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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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    Last Night in Kanazawa, Best Meal of the Trip

    #40 Ozeki

    Last Night in Kanazawa, Best Meal of the Trip

    Dinner at Ozeki, a taishu kappo in Kanazawa’s Kiguramachi: Kanazawa oden like kurumafu and akamaki, fresh sashimi, and a baigai whelk worth every single yen.


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    Taniguchi & Son: Tradition Rendered in a Modern Language

    #39 Yoshiro and Yoshio Taniguchi Museum of Architecture

    Taniguchi & Son: Tradition Rendered in a Modern Language

    Kanazawa’s Taniguchi Museum of Architecture, where father Yoshiro and son Yoshio render tradition in a modern language, with the Yushintei annex recreated inside.


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    Lunch at a 350-Year-Old Ryotei

    #38 Tsubajin

    Lunch at a 350-Year-Old Ryotei

    Tsubajin, Kanazawa’s oldest ryotei, serves crab congee and seasonal dishes over a Saigawa river view. Notes on the 350-year history, lunch, and booking.


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    Street Scenes: Rainy Toyama, Half a Day on Foot

    #37 Toyama Streets

    Street Scenes: Rainy Toyama, Half a Day on Foot

    Wandering rainy Toyama on foot in photos — trams, wide grid streets, and the calm, lived-in feel of this city near Kanazawa, just 20 minutes from it by Shinkansen.


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    Yakiniku to Restore My Energy

    #36 Toyama Sodachi

    Yakiniku to Restore My Energy

    Toyama Sodachi, right by Toyama Station, serves Toyama Wagyu karubi and kimchi at surprisingly low prices — a full meal, drink included, came to just 4,600 yen.


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    The Starbucks They Call the World’s Most Beautiful

    #35 Starbucks Kansui Park

    The Starbucks They Call the World’s Most Beautiful

    Is the Kansui Park Starbucks in Toyama really the world’s most beautiful? A rainy-night visit to the glass store by the canal, and the view from outside.


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    Museum of Literature and Its Striking Cantilever

    #34 Koshinokuni Museum of Literature

    Museum of Literature and Its Striking Cantilever

    Wandering Toyama’s backstreets in the rain to Koshinokuni Museum of Literature, where a huge sleek cantilever defines the CAn-designed home of Toyama writers.