A walk around Kanazawa, Japan - see traditional Japanese houses and the beautiful local ceramics

Kanazawa is a beautiful Japanese city, the largest city in the Hokuriku region, located on the Sea of Japan.

The name "Kanazawa" (金沢, 金澤), which literally means "marsh of gold", is said to derive from the legend of the peasant Imohori Togoro (literally "Togoro Potato-digger"), who was digging for potatoes when flakes of gold washed up.
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Unfortunately, we only had one day to see the city and the surrounding attractions, and there are many of them - castles, museums, wonderful gardens - including Kenrokuen Garde, considered to be the prettiest in Japan. In the photo above you can see a map of Kanazawa with marked places we wanted to visit.

The local architecture is also interesting. Traditional houses with wooden elements made a great impression on me.

Kanazawa boasts numerous Edo period (1603–1867) former geisha houses in the Higashi Geisha District, across the Asano river (with its old stone bridge) out from central Kanazawa. Nearby is the Yougetsu Minshuku which sits at one end of one of the most photographed streets in Japan. This area retains the look and feel of pre-modern Japan, its two-story wooden façades plain and austere. The effect is accentuated by the early morning mist. At night, the street is lit by recreated Taishō-period streetlamp.
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I have also seen ropes supporting trees in many places. It's nice to see the trees are looked after in this way. In Europe, you can often see trees broken in windy weather. Or maybe there would be no such damage if some trees were secured in the way the Japanese do?

Kanazawa is also known for the production of beautiful Japanese ceramics. I was walking around nearby shops and I could not see these wonderful ceramic figures, cups, plates with wonderful patterns, often animal - for example, depicting my beloved birds - herons. If I could, I would buy half of the products sold in the store ;)

See for yourself how beautiful traditional Japanese ceramics look.

As in many Japanese cities, there are also many places in Kanazawa where you can rent kimono. And then take souvenir photos in them on Japanese streets.

When I was walking around Kanazawa, I also saw pictures of Japanese children in kimonos. They looked wonderful :)

Next to one of the houses there was a very popular in Japan - the Tanuki Statue. It is supposed to bring happiness and protect the house from bad spirits.

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