Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Kanazawa, Japan

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 8.3 km
Ascend 169 m
Descend 164 m

Explore Kanazawa in Japan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in KanazawaIndividual Sights in Kanazawa

Sight 1: Nishi Chaya Shiryokan Museum

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Nishi Chaya Shiryokan Museum 金沢市 / CC BY 2.1 jp

The Nishichaya Street Museum is a Kanazawa City history museum, archive, and cultural facility located in the Nishichaya Street neighborhood of Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 西茶屋資料館 (JA)

252 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Myôryûji (Ninjadera Temple)

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Myōryū-ji (妙立寺), commonly known as Ninja-dera, is a Buddhist temple belonging to Nichiren sect located in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. While not actually associated with ninjas, the temple earned its nickname because of its many deceptive defences.

Wikipedia: Myōryū-ji (EN)

610 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: 立像寺

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立像寺 金沢市 / CC BY 2.1 jp

Tachikaji Temple (りゅうそうじ) は、Ishikawa県金沢市teramachi 4-chome にある日蓮宗の寺寺。 Yama No. Miaobu Mountain. The old honyama Kyoto Rihonji Temple, the tide master law. Kanazawa City Designated Cultural Property, Main Hall, 鐘楼, Kanazawa City, Edo Times, Temple Society, Building Representative, Noble Weight, 遪遺構. The old ruins of Chongqia Garden.

Wikipedia: 立像寺 (金沢市) (JA)

1219 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 4: Saigawa-ohashi Bridge

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Saigawa-ohashi Bridge 金沢市 / CC BY 4.0

The Saigawa Bridge is a road bridge that spans the middle reaches of the Rhino River in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It connects Senkamachi and Katamachi 1-chome in the same city, and is registered as a national registered tangible cultural property.

Wikipedia: 犀川大橋 (JA), Heritage Website

1177 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 5: The Kanazawa Theatre

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The Kanazawa Theatre Hirorinmasa / CC BY-SA 3.0

Kanazawa Opera Theatre is a multi-purpose hall located in Shimohonda-cho, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. On October 1, 2007, the name was changed from the former Kanazawa City Tourism Center from the beginning of its opening.

Wikipedia: 金沢歌劇座 (JA)

222 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Municipal Nakamura Memorial Museum

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The Nakamura Memorial Museum of Art, Kanazawa is an art museum located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

Wikipedia: 金沢市立中村記念美術館 (JA)

227 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: National Crafts Museum

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The National Crafts Museum is a museum of Japanese crafts in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Still retaining the more formal, official designation National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Craft Gallery (東京国立近代美術館工芸館), it forms part of the Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art . As part of the government policy of regional revitalization, the facility relocated in 2020 from Kitanomaru Park in Tokyo, where it first opened in 1977. It is now housed in two Western-style buildings of the Meiji period that have themselves been relocated from elsewhere in Kanazawa, reassembled, and restored, the 1898 Old 9th Division Command Headquarters and 1909 Old Army Generals Club. From the collection of some 3,800 items, by craftsmen from all over Japan, some 1,900 have been transferred, including approximately 1,400 by "holders" and preservers of Important Intangible Cultural Properties, who are often referred to as "Living National Treasures", and members of the Japan Art Academy.

Wikipedia: National Crafts Museum (Japan) (EN)

242 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Pref. Museum of history- 加賀本多博物館

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Pref. Museum of history- 加賀本多博物館 OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL

Kaga-Honda Museum is a museum located in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Domain's Old Honda Zojinkan is the main operator of the project and operates it.

Wikipedia: 加賀本多博物館 (JA)

239 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Prefectural Noh Theater

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Ishikawa Prefectural Noh Theater is a Noh theater located in Ishihiki, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

Wikipedia: 石川県立能楽堂 (JA)

195 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Honda-no-Mori Hall

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Honda-no-Mori Hall Hirorinmasa / CC BY-SA 3.0

Honda's Mori Hokuden Hall is a concert hall located in Ishihiki, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The hall is owned by Hokuriku Electric Power Co., and it is operated by the Honda Forest Hall Management Committee.

Wikipedia: 北陸電力会館 本多の森ホール (JA), Website

372 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Ishikawa Gokoku Shrine

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Ishikawa Gokoku Shrine is a shrine (Gokoku Shrine) located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located next to Kenrokuen Garden in the center of the city. It is one of the largest shrines in Ishikawa Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 石川護国神社 (JA)

283 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Prefectural Museum for Traditional Products and Crafts

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The Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts is a museum about traditional arts and crafts located in Kenroku-en, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

Wikipedia: Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts (EN), Website

139 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Seisonkaku Villa

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The Seisonkaku (成巽閣) is a large Japanese villa in the city of Kanazawa, built in 1863 by Maeda Nariyasu (1811–1884), 13th daimyō of the Kaga clan, as a retirement home for his mother Shinryu-in (眞龍院). A collection of her personal effects is open to the public.

Wikipedia: Seisonkaku (EN), Website

112 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Kanazawa Shinto Shrine

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Kanazawa Shrine is a shrine located in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Sugawara Michima is the main deity. One of the shrines dedicated to the feudal ancestors that was popular from the late Edo period to the early Meiji period. It is also written as Kanazawa Shrine. It is adjacent to Kenrokuen.

Wikipedia: 金沢神社 (JA), Website

290 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Kenrokuen Park

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Kenroku-en , located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, is a strolling style garden constructed during the Edo period by the Maeda clan. Along with Kairaku-en and Kōraku-en, Kenroku-en is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan and is noted for its beauty across all seasons, particularly in winter. Spread over nearly 25 acres, features of the landscape include meandering paths, a large pond, several tea houses, and one of Japan's oldest fountains. First opening to the public in 1871, the garden was later designated a National Site of Scenic Beauty in 1922, and subsequently received status as a National Site of Special Scenic Beauty in 1985. The grounds are open through paid admission year-round during daylight hours.

Wikipedia: Kenroku-en (EN)

379 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 16: Ishiura Shrine

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Ishiura Shrine is a shrine located in Honda-cho, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The former company name was a prefectural company. The name at the time of its founding was "Miwa Shrine". It is a Shikiuchi shrine that is compared to the small shrine "Miwa Shrine" in Kaga District, Kaga Province, and is said to be the oldest shrine in Kanazawa City.

Wikipedia: 石浦神社 (JA)

302 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Ishikawa Prefecture

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Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Ishikawa Prefecture Hirorinmasa / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Ishikawa Prefectural Government Memorial Guest House is a multi-purpose facility newly opened on the site of the former Ishikawa Prefectural Government Building in Hirosaka, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. It is commonly known as the Shinonoki Guest House.

Wikipedia: 石川県政記念しいのき迎賓館 (JA), Website

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: 石川四高記念文化交流館

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The Shikō Memorial Cultural Exchange Center is a cultural facility located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

Wikipedia: 四高記念文化交流館 (JA)

608 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 19: Oyama-jinja Shrine

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Oyama-jinja Shrine

Oyama Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.

Wikipedia: Oyama Shrine (Ishikawa) (EN)

1215 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 20: Gyokusen-Immaru Garden

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Gyokusenen is a Ikeizumi migratory garden located in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. In the park, there is a tea room with a copy of Kanazawa's oldest tea room, Kinsuyutei, and Urasenke Kanka -tei.

Wikipedia: 玉泉園 (JA)

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