Description
Points of Interest
- Kenrokuen Garden
- Higashichaya Machi
- 21st Century Museum
- Omicho Market
Be sure to read the Special Notes further down this page for important requirements and restriction.
Board your motor coach and drive to the Higashi Chayamachi, one of the city's four pleasure districts established in 1820. The district is home to traditional "tea houses" where geishas still entertain. Next, your tour itinerary brings you the bustling Omicho Market. Here you can soak up 270 years of history at the largest market in Kanazawa. After lunch, visit Kenroku-en, one of the celebrated "Great Gardens of Japan." This 25-acre landscape garden boasts Japan's first fountain, a teahouse dating to 1774, and a pagoda donated to the Maeda clan by the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Continue to your final destination is Kanazawa's 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art. Opened in 2004, this cutting edge museum focuses on art created after 1980. The museum's architecture is as new and groundbreaking as its collection.
Special Notes:
On Mondays, 21st Century Museum is closed. In this case you will visit Yamato Koji Park instead.The tour order may vary.
The exhibits in 21st century Museum are frequently exchanged through out year. Therefore some part of arts may not be able to seen.
Some of the facility at 21st Century Museum may be closed due to the damage by 2024 Noto Earthquake.
Guests must negotiate with walking on gravel paths in Kenrokuen Garden.
Guests are required to walk for 10-15 min from parking lot to Kenrokuen Garden.
Details
Tour timeline may vary to avoid overcrowding, etc.