Kanazawa

Discover Kanazawa

Placed on the coast of the Japan Sea a city built on rice, weaving and gold leaf, and swordsmithing since the 1500s.

Then an Edo era centre for artistic innovation and excellence. Blessed with old charm and ignored by the evolution of industry the Higashi Chaya District, and others still host Geisha districts and tea houses. Samurai houses and a ninja temple are maintained at Nagamachi Samurai District where narrow streets are lined with old earthen walls.

Shop for Japanese crafts such as gold-decorated lacquerware and Kutani-yaki pottery. Kinpaku, is gold that has been rolled flat into a very thin square sheets, visit the Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum to witness the grandeur.

D.T. Suzuki Museum is dedicated to the life of D.T. Suzuki and his collections of Art. View contemporary pieces from all over the world at the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art and the city’s 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. More small museums provide an understanding of Kaga Yuzen Kimono and Noh plays.

Samurai houses and a ninja temple are maintained at Nagamachi Samurai District where narrow streets are lined with old earthen walls.