Chubu
Ishikawa
Kanazawa

Kenrokuen Park

Kenroku-en, located in Kanazawa, , , is a strolling style 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.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: Japanese park in Kanazawa
  • Also known as: “Kenroku-en”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Seisonkaku Villa and Kanazawa Castle.

Museum
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The Seisonkaku is a large villa in the city of Kanazawa, built in 1863 by Maeda Nariyasu, 13th daimyō of the Kaga clan, as a retirement home for his mother Shinryu-in. A collection of her personal effects is open to the public. is situated 170 metres southeast of Kenrokuen Park.

Castle
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is a large, partially restored Japanese castle in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. It is located adjacent to the celebrated Kenroku-en Garden, which once formed the castle's private outer garden. is situated 440 metres northwest of Kenrokuen Park.

Museum
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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. is situated 420 metres southwest of Kenrokuen Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nonoichi.

Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in . It is to the south of 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.

Kenrokuen Park

Latitude
36.56242° or 36° 33′ 45″ north
Longitude
136.66243° or 136° 39′ 45″ east
Operator
石川県
Open location code
8Q8RHM66+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 50288147
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q998239
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kenrokuen Park” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كينروكو-إن”
  • Arabic: “كينروكوإن”
  • Arabic: “كينروكوين”
  • Basque: “Kenroku-en”
  • Catalan: “Kenroku-en”
  • Catalan: “Kenrokuen”
  • Chinese: “兼六園”
  • Dutch: “Kenroku-en”
  • French: “Kenroku-en”
  • German: “Kenroku-en”
  • Greek: “Κενρόκου-εν”
  • Hebrew: “גן קנרוקואן”
  • Hungarian: “Kenroku-en”
  • Indonesian: “Kenroku-en”
  • Italian: “Kenroku-en”
  • Japanese: “Kenrokuen”
  • Japanese: “けんろくえん”
  • Japanese: “兼六園”
  • Korean: “겐로쿠엔”
  • Literary Chinese: “兼六園”
  • Persian: “کنروکو-ان”
  • Polish: “Kenroku-en”
  • Portuguese: “Kenroku-en”
  • Russian: “Кэнроку-эн”
  • Slovenian: “Kenroku-en”
  • Spanish: “Kenroku-en”
  • Turkish: “Kenroku-en”
  • Western Panjabi: “کنروکو-ان”
  • Yue Chinese: “兼六園”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kenrokuen Park”. Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.