km

Hokuriku Shinkansen Shinkansen JR Mitsuboshi Kaidou [Three-star Road] WEB www.mitsuboshi-kaidou.com

Getting to Kanazawa

Tokyo-Kanazawa by Shinkansen From Tokyo From Kyoto Shinkansen 2h28 JR Express 2h10

Bus 7h30 Bus 4h00

Plane 1h10 Car 3h30

Kanazawa official site visitkanazawa.jp English 2020.6.2000 Kanazawa Kanazawa Kanazawa took its place in Nippon history when it became the capital city of the Kaga province, the 金沢biggest in Japan during the 16th century. Around the Maeda clan’s imposing castle, soon stood majestic samurai houses, rich warehouses, craftsmen’s ateliers and numerous temples. During the Edo period (1603-1868), the city saw the development of a particularly refined culture. It was so thriving that it became Japan’s fourth town after Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. Time went by, sparing Kanazawa from natural disasters and wars. That is why Kanazawa appears today as an amazing conservatory for ancient Japanese traditions and artistic refinement. The intact old market, geisha districts, samurai or craftsmen quarters make it one of Japan’s most enjoyable historic centres, without forgetting its most exquisite culinary traditions. History Registered in UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network in the field of Crafts and Folk Arts, Kanazawa has also Kenrokuen Garden Ý known how to anchor itself in our time with remarkable architectural realisations such as its station or Nomura Samurai Family Residence Ù the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art. Higashi Chaya District Û Kanazawa Castle Ú Naga-machi Buke Yashiki District Ü

JR Kanazawa S KANAZAWA FORUS Station R Asanogawa River S C ! ■ H Hokutetsu Ekimae Center East Gate Bus Terminal #6 KGGN Tourist ■ R Information Center Nishi-Betsuin Temple

H ■ H Utatsuyama Pref. ■ Ongaku-do Hall Rifare Kanazawa Loop Bus Temple District ■Higashi-Betsuin Temple . e Kanazawa v A Yasue Gold Leaf ri o M d Museum 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art ÛÚ O Higashi Chayagai so o D.T. Suzuki Museum à ik District H H Kazuemachi Kanazawa Station Ü S Shima■■ Meitetsu M’za Dept. Store C Chayagai District R Kaikaro Modernity Teahouse €$ C R S Kanazawa M M M Phonograph Museum Omicho M $ Market €$ ■ ■Tamagawa City Ohi Museum and Ohi Gallery Library ■Osaki Jinja Shrine M Tamagawa Park■ The Old Site of Kuro-Mon Gate■ Mr.Kurando Terashima's House €$ ■ €$ Nezumita-mon Gate, Ohte-Mon Gate Nezumita-mon-bashi Bridge

H Kanazawa Castle Park Cuisine ! Kanazawa Central ■ ■ ■Kahoku-Mon Ashigaru Shiryokan M €$ Omicho Market Ý Tourist Oyama Jinja Shrine ■Hishi-yagura /Gojikken-nagaya Museum ■ ! and its seafood selection Information Center Gyokusen’inmaru■ Ishikawa-Mon Gate ■ Nagamachi Yuzenkan Garden ! Gyokusenen Garden Kaga cuisine: Û (Nishida Family Garden) delicious and visually exquisite ■ ■ Nomura-ke Daiwa Dept. Store Kanazawa’s famed sake Ú €$ ■ Nagamachi Bukeyashiki S Kaga-Yuzen Kimono Center Wagashi, Japan’s confectionery Ù District R The Forth High School H Memorial Museum of Cultural Exchange Shinise Kinenkan M M Museum KORINBO R €$ ■ ! ■Shiinoki Cultural Complex S Kenrokuen Garden Maeda Tosanokami-ke TOKYU €$ Kanazawa SQUARE Kanazawa Shiryokan Museum R City Hall ■M Noh Museum Seisonkaku villa Hyakumangoku Festival S M Pref. Museum of ■ M KATAMACHI KIRARA S €$ M 21st Century Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts (1st weekend of June) C ! Kanazawa Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Crafts Hirosaka M Pref. Museum of Art Traditional show of firefighters, from Edo period Ú €$ The Kanazawa Theatre M National Crafts Museum Samurai parades re-enacted in the streets Ü M ■ M Nakamura M Pref. History Museum Nō theatre performed outside in Kanazawa Castle ß Memorial Museum Nishi M D.T. Suzuki Museum Chayagai District Kodatsuno Yoshiro and Yoshio Taniguchi Temple District Museum of Architecture, Kanazawa Crafts M Bus Stop M Museum H Hotel R Restaurant Tera-Machi DoriSaigawa Ave. River ! Information Center S Shop C Cafe The subtle art of lacquerware Ù €$ Money Exchange€$ Seven eleven’s ATM for international cash cards Gold leaf work Û Myoryuji Temple Kaga Yūzen silk dyeing Ú (Ninja Temple) 0 100m 200m 300m 400m 500m 600m Teramachi 0 500ft 1000ft 1500ft 2000ft Temple District