Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Art

A circular contemporary art museum conceived as 'a park open to the city.' Interactive works such as Leandro Erlich's The Swimming Pool have generated enormous buzz, drawing approximately 2.5 million visitors annually.

A Japanese garden in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, founded in the 17th century, taking its present form in the 19th. Counted among Japan's three great gardens. Beautiful seasonal landscapes, spectacular in snow. Approximately 3 million visitors annually, internationally evaluated as a premier destination for studying Japanese aesthetic garden principles.

An Edo-period representative garden in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. Construction began in 1676 by Kaga Domain and took approximately 200 years to complete. Recognized as one of Japan's three great gardens. Its harmonious composition featuring ponds, streams, bridges, and lanterns is highly acclaimed. Attracts over 4 million visitors annually.

An iconic Edo-period Japanese garden in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture and one of Japan's three most celebrated gardens. Designed as a rinshin kaiyū-shiki (stroll) garden embodying 'rokuki' (six kinds of beauty), its 6.5-hectare landscape features ponds, waterfalls, and tea houses. Attracting approximately 1.8 million visitors annually, it represents the pinnacle of Japanese garden aesthetics.

One of Japan's three great gardens in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. This strolling garden was created over 180 years by the Maeda clan of Kaga Domain, named for combining six landscape elements. Winter yukitsuri snow protection is Kanazawa's iconic seasonal sight, and the garden offers beauty in every season.

An art museum perched on a hilltop overlooking Sagami Bay. Housing approximately 3,500 East Asian art works including three National Treasures, it is renowned for Ogata Korin's 'Red and White Plum Blossoms' — a supreme masterpiece of Japanese art.