Looking for the best museums in Kanazawa? These are the best ones:
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
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Kanazawa Confectionery Wooden Molds Museum
KanazawaVisit this museum and explore the exhibition on typical Japanese sweets. Later you can go downstairs to the Morihachi Honten sweets store and buy some candy for yourself.
Kanazawa Shinise Memorial Hall
KanazawaThis building formerly housed a pharmacy that belonged to one of Kanazawa’s most respected families. Nowadays, it is a museum displaying traditional pharmaceutical artefacts. Moreover, you can also explore exhibitions about traditional lifestyle of Kanazawa’s citizens here or meditate in a small, pe
Seisonkaku Villa
Kanazawa
D. T. Suzuki Museum
KanazawaThis museum commemorates Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki - one of the Japanese philosophers who devoted his life to translating various books about Zen and Shin in order to spread these philosophies to the West.
Nagamachi Yuzenkan
KanazawaVisit this craft centre and see how the beautiful kimonos of this region are made. For a small fee, you can also try the art yourself, or you can borrow one of these stunning pieces of clothes and take a picture in it or even to have a stroll in the town wearing this traditional attire.
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
Kanazawa
Kanazawa Noh Museum
KanazawaThis museum preserves the tradition of Noh theatre - a form of classical Japanese musical drama.
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of History
Kanazawa
Izumi Kyoka Memorial Museum
KanazawaA small museum commemorating the work of the famous local writer Izumi Kaga.
Maeda Tosanokami-ke Shiryokan Museum
KanazawaThe Maeda Tosanokami-ke Shiryokan Museum displays many historical artifacts which belonged to the members of the Maeda Tosanokami family.
Kanazawa Phonograph Museum
KanazawaThis museum, as its name implies, is full of phonographs of different sizes and shapes.
Ohno Karakuri Memorial Museum
KanazawaThis modern building hides an intriguing exhibition of traditional tea-serving puppets. Come here and experience how it feels to be served by an actual wooden doll.
Tokuda Shusei Kinenkan Museum
KanazawaThis museum is dedicated to the life and work of a Japanese novelist, Shūsei Tokuda.
Ishikawa Modern Literature Museum
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The Old Site of Mr. Kurando Terashima's House
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Nishi Chaya Shiryokan Museum
Kanazawa
Ashigaru Shiryokan Museum
Kanazawa
Kanazawa Literary Hall
KanazawaThis place is great for all book lovers - apart from a small library, there is also a salon which is often used for poetry reading and other cultural events.
Kaga-Honda Museum
KanazawaThe museum is named after Honda family, which was the second most powerful family in Kanazawa in the 18th century. The museum has a rich collection of armor and weapons which were used by brave Japanese samurais. Apart from that, the exhibitions also display many precious historical items like pain
