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- AN INSIR'S GUI TO THE BT THGS TO DO KANAZAWA KANAZAWA IS NOW A MT-H STOP JAPAN FOR ARTS, CRAFTS, CULTURE, FOOD AND HISTORY | © WOLFGANG KAEHLER/LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAG ERIC MARGOLIS 11 MARCH 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT KANAZAWA HAS GROWN OUT OF S PREV STAT AS ONE OF JAPAN’S BT UNR-THE-RADAR STATNS AND IS NOW A MT-H STOP FOR ARTS, CRAFTS, CULTURE, FOOD AND HISTORY. THIS ‘LTLE KYOTO’ LOTED JT THREE HOURS BY BULLET TRA OM TOKYO AND OSAKA ALSO SERV AS THE GATEWAY TO THE NOTO PENSULA’S SCENIC SEAAST. VIEW ALL TRIPS LOOK BENEATH KANAZAWA’S SLEEK URBAN SURFACE AND YOU’LL FD DOZENS OF SOPHISTITED, LIGHTFUL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKG CRAFTS AND TRADNS. OFFERG – AND FACT SPECIALISG – SHI AND SAKE, GOLD LEAF AND CERAMICS, AS WELL AS MORN ART, ARCHECTURE AND ZEN BUDDHISM, KANAZAWA AND THE ADJACENT NOTO PENSULA ARE HANDS-DOWN THE BT PLAC TO DISVER JAPAN’S WORLD-FAMO CRAFTSMANSHIP. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP GREECE BALI SPA EGYPT SOUTH AI JAPAN ECUADOR INDIA THAILAND MOROC ICELAND TURKEY MEXI CROATIA CONVENIENTLY LOTED ON THE HOKURIKU SHKANSEN OM TOKYO AND THE JR THUNRBIRD OM OSAKA, KANAZAWA IS A STRONG NDIDATE FOR A PRIME TWO-TO-FOUR DAY TRIP AFTER TOKYO AND KYOTO. STROLL BACK TIME THE HIGASHI-CHAYA DISTRICT AN AFTERNOON SPENT THE PRERVED EDO PERD ARCHECTURAL DISTRICT OF HIGASHI-CHAYA IS AN UNMISSABLE KANAZAWA ACTIVY. LOTED A 20-MUTE WALK OR JT FIVE STOPS ON THE 12 B OM KANAZAWA STATN (LS THAN 15 MUT), HIGASHI-CHAYA IS THE LARGT OF KANAZAWA’S THREE PRERVED HISTORIC DISTRICTS. THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE NISHI-CHAYA NEAR KATAMACHI AND KAZUEMACHI ON THE OTHER SI OF THE RIVER OM HIGASHI-CHAYA. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP THE AREA WAS TABLISHED THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY AS AN ENTERTAMENT DISTRICT FOR ARISTOCRATS AND WEALTHY MERCHANTS. BACK THEN, THE QUAT STREETS WERE LED WH CHAYA – SOPHISTITED TEAHO WH GEISHA PERFORMANC, DRKG AND GAM. EVEN 2020, YOU N EXPERIENCE THE SAME SIGHTS, SOUNDS, TEXTUR, AROMAS AND TAST, WH PLEASANT TEAHO, GEISHA SHOWS, AND EXCELLENT HANDICRAFT AND GIFT SHOPS. COFFEE AND TEA GO FOR ABOUT ¥500 (£3.60), WH SOUVENIRS SUCH AS HANDICRAFTS, TEA SETS AND JAPANE SWEETS AVAILABLE AT ALL PRICE RANG. KANAZAWA IS KNOWN AS 'LTLE KYOTO' SPEND SOME TIME THE BETIFULLY PRERVED EDO PERD ARCHECTURAL DISTRICT OF HIGASHI-CHAYA HIGASHI-CHAYA IS THE LARGT OF KANAZAWA’S THREE PRERVED HISTORIC DISTRICTS VIS KENROKUEN, ONE OF JAPAN’S BT GARNS KENROKUEN, NSIRED TO BE ONE OF THE THREE GREAT GARNS OF JAPAN, IS AN EXPANSIVE STROLLG GARN FEATURG LOURFUL FLOWERS, WDG CREEKS AND TRADNAL TTAG AND TEAHO (THE OTHER TWO TOP GARNS ARE KORAKU-EN OKAYAMA AND KAIRAKU-EN MO). BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. KENROKUEN IS LOTED RIGHT THE HEART OF KANAZAWA – JT 15 MUT VIA B OM KANAZAWA STATN AND RIGHT NEXT TO KANAZAWA CASTLE, THE 21ST CENTURY ART MM, THE ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL MM, SHOPPG AT KORBO TOKYU SQUARE AND THE BTLG DG AND NIGHTLIFE DISTRICT OF KATAMACHI. ENTRY TO THE GARN IS JT ¥320 (£2.30). KENROKUEN IS NSIRED TO BE ONE OF THE THREE GREAT GARNS OF JAPAN | © ALEX RAMSAY / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO STAY OVERNIGHT AT THE BT RYOKAN JAPAN – OVERLOOKG THE SEA KAGAYA ONSEN HAS BEEN RATED THE BT RYOKAN (TRADNAL GUTHOE) JAPAN FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. CLOSE TO 100 ATTENDANTS GREET YOU AS YOU ENTER THE LUXUR, SY TERR. SPAC TRADNAL JAPANE-STYLE ROOMS AND NATURAL HOT SPRG BATHS OVERLOOK THE BAY AND OCEAN. UPON ARRIVAL, YOU’LL BE SERVED STEAMG MATCHA AND H K AND YOUR STAY WH A GOURMET, MULTI-URSE DG EXPERIENCE. A ROOM IS PRICEY – ABOUT ¥50,000 (£360) PER NIGHT – BUT WH VISORS CLUDG THE SWEDISH ROYAL FAY, IF YOU’RE WILLG TO BGE, YOU’RE FOR A ONCE--A-LIFETIME PAMPERG EXPERIENCE. THE BT WAY TO GET TO KAGAYA IS TO TAKE THE EXPRS SERVICE ON THE JR NANAO LE OM KANAZAWA STATN TO WAKURA ONSEN. KAGAYA OFFERS A SHUTTLE B OM WAKURA ONSEN STATN TO THE RYOKAN. STAYG OVERNIGHT AT KAGAYA (OR A CHEAPER, NEARBY RYOKAN) IS ALSO THE PERFECT LNCHG POT TO EXPLORE THE NOTO PENSULA. STAY A RYOKAN, OR TRADNAL GUTHOE, KANAZAWA | © ERIC LAFFORGUE / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO TAKE A TRIP TO THE STUNNG WAJIMA RICE FIELDS THE SENMAIDA RICE TERRAC ON THE NORTHERN AST OF THE NOTO PENSULA ARE ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC STATNS JAPAN, PECIALLY SUMMER WHEN THE HILLS TURN A BRILLIANT GREEN. WHILE B N OM KANAZAWA STATN, NANAO STATN AND WAKURA ONSEN STATN, THEY N BE EQUENT AND DIFFICULT TO ACCS, SO WE REMEND BOOKG A TOUR GUI OR PRIVATE VEHICLE THROUGH YOUR HOTEL. YOU N ALSO LEARN ABOUT TRADNAL RICE-PLANTG METHODS, AND WTER, THE FIELDS ARE SET AGLOW WH LED LIGHTS. THE SENMAIDA RICE TERRAC ARE ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC STATNS JAPAN THE HILLS OF SENMAIDA TURN A BRILLIANT GREEN SUMMER IN WTER, THE TERRAC ARE SET AGLOW WH LED LIGHTS CHECK OUT CUTTG-EDGE ART FOR ALL AG AT THE 21ST CENTURY ART MM LOTED DOWNTOWN JT TWO MUT OM KENROKUEN, KANAZAWA CASTLE AND KATAMACHI, THE 21ST CENTURY ART MM IS A NTEMPORARY MM FEATURG ACCLAIMED JAPANE AND TERNATNAL ARTWORKS. THE EXHIBS N THE GAMUT OM EDGY, SOCIAL CRIQU VISUAL, SCULPTURE AND MULTIMEDIA FORMATS ALL THE WAY TO KID-IENDLY TERACTIVE EXHIBS AND FUN PIEC THAT MAKE EXCELLENT INSTAGRAM-BA, LIKE TRANSLUCENT MULTILOURED WALLS AND A FALSE POOL. ADMISSN IS JT ¥450 (£3.60). THE 21ST CENTURY ART MM FEATUR ACCLAIMED JAPANE AND TERNATNAL ARTWORKS | © HEMIS / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO GO BAR-HOPPG KATAMACHI KATAMACHI IS KANAZAWA’S PRIME DG AND NIGHTLIFE DISTRICT. A FAR CRY OM THE FLASHY LIGHTS OF SHJU OR DOTONBORI OSAKA, KATAMACHI IS A WDG WORK OF SECLUD BACK ALLEYS PACKED WH EXCELLENT RTRANTS, OLD-SCHOOL IZAKAYA (JAPANE-STYLE PUBS) AND TRENDY, GLOSSY CKTAIL BARS – MANY OF WHICH ARE LOLLY OWNED HOLE--THE-WALL TABLISHMENTS WH JT A FEW SEATS AVAILABLE. THE LOW-KEY ATMOSPHERE OF THE RELAXED, HIDN STREETS CREAT THE IAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ENDLSLY WANRG OM BAR TO BAR, ENJOYG A CKTAIL AND SOME APPETISERS, AND HEADG BACK TO THE NIGHT TO SEE WHAT’S NEXT. BE AWARE THAT MANY BARS WILL HAVE A VER CHARGE (ABOUT ¥500) BUT THEY TEND TO MAKE UP FOR THE ST WH OL AND ECLECTIC TERR RATG. BEER UALLY GO FOR LS THAN ¥500 (£3.60) AND CKTAILS AREN’T MUCH MORE. THE MA STREETS OF KATAMACHI N BE FOUND BETWEEN KORBO TOKYU SQUARE AND THE RIVER. KATAMACHI IS KANAZAWA’S PRIME DG AND NIGHTLIFE DISTRICT | © WORLD DISVERY / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO ENJOY THE BT SEAFOOD THE SEA OF JAPAN HAS TO OFFER LOTED JT OFF THE SEA OF JAPAN, KANAZAWA IS RENOWNED FOR S LIC, H SEAFOOD. A BRIEF LIST OF SEAFOOD TO NSIR TRYG WHILE KANAZAWA CLUS: SHI AND SASHIMI, SASASHI (SMOKED SHI), KANO OR SNOW CRAB (PECIALLY WTER), KAISEN-DON OR SASHIMI RICE BOWL, AND KABURA-ZHI, A TRADNAL DISH MA OM YELLOWTAIL AND FERMENTED TURNIP. TOP SEAFOOD AND SHI RTRANTS ARE LOTED NEAR KANAZAWA STATN, HIGASHI-CHAY AND KATAMACHI, AND CLU OTOMEZHI, GYOSHOAN AND KIFUNE. ALSO CHECK OUT THE OMICHO FISH MARKET FOR HIGH-QUALY FISH AND PLENTY OF LOL STALLS AND LUNCH STANDS, JT A 10-MUTE WALK OM KANAZAWA STATN. NOTE THAT GOURMET, TOP-QUALY SEAFOOD ISN’T CHEAP – A SET-URSE MEAL RANG OM AROUND ¥6,000–12,000 (£43.50–87) PER PERSON. CHECK OUT THE OHMICHO FISH MARKET FOR HIGH-QUALY FISH KANAZAWA IS RENOWNED FOR S LIC, H SEAFOOD EXPLORE THE LOL FOOD STALLS AND STANDS AT OHMICHO FISH MARKET DISVER ISHIKAWA PREFECTURE’S RICH ARTISAN TRADN ISHIKAWA PREFECTURE IS HOME TO HIGH-QUALY ARTISANAL CRAFTS SUCH AS GOLD-LEAF, LACQUERWARE, WOOD CRAFTS, CERAMICS AND GLASSWARE. A GREAT PLACE TO START IS THE ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL MM OF TRADNAL ARTS AND CRAFTS, WHICH IS LOTED DIRECTLY BI THE 21ST CENTURY ART MM (FIRST FLOOR EE, SEND FLOOR ¥260 (£1.90)). THERE ARE ALSO EPER DIV TO EACH AND EVERY SPECIALY CRAFT THE REGN AT DITED MMS, WH BETIFUL ARTEFACTS EXHIBED AND HANDICRAFT SOUVENIRS AVAILABLE TO BUY. FOR GOLD LEAF, TRY THE YASUE GOLD LEAF MM HIGASHI-CHAYA; OHI MM, JT ON THE OTHER SI OF THE RIVER OM HIGASHI-CHAYA, DISPLAYS POTTERY; THERE’S LACQUER AT THE WAJIMA LACQUERWARE MM NEAR THE WAJIMA RICE FIELDS; AND ORIGAMI AT NIPPON ORIGAMI MM KAGA, A LIGHTFUL ONSEN TOWN AN HOUR SOUTH OF KANAZAWA VIA JR THUNRBIRD. ISHIKAWA PREFECTURE IS HOME TO HIGH-QUALY ARTISANAL CRAFTS SUCH AS GOLD-LEAF, LACQUERWARE, WOOD CRAFTS, CERAMICS AND GLASSWARE | © A ARCHIVE / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO EXPERIENCE KANAZAWA’S EPIC ANNUAL FTIVAL, HYAKUMANGOKU MATSURI KANAZAWA’S LARGT ANNUAL FTIVAL IS HELD ON THE FIRST SATURDAY JUNE, FEATURG THOANDS OF DANCERS, DMMERS AND PERFORMERS VIBRANTLY STUMED EDO PERD ATTIRE. THE FTIVAL MEMORAT THE TABLISHMENT OF KANAZAWA CY, WHEN MAEDA TOSHIIE, ONE OF THE LEADG GENERALS OF JAPAN’S WARRG STAT PERD, ARRIVED AT KANAZAWA CASTLE ON 14 JUNE 1583. THE MA PARA LEAV KANAZAWA STATN AROUND 2PM AND MARCH ALL THE WAY TO KANAZAWA CASTLE. BUT EVEN AFTER THE OFFICIAL PARA WDS DOWN AROUND 6PM, HUNDREDS OF GROUPS OF LOL BS AND ASSOCIATNS (ACUNTG FOR AS MANY AS 10,000 PARTICIPANTS) JO DRSED TRADNAL YATA AND KIMONO TO DANCE ACROSS THE STREETS OF KANAZAWA. IF YOU’RE JAPAN THE MONTH OF JUNE, MAKG A TRIP TO KANAZAWA N BE WORTH FOR THIS EPIC SLE OF THIS FTIVAL ALONE. KANAZAWA’S LARGT ANNUAL FTIVAL IS HELD ON THE FIRST SATURDAY JUNE | © / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
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AN INSIR'S GUI TO THE BT THGS TO DO KANAZAWA KANAZAWA IS NOW A MT-H STOP JAPAN FOR ARTS, CRAFTS, CULTURE, FOOD AND HISTORY | © WOLFGANG KAEHLER/LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAG ERIC MARGOLIS 11 MARCH 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT KANAZAWA HAS GROWN OUT OF S PREV STAT AS ONE OF JAPAN’S BT UNR-THE-RADAR STATNS AND IS NOW A MT-H STOP FOR ARTS, CRAFTS, CULTURE, FOOD AND HISTORY. THIS ‘LTLE KYOTO’ LOTED JT THREE HOURS BY BULLET TRA OM TOKYO AND OSAKA ALSO SERV AS THE GATEWAY TO THE NOTO PENSULA’S SCENIC SEAAST. VIEW ALL TRIPS LOOK BENEATH KANAZAWA’S SLEEK URBAN SURFACE AND YOU’LL FD DOZENS OF SOPHISTITED, LIGHTFUL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKG CRAFTS AND TRADNS. OFFERG – AND FACT SPECIALISG – SHI AND SAKE, GOLD LEAF AND CERAMICS, AS WELL AS MORN ART, ARCHECTURE AND ZEN BUDDHISM, KANAZAWA AND THE ADJACENT NOTO PENSULA ARE HANDS-DOWN THE BT PLAC TO DISVER JAPAN’S WORLD-FAMO CRAFTSMANSHIP. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP GREECE BALI SPA EGYPT SOUTH AI JAPAN ECUADOR INDIA THAILAND MOROC ICELAND TURKEY MEXI CROATIA CONVENIENTLY LOTED ON THE HOKURIKU SHKANSEN OM TOKYO AND THE JR THUNRBIRD OM OSAKA, KANAZAWA IS A STRONG NDIDATE FOR A PRIME TWO-TO-FOUR DAY TRIP AFTER TOKYO AND KYOTO. STROLL BACK TIME THE HIGASHI-CHAYA DISTRICT AN AFTERNOON SPENT THE PRERVED EDO PERD ARCHECTURAL DISTRICT OF HIGASHI-CHAYA IS AN UNMISSABLE KANAZAWA ACTIVY. LOTED A 20-MUTE WALK OR JT FIVE STOPS ON THE 12 B OM KANAZAWA STATN (LS THAN 15 MUT), HIGASHI-CHAYA IS THE LARGT OF KANAZAWA’S THREE PRERVED HISTORIC DISTRICTS. THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE NISHI-CHAYA NEAR KATAMACHI AND KAZUEMACHI ON THE OTHER SI OF THE RIVER OM HIGASHI-CHAYA. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP THE AREA WAS TABLISHED THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY AS AN ENTERTAMENT DISTRICT FOR ARISTOCRATS AND WEALTHY MERCHANTS. BACK THEN, THE QUAT STREETS WERE LED WH CHAYA – SOPHISTITED TEAHO WH GEISHA PERFORMANC, DRKG AND GAM. EVEN 2020, YOU N EXPERIENCE THE SAME SIGHTS, SOUNDS, TEXTUR, AROMAS AND TAST, WH PLEASANT TEAHO, GEISHA SHOWS, AND EXCELLENT HANDICRAFT AND GIFT SHOPS. COFFEE AND TEA GO FOR ABOUT ¥500 (£3.60), WH SOUVENIRS SUCH AS HANDICRAFTS, TEA SETS AND JAPANE SWEETS AVAILABLE AT ALL PRICE RANG. KANAZAWA IS KNOWN AS 'LTLE KYOTO' SPEND SOME TIME THE BETIFULLY PRERVED EDO PERD ARCHECTURAL DISTRICT OF HIGASHI-CHAYA HIGASHI-CHAYA IS THE LARGT OF KANAZAWA’S THREE PRERVED HISTORIC DISTRICTS VIS KENROKUEN, ONE OF JAPAN’S BT GARNS KENROKUEN, NSIRED TO BE ONE OF THE THREE GREAT GARNS OF JAPAN, IS AN EXPANSIVE STROLLG GARN FEATURG LOURFUL FLOWERS, WDG CREEKS AND TRADNAL TTAG AND TEAHO (THE OTHER TWO TOP GARNS ARE KORAKU-EN OKAYAMA AND KAIRAKU-EN MO). BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. KENROKUEN IS LOTED RIGHT THE HEART OF KANAZAWA – JT 15 MUT VIA B OM KANAZAWA STATN AND RIGHT NEXT TO KANAZAWA CASTLE, THE 21ST CENTURY ART MM, THE ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL MM, SHOPPG AT KORBO TOKYU SQUARE AND THE BTLG DG AND NIGHTLIFE DISTRICT OF KATAMACHI. ENTRY TO THE GARN IS JT ¥320 (£2.30). KENROKUEN IS NSIRED TO BE ONE OF THE THREE GREAT GARNS OF JAPAN | © ALEX RAMSAY / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO STAY OVERNIGHT AT THE BT RYOKAN JAPAN – OVERLOOKG THE SEA KAGAYA ONSEN HAS BEEN RATED THE BT RYOKAN (TRADNAL GUTHOE) JAPAN FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. CLOSE TO 100 ATTENDANTS GREET YOU AS YOU ENTER THE LUXUR, SY TERR. SPAC TRADNAL JAPANE-STYLE ROOMS AND NATURAL HOT SPRG BATHS OVERLOOK THE BAY AND OCEAN. UPON ARRIVAL, YOU’LL BE SERVED STEAMG MATCHA AND H K AND YOUR STAY WH A GOURMET, MULTI-URSE DG EXPERIENCE. A ROOM IS PRICEY – ABOUT ¥50,000 (£360) PER NIGHT – BUT WH VISORS CLUDG THE SWEDISH ROYAL FAY, IF YOU’RE WILLG TO BGE, YOU’RE FOR A ONCE--A-LIFETIME PAMPERG EXPERIENCE. THE BT WAY TO GET TO KAGAYA IS TO TAKE THE EXPRS SERVICE ON THE JR NANAO LE OM KANAZAWA STATN TO WAKURA ONSEN. KAGAYA OFFERS A SHUTTLE B OM WAKURA ONSEN STATN TO THE RYOKAN. STAYG OVERNIGHT AT KAGAYA (OR A CHEAPER, NEARBY RYOKAN) IS ALSO THE PERFECT LNCHG POT TO EXPLORE THE NOTO PENSULA. STAY A RYOKAN, OR TRADNAL GUTHOE, KANAZAWA | © ERIC LAFFORGUE / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO TAKE A TRIP TO THE STUNNG WAJIMA RICE FIELDS THE SENMAIDA RICE TERRAC ON THE NORTHERN AST OF THE NOTO PENSULA ARE ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC STATNS JAPAN, PECIALLY SUMMER WHEN THE HILLS TURN A BRILLIANT GREEN. WHILE B N OM KANAZAWA STATN, NANAO STATN AND WAKURA ONSEN STATN, THEY N BE EQUENT AND DIFFICULT TO ACCS, SO WE REMEND BOOKG A TOUR GUI OR PRIVATE VEHICLE THROUGH YOUR HOTEL. YOU N ALSO LEARN ABOUT TRADNAL RICE-PLANTG METHODS, AND WTER, THE FIELDS ARE SET AGLOW WH LED LIGHTS. THE SENMAIDA RICE TERRAC ARE ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC STATNS JAPAN THE HILLS OF SENMAIDA TURN A BRILLIANT GREEN SUMMER IN WTER, THE TERRAC ARE SET AGLOW WH LED LIGHTS CHECK OUT CUTTG-EDGE ART FOR ALL AG AT THE 21ST CENTURY ART MM LOTED DOWNTOWN JT TWO MUT OM KENROKUEN, KANAZAWA CASTLE AND KATAMACHI, THE 21ST CENTURY ART MM IS A NTEMPORARY MM FEATURG ACCLAIMED JAPANE AND TERNATNAL ARTWORKS. THE EXHIBS N THE GAMUT OM EDGY, SOCIAL CRIQU VISUAL, SCULPTURE AND MULTIMEDIA FORMATS ALL THE WAY TO KID-IENDLY TERACTIVE EXHIBS AND FUN PIEC THAT MAKE EXCELLENT INSTAGRAM-BA, LIKE TRANSLUCENT MULTILOURED WALLS AND A FALSE POOL. ADMISSN IS JT ¥450 (£3.60). THE 21ST CENTURY ART MM FEATUR ACCLAIMED JAPANE AND TERNATNAL ARTWORKS | © HEMIS / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO GO BAR-HOPPG KATAMACHI KATAMACHI IS KANAZAWA’S PRIME DG AND NIGHTLIFE DISTRICT. A FAR CRY OM THE FLASHY LIGHTS OF SHJU OR DOTONBORI OSAKA, KATAMACHI IS A WDG WORK OF SECLUD BACK ALLEYS PACKED WH EXCELLENT RTRANTS, OLD-SCHOOL IZAKAYA (JAPANE-STYLE PUBS) AND TRENDY, GLOSSY CKTAIL BARS – MANY OF WHICH ARE LOLLY OWNED HOLE--THE-WALL TABLISHMENTS WH JT A FEW SEATS AVAILABLE. THE LOW-KEY ATMOSPHERE OF THE RELAXED, HIDN STREETS CREAT THE IAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ENDLSLY WANRG OM BAR TO BAR, ENJOYG A CKTAIL AND SOME APPETISERS, AND HEADG BACK TO THE NIGHT TO SEE WHAT’S NEXT. BE AWARE THAT MANY BARS WILL HAVE A VER CHARGE (ABOUT ¥500) BUT THEY TEND TO MAKE UP FOR THE ST WH OL AND ECLECTIC TERR RATG. BEER UALLY GO FOR LS THAN ¥500 (£3.60) AND CKTAILS AREN’T MUCH MORE. THE MA STREETS OF KATAMACHI N BE FOUND BETWEEN KORBO TOKYU SQUARE AND THE RIVER. KATAMACHI IS KANAZAWA’S PRIME DG AND NIGHTLIFE DISTRICT | © WORLD DISVERY / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO ENJOY THE BT SEAFOOD THE SEA OF JAPAN HAS TO OFFER LOTED JT OFF THE SEA OF JAPAN, KANAZAWA IS RENOWNED FOR S LIC, H SEAFOOD. A BRIEF LIST OF SEAFOOD TO NSIR TRYG WHILE KANAZAWA CLUS: SHI AND SASHIMI, SASASHI (SMOKED SHI), KANO OR SNOW CRAB (PECIALLY WTER), KAISEN-DON OR SASHIMI RICE BOWL, AND KABURA-ZHI, A TRADNAL DISH MA OM YELLOWTAIL AND FERMENTED TURNIP. TOP SEAFOOD AND SHI RTRANTS ARE LOTED NEAR KANAZAWA STATN, HIGASHI-CHAY AND KATAMACHI, AND CLU OTOMEZHI, GYOSHOAN AND KIFUNE. ALSO CHECK OUT THE OMICHO FISH MARKET FOR HIGH-QUALY FISH AND PLENTY OF LOL STALLS AND LUNCH STANDS, JT A 10-MUTE WALK OM KANAZAWA STATN. NOTE THAT GOURMET, TOP-QUALY SEAFOOD ISN’T CHEAP – A SET-URSE MEAL RANG OM AROUND ¥6,000–12,000 (£43.50–87) PER PERSON. CHECK OUT THE OHMICHO FISH MARKET FOR HIGH-QUALY FISH KANAZAWA IS RENOWNED FOR S LIC, H SEAFOOD EXPLORE THE LOL FOOD STALLS AND STANDS AT OHMICHO FISH MARKET DISVER ISHIKAWA PREFECTURE’S RICH ARTISAN TRADN ISHIKAWA PREFECTURE IS HOME TO HIGH-QUALY ARTISANAL CRAFTS SUCH AS GOLD-LEAF, LACQUERWARE, WOOD CRAFTS, CERAMICS AND GLASSWARE. A GREAT PLACE TO START IS THE ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL MM OF TRADNAL ARTS AND CRAFTS, WHICH IS LOTED DIRECTLY BI THE 21ST CENTURY ART MM (FIRST FLOOR EE, SEND FLOOR ¥260 (£1.90)). THERE ARE ALSO EPER DIV TO EACH AND EVERY SPECIALY CRAFT THE REGN AT DITED MMS, WH BETIFUL ARTEFACTS EXHIBED AND HANDICRAFT SOUVENIRS AVAILABLE TO BUY. FOR GOLD LEAF, TRY THE YASUE GOLD LEAF MM HIGASHI-CHAYA; OHI MM, JT ON THE OTHER SI OF THE RIVER OM HIGASHI-CHAYA, DISPLAYS POTTERY; THERE’S LACQUER AT THE WAJIMA LACQUERWARE MM NEAR THE WAJIMA RICE FIELDS; AND ORIGAMI AT NIPPON ORIGAMI MM KAGA, A LIGHTFUL ONSEN TOWN AN HOUR SOUTH OF KANAZAWA VIA JR THUNRBIRD. 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