One of Japan's three great landscape gardens, beside the restored gates and turrets of Kanazawa Castle.
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Kanazawa
Explore Kanazawa by travel zone, from Kenrokuen and the castle to the chaya teahouse districts, the station gateway, and the eastern hot-spring hills.
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Kanazawa map
Map boundary note: The outer shape is Kanazawa's real city boundary; the zone divisions are editorial travel areas, not official administrative boundaries.
Recommended places
A preserved teahouse quarter of latticed facades, gold-leaf shops, and tea rooms, the most atmospheric of the city's chaya streets.
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