Kanazawa

Kanazawa is a historic city in , . For travelers who want to see one of the best-preserved major Edo-period cities in the country, it's hard to beat.
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  • Type: City with 466,000 residents
  • Description: capital city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: Kanazawashi
  • Neighbors: and
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kenrokuen Park and Kanazawa Castle.

Park
Kenroku-en, located in Kanazawa, , , is a strolling style garden constructed during the Edo period by the Maeda clan. Along with and , Kenroku-en is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan and is noted for its beauty across all seasons, particularly in winter.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a large, partially restored Japanese castle in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. It is located adjacent to the celebrated Garden, which once formed the castle's private outer garden.

Museum
The is a of contemporary art located in Kanazawa, , . The museum was designed by Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of the architectural office SANAA in 2004.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nonoichi.

is a city in . It is to the south of Kanazawa and boasts several traditional cultures which have developed since ancient times. It is facing a rapid increase in population, and the town is making efforts to improve the quality of life for its residents.

Kanazawa

Latitude
36.5616° or 36° 33′ 42″ north
Longitude
136.6569° or 136° 39′ 25″ east
Population
466,000
Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP KNZ
Open location code
8Q8RHM64+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 303913177
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1860243
Wiki­data ID
Q191130
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kanazawa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كانازاوا، إيشيكاوا
  • Arabic: كانازاوا
  • Aragonese: Kanazawa
  • Armenian: Կանաձավա
  • Asturian: Kanazawa
  • Azerbaijani: Kanazava
  • Balinese: Kanazawa, Ishikawa
  • Bashkir: Канадзава
  • Basque: Kanazawa
  • Belarusian: Канадзава
  • Bengali: কানাজাওয়া
  • Bengali: কানাযাওয়া
  • Bulgarian: Канадзава
  • Burmese: ကာနာဇာဝါ
  • Catalan: Kanazawa
  • Cebuano: Kanazawa-shi (distrito)
  • Cebuano: Kanazawa-shi (kapital sa prepektura)
  • Cebuano: Kanazawa-shi
  • Chechen: Канадзава
  • Chinese: Kanazawa-chhī
  • Chinese: 金泽
  • Chinese: 金泽市
  • Chinese: 金澤
  • Chinese: 金澤區
  • Chinese: 金澤市
  • Czech: Kanazawa
  • Danish: Kanazawa
  • Dutch: Kanazawa
  • Egyptian Arabic: كانازاوا, ايشيكاوا
  • Esperanto: Kanazaŭa
  • Esperanto: Kanazavo
  • Esperanto: Kanazawa-si
  • Estonian: Kanazawa
  • Finnish: Kanazawa
  • French: Kanazawa
  • Galician: Kanazawa
  • German: Kanasawa
  • German: Kanazawa
  • Greek: Καναζάβα
  • Gujarati: કાનઝાવા
  • Hebrew: קנאזווה
  • Hindi: कानाज़ावा
  • Hungarian: Kanazava
  • Indonesian: Kanazawa, Ishikawa
  • Indonesian: Kanazawa
  • Irish: Kanazawa
  • Italian: Kanazawa
  • Japanese: Kanazawa-shi
  • Japanese: かなざわ
  • Japanese: カナザワ
  • Japanese: かなざわし
  • Japanese: カナザワシ
  • Japanese: 加賀百万石の城下町
  • Japanese: 金沢
  • Japanese: 金沢区
  • Japanese: 金沢市
  • Kannada: ಕನಜಾವಾ
  • Kirghiz: Канадзава
  • Korean: 가나자와 시
  • Korean: 가나자와
  • Korean: 가나자와시
  • Korean: 카나자와 시
  • Korean: 카나자와시
  • Latin: Canasava
  • Latin: Kanazawa
  • Latvian: Kanadzava
  • Literary Chinese: 金澤市
  • Lithuanian: Kanadzava
  • Luxembourgish: Kanazawa
  • Malagasy: Kanazawa
  • Malay: Kanazawa, Ishikawa
  • Malay: Kanazawa
  • Malayalam: കനസാവ
  • Marathi: कानाझावा
  • Mazanderani: کانازاوا، ایشیکاوا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kanazawa-chhī
  • Moksha: Канадзава
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kanazawa
  • Norwegian: Kanazawa
  • Ossetian: Канадзавæ
  • Persian: کانازاوا، ایشیکاوا
  • Persian: کانازاوا
  • Polish: Kanazawa
  • Portuguese: Kanazawa
  • Romanian: Kanazawa
  • Russian: Канадзава
  • Sardinian: Kanazawa
  • Scots: Kanazawa
  • Serbian: Kanazava
  • Serbian: Каназава
  • Serbian: 金沢市
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kanadzava
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kanazava
  • Sinhala: කනසවා
  • Slovak: Kanazawa
  • Slovenian: Kanazava
  • South Azerbaijani: کانازاوا، ایشیکاوا
  • Spanish: Kanazawa, Ishikawa
  • Spanish: Kanazawa
  • Sundanese: Kanazawa, Ishikawa
  • Sundanese: Kanazawa
  • Swahili: Kanazawa, Ishikawa
  • Swahili: Kanazawa
  • Swedish: Kanazawa
  • Tagalog: Kanasawa
  • Tagalog: Kanazawa
  • Tajik: Kanazaua
  • Tajik: Каназауа
  • Tamil: கனசாவா
  • Tatar: Канадзава
  • Telugu: కణజావ
  • Thai: คานาซาวะ
  • Tumbuka: Kanazawa
  • Turkish: Kanazawa
  • Ukrainian: Канадзава
  • Urdu: کانازاوا، اشیکاوا
  • Uzbek: Kanadzava
  • Venetian: Kanazawa
  • Vietnamese: Kanazawa
  • Waray (Philippines): Kanazawa
  • Welsh: Kanazawa
  • Wu Chinese: 金泽市
  • Yue Chinese: 金澤
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