The museum has been one of the notable tourist spots in Kanazawa, along with Kanazawa Castle and Kenrokuen, one of Japan's most famous gardens. The museum won a Golden Lion award at the ninth Venice ...

Kanazawa Castle has an elegant design not seen in other castles. It has plastered geometric-patterned walls; white, metallic roof tiles; and a diversity of stone walls. Money was no object.

Soichiro Kitagaki, who is honorary head of the research institute studying Kanazawa Castle in Ishikawa Prefecture, said the careful manner in which the stones were laid for the wall was “most ...

Kenrokuen was originally an outer garden of Kanazawa Castle. Its name means “Garden of the six sublimities” – spaciousness, seclusion, artificiality, antiquity, abundant water, and broad views.