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Kanazawa did not suffer from the damage caused by WW2. In fact, there still remain many old-fashioned buildings. In the Kaga domain, all samurai were given houses, and Nagamachi was also one of the samurai’s residential areas, and in the Edo period, this area, which was the residential area for intermediate-level samurai, was located in […]

In the Sengoku (Civil War) period, this area was one of the Buddhist monk quarters in Kanazawa city. The monk quarters functioned as a fort to protect the townspeople and samurai families. Since 1603 when the Civil War was terminated by a powerful samurai leader, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the feudal lord Maeda Toshi’ie started re-designing the […]

Suzuki Daisetsu is a Buddhist philosopher who spread Zen thought to Western countries. He was born in Kanazawa in 1870. There are three main spaces in the museum. When you visit the museum, go in with a free and natural mind, without any preconceived notions. Please use the changes in your mindset that you have […]

Shima is a teahouse in Kanazawa which was a Nationally designated important cultural property. The building was used as an active teahouse from the Edo period through to the Meiji period. Shima is now a facility that showcases the teahouse culture of Kanazawa city. Although it was built about 200 years ago, everything remains as […]

Kanazawa’s Kenroku-en Garden is one of the three celebrated garden in Japan. The area is as huge as 25acres (114,436 square meters). It is not only a huge garden but also has many features. The name, Kenroku-en, came from the old Chinese word rokusho （六勝）which appeared in a old Chinese writing of Song（宋）Dynasty. It refers to “six […]

Nomura Sada’ie was a retainer of Maeda Toshi’ie and he got important jobs when the war lord Maeda Toshi’ie entered Kanazawa Castle. The house and its rooms had survived until now; It’s been preserved by many different historical figures until through the severe political reshuffles from the end of the Edo period.