LOCAL AREA

One of Japan’s Three Most Beautiful Gardens with an area of 11.4 hectares. The Maeda family who ruled this area, maintained the garden from generation to generation.

The first feudal lord Maeda Toshiie entered Kanazawa Castle in 1583 and he started building the castle earnestly. Reportedly, he invited Takayama Ukon. In the recent project, Hishi Yagura. Gojukken Nagaya, and Hashizume-mon Tsuzuki Yagura were reconstructed. These buildings were once rebuilt, after a Ni-no-maru fire in 1808, but were burned down again by another fire 1881. The current buildings have been designed based on how they looked in the 1850s.

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art has been established with the mission of generating new culture and revitalizing its community. Innovative city planning has become intensely important to our society, which faces a historical turning point in the 21st century. Through a spirit of cooperation 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art will seek to aware Kanzawa's creative enegy and become a compelling regional cultural attraction.

Opened since 1721. The Oumi Market has been popular for both tourists and Kanazawa people. Since 2010, the Oumi Market Place (in-door shopping mall) opened and started Sunday operation.