Kanazawa
Sapporo2h30 from Tokyo & 2h10 from Kyoto

NagaokaWajima

Japan

Noto

Kanazawa

Takayama

Naoetsu(Since March 2015)

Matsumoto

Nanao

Tokyo
Hiroshima
Fukuoka

Hokuriku
Shinkansen

Echigo-Yuzawa
JoetsuShinkansen

KurobeNagoyaKyoto
Osaka

ToyamaKomatsu
Kaga Onsen

Fukui

NaganoWorld Heritage

Kanazawa

Gokayama

ToyamaMt.Tateyama

World Heritage

Shirakawa-go

TakasakiMatsumotoTakayama

Mt.Hakusan

Takayama
Line

Hokuriku
Line

Gero

Gujo Hachiman

Chuo Line

TsurugaTokyo
Yokohama

OsakaTokyo(HanedaInternationalAirport)

Mt. Fuji

MaibaraNagoyaKyoto
SanyoShinkansen Shin-Osaka
Kobe(NaritaInternationalAirport)

Kofu

Gifu
LakeBiwa

TokyoOmiyaOtsu

Shizuoka

NagoyaNara(Central JapanInternational Airport)

Tokaido Hamamatsu
Shinkansen

NOsaka(KansaiInternationalAirport)

050100km

Accessiblewith theJapan Rail Pass

Hokuriku Shinkansen

From Tokyo

From Kyoto

Shinkansen 2h28

JR Express

2h10

Bus

7h30

Bus

4h00

Plane

1h10

Car

3h30

Shinkansen
JRGetting to Kanazawa
New shinkansen since March 2015

Tokyo – Kanazawa in 2h28 only

Kanazawa oﬃcial homepage in English

http://www.kanazawa-tourism.com/

Kanazawa

金沢Kanazawa
Kanazawa took its place in Nippon history when it became the capital city of the Kaga province, thebiggest in Japan during the 16th century. Around the Maeda clan’s imposing castle, soon stood majestic
samurai houses, rich warehouses, craftsmen’s ateliers and numerous temples. During the Edo period(1603-1868), the city saw the development of a particularly reﬁned culture. It was so thriving that itbecame Japan’s fourth town after Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto.
Time went by, sparing Kanazawa from natural disasters and wars. That is why Kanazawa appears today
as an amazing conservatory for ancient Japanese traditions and artistic reﬁnement. The intact oldmarket, geisha districts, samurai or craftsmen quarters make it one of Japan’s most enjoyable historiccentres, without forgetting its most exquisite culinary traditions.
Registered in UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network in the ﬁeld of Crafts and Folk Arts, Kanazawa has also
known how to anchor itself in our time with remarkable architectural realisations such as its station or
the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art.

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