Sobre este lugar: Kanazawa
Kanazawa es la ciudad-castillo de la opulencia del clan Kaga. Kenrokuen (uno de los Tres Grandes Jardines), el Parque del Castillo de Kanazawa, el barrio geisha Higashi Chaya, las ruinas de casas samurái de Nagamachi, el mercado Omicho y el Museo del Siglo XXI funden calles Edo con arte contemporáneo.
Aspectos destacados
- 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»
