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Oyama Jinja
It enshrines Maeda Toshiie. The gate, set with stained glass, is an unusual design mixing Japanese, Chinese and Western elements.
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Oyama Shinmon
A three-storey gate mixing Japanese, Chinese and Western styles. The stained glass at the top is said to have served as a lighthouse.
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Utatsuyama
A hill looking down on Kanazawa. Utasu Jinja enshrines the ancestral spirits of the Kaga domain.
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Kanazawa Jinja
Next to Kenrokuen. The spring called Kinjo Reizawa is said to be the origin of the name Kanazawa, the golden marsh.
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Utasu Jinja
Behind the Higashi Chaya district. It enshrined the ancestral spirits of the Kaga domain.
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Ishiura Jinja
Held to be the oldest shrine in Kanazawa. A hundred and one vermilion torii stand in a row.
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Ozaki Jinja (Kanazawa)
Called the Nikko of the Hokuriku coast. A Toshogu built inside Kanazawa Castle.
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Higashi Chaya
Latticed teahouse buildings stand in a row. Geisha still practise here.
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Kanazawa-jo
Stone walls in the Ano-shu style. The Hishi turret and the Gojikken Nagaya have been rebuilt.
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Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
Ninsei's pheasant incense burner is a National Treasure; the crafts the Kaga domain nurtured are all gathered here.
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National Crafts Museum
The national crafts collection, moved from Tokyo into two relocated Meiji army buildings.
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D.T. Suzuki Museum
For the man who explained Zen to the West; almost nothing is displayed - the water court and silent room are the exhibit.
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Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of History
Three Meiji brick arsenals in a row on a wooded hill, all Important Cultural Properties.
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Nakamura Memorial Museum
A sake brewer's tea utensils, shown in his relocated house so the bowls are seen from a tea room.
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Kanazawa Noh Museum
Masks and robes of the Kaga Hosho school, with masks visitors may wear to feel how narrow the sight becomes.
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Maeda Tosanokami Family Museum
The heirlooms of the Kaga domain's chief retainers - armour and letters marking the rank of a great house.
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Seisonkaku
A lord built it for his mother; one room's ceiling is painted in imported ultramarine, a luxury of pure colour.