One day itinerary

10 minutes walking from Kanazawa station.
Omicho market is a Kanazawa’s local market that sells everything you have in your kitchen – meat, vegetables and fishes.

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10 minutes walking from Omicho.
A small geisha district. 1m wide road like a maze besides Asano river is like a different world. There are three geisha district in Kanazawa. Although Kazuemachi is least touristic, the atmosphere is nice.

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5 minutes from Kazuemachi.
The biggest geisha district. The wooden houses characterized with lattice are beautiful. You may think as if you are in old days. 

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1 minute from Higashi chaya district.
Kanazawa is famous for gold lead and 99% of gold leaf in Japan is made in Kanazawa. They show how to make gold leaf. And they serve tea with gold dust for free.

• See more about Sakuda gold leaf factory

20 minutes by walking. 6 minutes by bus.
The most famous garden in Japan. One of the three great Japanese garden in Japan. Even if you have only half a day, you must not miss here. Definitely recommend.

• See more about Kenrokuen

Across Kenrokuen.
One of the most famous contemporary art museum in Japan. If you see an exhibition, you will spend whole a day. So, it is better to look around admission-free zone.

• See more about 21st century contemporary art museum

10minutes from 21st century contemporary are museum
Middle-classed samurai are lived here during federal samurai period. There is a house you can come in – Nomura samurai house. The garden in Nomura house is definitely recommended.

• Nagamachi samurai district
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20 minutes walking or 10 minutes by bus from Nagamachi samurai district.