Hokuriku Arch Pass
Higashi Chaya District
The traditional townscape is lined with houses featuring "Kimusuko", a kind of lattice protruding an elegant style. Many small restaurants and souvenir shops are lined up along the street and the atmosphere is filled with memories from the olden times.
- ISHIKAWA
- Sightseeing
| Address | Higashiyama, Kanazawa City |
|---|---|
| Access | Ride a Hokuriku Tetsudo Bus from JR Kanazawa Sta. for 10 min. and get off at Hashiba-cho bus stop. It's a 5 min. walk from the bus stop to Higashi Chaya District. |
| Tel | 076-220-2194 (Kanazawa City Municipal Office) |
| URL | https://visitkanazawa.jp/en/attractions/detail_10212.html |
Other Tourist Attractions in This Area
Kenrokuen Garden
One of the three most beautiful gardens of Japan. Featuring a stroll garden with a central pond from the Edo Period, it brings about the elegant beautiful sceneries of the four seasons with sakura, red leaves or Yukitsuri (traditional method of protecting trees from heavy snowfall).
Notojima Aquarium
With a focus on fish and shellfish found in the sea waters near Noto Pensinsula, this aquarium is home to 40,000 aquatic creatures of approx. 500 different species. It also offers events such as dolphin and seal shows or the penguins' stroll.
Kaga Traditional Handicrafts Village "Yunokuni no Mori"
Traditional handicraft products, the biggest pride of the Ishikawa Prefecture, are sold in former residences with a history which dates back more than 100 years. In eleven exhibiting houses of the village, visitors can experience the production of more than 50 different types of traditional handicraft products themselves.
