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Exploring the Higashi VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
(Eastern) Pleasure District
Established in 1820, this was Practical Information
the grandest pleasure district Ishikawa prefecture. * 454,900.
outside Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo). n (0762) 31-6311. _ Noh at
Full of atmosphere, the area has Ono Minato Shrine (May 15),
old-fashioned street lamps and Hyakumangoku Matsuri (1st Sat
wooden-lattice windows hiding in Jun). ∑ city.kanazawa.
elegant restaurants and crafts ishikawa.jp/index_e.html
galleries. The evocative Shima Transport
Geisha House is still much k Komatsu. £ JR line.
the same as it was in the 19th Wall hanging of a geisha in the Shima
century. On the upper floor are Geisha House
guest rooms with small stages E Shima Geisha House Nearby, Kutani Kosen Pottery
where the geisha sang and Kiln is the only kiln in Kanazawa.
danced. Downstairs are living Tel (076) 252-5675. Open daily. & Kutani porcelain originated in
quarters. Nearby, at Fukushima E Fukushima Sangenten the village of Kutani, south of
Sangenten, the Fukushima Tel (076) 252-3703. Open Mon–Fri. Kanazawa, in the mid-17th
family have been hand-crafting Closed 2nd & 4th Sat of month, Sun. century. Old Kutani-ware
shamisen musical instru ments E Sakuda Gold-leaf Store uses deep, over-glazed blues,
for over 130 years. Shamisen are Tel (076) 251-6777. Open daily. greens, reds, and ochers;
commonly made from karin modern work has more delicate
wood (a type of quince) and cat Exploring Southern Kanazawa and varied designs. All pieces
or dog skin; the three strings are Widely known as the “ninja are handmade and fired two
silk. Visitors may play a finished temple,” Myoryu-ji is a Nichiren or three times.
instrument. The Sakuda Gold- temple full of secret doors and
leaf Store sells gold-leaf items passages. It was established in  Myoryu-ji Temple
and demon strates production – 1643 as a place of worship for Tel (076) 241-0888. Open daily. &
it even has toilets tiled in gold. the Maedas and a watchtower. 8 (every 30 mins, reservation by
Kanazawa has produced gold The archi tec ture is complex, phone compulsory.)
leaf since 1593 and supplies with 23 rooms linked by 29 stair- E Kutani Kosen Pottery Kiln
over 98 percent of Japan’s needs. cases and a maze of corridors. Tel (076) 241-0902. Open daily.

Kanazawa City Center
1 Higashi Pleasure District Train Station
2 Kanazawa Castle & Bus Station Pleasure District
Higashi
1 km (0.6 mile)
3 Oyama Shrine Asanogawa
4 Nagamachi Samurai Quarter HYAKUMANGOKU-ODORI
5 Kenroku-en Garden Asanogawa
6 Seisonkaku Villa Ohashi Bridge
7 Museum of Traditional
Arts and Crafts
8 Museum of Art OHORI-DORI
9 Honda Museum
0 21st Century Museum of Kanazawa
Contemporary Art Oyama Castle Park
q Myoryu-ji Temple Kaga Yuzen Shrine Ishikawa-
Silk Center
mon
KATAMACHI SCRAMBLE 21st Century Kenroku-en
w Kutani Kosen Footbridge
Pottery Kiln Samurai Quarter KORINBO Kanazawa
Nagamachi
Castle
Garden
HIROSAKA-DORI
Museum of
Komatsu Airport Contemporary Art Kanazawa-
30 km (18 miles) jinja Museum of
Traditional Arts
Museum of Art
and Crafts
Seisonkaku
Saigawa
MINAMI-ODORI Ohashi Bridge ODORI Museum Villa
Honda
STREET
SAIGAWA-O DORI
TATEMACHI SHOPPING
Myoryu-ji
Temple Saigawa HONDA-
Kutani Kosen 0 meters 500
Pottery Kiln
0 yards 500
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