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NIPPONIA No.36 March 15, 2006 |
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Kanazawa
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Gojukken Nagaya Storehouse
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Omi-cho Ichiba Market
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Ishikawa Gate
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National Highway No. 159
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Kasumi-ga-ike Pond
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Miyata (fu manufacturing)
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Seisonkaku Villa
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Higashi Chaya-gai district
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Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
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Ume no Hashi Bridge
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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art,
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Suginoi Restaurant
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Kanazawa |
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Tera-machi temples
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Central Park
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No-machi Station
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Korinbo shopping district
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Kutani Kosen kiln
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National Highway No. 157
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Nishi Chaya-gai district
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Naga-machi Buke-yashiki Ato
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Hakuichi Honten Hakkokan Gold Leaf Center
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(remains of samurai dwellings)
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Bizan Shrine
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Getting there: |
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By air
Fly from Tokyo's Haneda Airport to Komatsu (1 hr), then take a Hokuriku Tetsudo bus from the airport to Kanazawa Station (50 min).
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By train
From Tokyo Station, take the JR Joetsu Shinkansen bullet train to Echigo Yuzawa Station, then board a JR Hakutaka Special Express train and get off at Kanazawa Station (4 hrs 5 min).
From Nagoya Station, take the JR Shirasagi Special Express train to Kanazawa Station (2 hrs 50 min). From Osaka Station, take the JR Thunderbird (Raicho) Special Express to Kanazawa Station (2 hrs 35 min). |
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Office for Kanazawa Castle and Kenroku-en Garden
(Tel: +81-76-234-3800)
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Kanazawa Tourist Information Center, Ishikawa Prefecture
(Tel: +81-76-232-6200)
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Kanazawa City Tourist Association
(Tel: +81-76-232-5555); website in English, Chinese and Korean:
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