Bunkazai TabiA travel guide to Japan’s cultural heritage

Cultural heritage in Ishikawa

National Treasure buildings and historic districts in Ishikawa.

Higashiyama Higashi (Higashi Chaya), Kanazawa: The Higashiyama Higashi teahouse street

Historic districts

Higashiyama Higashi (Higashi Chaya), Kanazawa

Kanazawa, Ishikawa

A geisha teahouse district in Kanazawa laid out in 1820, with a rare concentration of teahouses from the late Edo to early Meiji periods. Matching houses with projecting lattices on the ground floor and tall second-floor banquet rooms line both sides of the street, carrying Kanazawa's teahouse culture into the present.

Kaga Higashitani

Historic districts

Kaga Higashitani

Kaga, Ishikawa

Kaga Higashitani is a mountain village in Kaga, Ishikawa, selected in 2011 as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

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Kaga Hashidate

Historic districts

Kaga Hashidate

Kaga, Ishikawa

Kaga Hashidate is a shipowners' village in Kaga, Ishikawa, selected in 2005 as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

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Shiramine, Hakusan

Historic districts

Shiramine, Hakusan

Hakusan, Ishikawa

Shiramine, Hakusan is a mountain village in Hakusan, Ishikawa, selected in 2012 as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

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Kuroshima District, Wajima

Historic districts

Kuroshima District, Wajima

Wajima, Ishikawa

Kuroshima District, Wajima is a shipowners' village in Wajima, Ishikawa, selected in 2009 as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

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Kazuemachi, Kanazawa

Historic districts

Kazuemachi, Kanazawa

Kanazawa, Ishikawa

Kazuemachi, Kanazawa is a teahouse district in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, selected in 2008 as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

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Utatsuyama Foothills, Kanazawa

Historic districts

Utatsuyama Foothills, Kanazawa

Kanazawa, Ishikawa

Utatsuyama Foothills, Kanazawa is a temple district in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, selected in 2011 as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

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Teramachidai, Kanazawa

Historic districts

Teramachidai, Kanazawa

Kanazawa, Ishikawa

Teramachidai, Kanazawa is a temple district in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, selected in 2012 as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

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