Culture Kanazawa's Noh Museum Peter Sidell In Kanazawa in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture, the Noh Museum is what it sounds like. You can see masks and costumes used in per...
Culture Hakuchoro Promenade, Kanazawa Peter Sidell In Kanazawa in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture, Hakuchoro Promenade is a relaxing walking path lined with a population of interes...
Culture Kenroku-en: Beauty in Small Things Amber Mezbourian Kenroku-en is one of Japan's three most beautiful gardens. Dating back to the Edo period, there are numerous beautiful things...
Culture Higashi Chaya Geisha Area, Kanazawa Erik OBrien Nowhere in Japan has touched me more than Kanazawa. Particularly Higashi Ochaya and the surrounding area. Hoping all those wh...
Culture Kenrokuen: A Park for Winter's End Sheila Burt Considered one of the “Three Great Gardens of Japan”, Kanazawa's Kenrokuen is a treasure to visit during every season. I walk...
Food Soshin, Kanazawa Peter Lin Soshin is a Japanese-style cafe located in the historic Higashi Chaya area in Kanazawa. This charming cafe serves great coffe...
Culture 21st Century Contemporary Art Peter Lin Spectacular collection of contemporary art in Kanazawa
Culture Kabuki in Komatsu: Ataka-no-Seki Takako Sakamoto If you are a big fan of Kabuki, or even if you are not, if you have ever seen any TV dramas or movies featuring Minamoto no Y...
Culture Seihakusai Dekayama Matsuri 2026 Nicole Kunihisa The Seihakusai Dekayama Matsuri in Nanao, Ishikawa; not every day you get to help pull a 20-ton float down the narrow streets...
Culture Kanazawa’s Gold Leaf Production Meg Sing Experience the history and production of Kanazawa gold and silver leaf. The very name of Ishikawa prefecture’s capital city ...
Shopping Sakuda Gold & Silver Leaf Company Meg Sing After first opening in 1919, Sakuda flourished at the time when golden Buddhist statues and figurines for putting up on altar...
Activities Sakuda's Golden Bathroom Meg Sing Sakuda's Golden Bathroom highlights the best of Kanazawa gold and silver leaf traditional craft
Food Gold Leaf Ice Cream at Hakuichi's Meg Sing Gold Leaf soft serve Ice-cream at Hakuichi's in Ishikawa prefecture's Kanazawa. The store is down the street from Kenrokuen G...
Food Chūkasoba Mikoshi Ramen Meg Sing The name ramen is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese characters for the brothy noodles (拉面). Prior to the 1950s, it ...
Beauty & Spa Waon no Yu Onsen Meg Sing Waon no yu is a local onsen with a wide range of facilities in Higashi-Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture.
