Kanazawa is one of the best preserved Edo-period city in the land of Wa. Tucked on the northern façade of the Japanese Alps, it is remote enough from the main shinkansen line running from Aomori to Tokyo to Osaka and west to Kyushu to be overlooked by tourists in a haste.

Kanazawa's Nagamachi, Teramachi and Katamachi neighbourhood have nothing to envy to Kyoto's Gion.

The local Kenroku-en (兼六園) is generally considered one of Japan's three finest gardens.

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