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| Kenrokuen Garden is one of the three most beautiful gardens in
Japan, along with Kairakuen Garden in Mito City and Korakuen Garden in Okayama
City. |
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| Seisonkaku was built with an area of 1,500 tsubo as Tatsumi-goten.
Takako, the wife of the 12th lord spent her retirement years there. |
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| Kanazawa Castle's Ishikawa-mon Gate stands to the east of the
remnants of Kanazawa Castle and is a designated Important Cultural Asset. |
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(Kanazawa Castle)
This complex of three buildings was finished in July, 2001. This complex is one
of the biggest wooden constructions in Japan built after the Meiji period. |
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| Gyokusen-en was constructed using the existing natural landscape.
Gyokusen-en borrows its landscape from the grove seen in Kenrokuen. |
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| Higashi Chaya District still preserves an aspect of the Kanazawa
of feudal times, showing the picturesque atmosphere of the wooden lattice fronts
of old geisha houses. |
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| A few blocks away from downtown Korinbo, there still remain a
few samurai houses surrounded by traditional mud walls. |
