Japanese Culture & Crafts
This collection highlights the rich heritage of Kanazawa and Ishikawa Prefecture. Explore the well-preserved Higashi Chaya and Kazuemachi districts, where traditional geisha culture thrives in historic wooden architecture. Visit the 19th-century Seisonkaku Villa and the Ochaya Shima museum to see Edo-period craftsmanship. The list also features specialized museums dedicated to gold leaf artistry, Yuzen silk dyeing, and Noh theater. For a hands-on experience, the Yunokuni no Mori crafts village showcases regional traditions like pottery and lacquerware within a forest setting.
A Higashi Chaya District
This district is named after chaya - a traditional house where the guests would come to see a performance by geishas.
B Kazuemachi
This old geisha district is a labyrinth of traditional houses where geishas used to perform.
C Ochaya Shima
Once a carefully polished place where geishas showed their skills of entertainment, it now houses a nice museum where you can see how the…
D Seisonkaku Villa
The Seisonkaku is a large Japanese villa in the city of Kanazawa, built in 1863 by Maeda Nariyasu, 13th daimyō of the Kaga clan, as a…
E Shinise Kinenkan Museum
This building formerly housed a pharmacy that belonged to one of Kanazawa’s most respected families.
F Yasue Gold Leaf Museum
This museum was built in order to preserve the art of gold leaf craft for the future generations.
G Nagamachi Yuzenkan
Visit this craft centre and see how the beautiful kimonos of this region are made.
H Kanazawa Noh Art Museum
This museum preserves the tradition of Noh theatre - a form of classical Japanese musical drama.
I Yunokuni no Mori
Yunokuni no Mori is a crafts village in Komatsu, a city located in the southern portion of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan.
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