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One of Kanazawa's three geisha quarters, one of the pleasure districts licensed by the Kaga domain in 1820.
About this place
One of Kanazawa's three teahouse districts in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, alongside Kazuemachi Chaya-gai and Higashi Chaya-gai. Nishi no Kuruwa, one of the pleasure quarters officially licensed by the Kaga domain in 1820, is the present Nishi Chaya-gai, with a row of two-story teahouse-style houses with beautiful lattice fronts. At the back, the Nishi Chaya Museum recreates the structure on the site of the teahouse Yoshimairo, where the writer Shimada Seijiro spent time.
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