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    Kanazawa Trip 2026: The Full List

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    Kanazawa Trip 2026: The Full List

    Planning a trip to Kanazawa? This is the full index of my 2026 travel series — covering Kanazawa Station, Nagamachi, Kenroku-en, Higashi Chaya-gai, Shirakawa-go, Toyama, and more. All posts in one place.


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    Beating the Snow with a Steep Thatched Roof

    #25 Shirakawa-go

    Beating the Snow with a Steep Thatched Roof

    Shirakawa-go day trip from Kanazawa in spring. Gassho-zukuri roofs built to beat the snow — but they shaped a whole way of life. Silkworms, saltpeter, and Yui.


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    Street Scenes: The Quieter Side of the Sai River

    #24 Around the Sai River

    Street Scenes: The Quieter Side of the Sai River

    Kanazawa beyond the tourist spots: walking the Sai River, Teramachi’s temples, Nishi Chaya District and Shintatemachi to find the city’s real everyday streets.


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    Is Conveyor Belt Sushi in Kanazawa Worth It?

    #23 Morimori Sushi

    Is Conveyor Belt Sushi in Kanazawa Worth It?

    Gasuebi shrimp, nodoguro, kinmedai at Morimori Sushi in Kanazawa — amazing ingredients, but is conveyor belt sushi here really better than a regular sushiya?


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    ‘ZEN’ Experienced Through Space

    #22 D.T. Suzuki Museum

    ‘ZEN’ Experienced Through Space

    The D.T. Suzuki Museum in Kanazawa puts Zen philosophy into architectural form. Yoshio Taniguchi’s Water Mirror Garden is restrained, quiet, and completely captivating.


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    The Park, Known as the Forest of Culture

    #21 Honda-no-Mori Park

    The Park, Known as the Forest of Culture

    Kanazawa’s Forest of Culture in one park: the National Crafts Museum, red-brick history museums, Bijutsu no Komichi, and Midori no Komichi all waiting inside Honda-no-Mori.


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    Small Shrines, Deeper Than They Look

    #20 Ishiura Shrine and Kanazawa Shrine

    Small Shrines, Deeper Than They Look

    Two small shrines near Kenrokuen worth more than a glance. Ishiura Shrine is Kanazawa’s oldest; Kanazawa Shrine sits beside the spring that gave the city its name.


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    The Museum, Kanazawa, Present Day

    #19 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

    The Museum, Kanazawa, Present Day

    Kanazawa’s 21st Century Museum, right across from Kenrokuen — The Swimming Pool, the architecture, and what this place reveals about the city’s present.