Kanazawa is capital of the Ishikawa Prefecture and was largely undamaged by World War Two air raids, making it a great place to explore Japan’s historical architecture, such as the Nagamachi samurai district. However, its main attraction is Kenrokuen, one of Japan’s most beautiful landscape gardens.
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