During the 1600s the region’s capital Kanazawa saw the development of a refined culture focussed on the arts and became Japan’s fourth town after Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.
Kanazawa station was designed by world-leading architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa.
Kanazawa is home to 3 tea houses or traditional districts and they are all top Kanazawa attractions. The largest is Higashi Chaya District or the Geisha Village.
Kanazawa produces the most gold leaf in all of Japan and has been doing so for over 400 years.
Kenrokuen Gardens are said to be the 3rd most beautiful gardens in Japan which makes them one of the key tourist sights in Japan.
These beautiful gardens were created for Kanazawa castle by the wife of the second feudal lord Gyoksen-in.