Über diesen Ort: Kanazawa
Kanazawa ist die Burgstadt des Kaga-Clans. Kenrokuen (einer der Drei Großen Gärten), Kanazawa-Burgpark, Geisha-Viertel Higashi Chaya, Samurai-Hausruinen von Nagamachi, Omicho-Markt und das 21st Century Museum vereinen Edo-Straßen mit zeitgenössischer Kunst.
Highlights
- Kenrokuen — landscaped from 1676, one of Japan's Three Great Gardens and a Special Place of Scenic Beauty; the winter rope-suspended pines (yukitsuri) and the Kotoji Lantern at Kasumigaike Pond are emblematic
- Kanazawa Castle Park — the seat of the Kaga domain's Maeda clan, with white-stucco namako-kabe walls and dramatic evening illumination
- Higashi Chaya District — established in 1820 as a major tea-house district, a Designated Important Preservation District, with red-lattice machiya and lanterns at dusk
- Kanazawa Station Tsuzumi Gate — opened 2005, fusing a 13.7 m traditional drum-shaped gate with a modern glass dome, beautifully lit at night
- 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art — opened 2004, designed by SANAA as a circular glass building, including Leandro Erlich's «Swimming Pool»
