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Kanazawa
Kanazawa is the old castle town of the Maeda lords, near the Japan Sea coast, a city the war left untouched, its teahouse and samurai quarters intact.
Nagamachi, the samurai quarter, Kanazawa
- Region
- Honshu
- Our journeys
- One stay here
- Where we stay
- Hakuchoro Sanraku
Our tours stayA day on tourA Custom Tour of Japan
the place
Gold leaf, garden and lacquer, in a castle town the war never touched.
The Maeda clan ruled the province of Kaga from here for nearly three centuries and spent their wealth on craft and gardens. Kenrokuen, laid out beside the castle, is counted among the three great gardens of Japan, and the city still makes almost all of the country's gold leaf.
We stay at Hakuchoro Sanraku, beside Kenrokuen, on the Autumn Leaves Tour of Japan, the night before the onsen of Kaga. Kanazawa is about two and a half hours from Tokyo by Shinkansen, and it sits easily in a Custom Tour of Japan.
what we do here
Kanazawa, as we show it
Kenrokuen
The garden of six qualities beside the castle, its two-legged stone lantern standing at the edge of the pond.
Higashi Chaya
The teahouse quarter of latticed wooden fronts, where geiko still entertain.
Kenrokuen Nagamachi
Earthen walls and narrow lanes in the samurai quarter, and the house and garden of the Nomura family.
Gold leaf
A workshop where the gold is beaten thinner than a ten-thousandth of a millimetre.
Omicho Market
The city's market for some three centuries, for crab, oysters and the fish of the Japan Sea.
where we stay
Hakuchoro Sanraku
A quiet address beside Kenrokuen garden, in the castle town the war never touched.
On The Autumn Leaves Tour of Japan
our journeys here
The journeys that stay in Kanazawa
nearby
Near Kanazawa
questions
Questions about Kanazawa
Where do you stay in Kanazawa?
At Hakuchoro Sanraku, beside Kenrokuen garden, on the Autumn Leaves Tour of Japan.
How do you reach Kanazawa?
By the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo, about two and a half hours. On our tours you travel in the Green Car, and a private car meets the train.
Can Kanazawa be part of a custom tour?
Yes. The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Kanazawa sits well with the onsen of Kaga and with Kyoto. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans the days for you.
Kanazawa, created for you alone.
The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Kanazawa can be any part of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.