10 Best Places to Visit in Kanazawa

Kanazawa is the capital city of Ishikawa prefecture and takes only two and a half hours from Tokyo station by the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line. Kanazawa was the home of the wealthy Maeda clan in the Edo period and became one of the most important cultural centers, where artisans and craftsmen gathered. Kanazawa was fortunate to escape destruction from the great air raids in WWII so the city is well pr