Ishikawa 8 spots
Ishikawa centers on Kanazawa, an old castle town the war never touched. Kenrokuen garden, the Omicho fish market, and a museum with a pool you walk under are all close together, and the soft serve comes covered in gold leaf.
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A small vermilion shrine just outside Kenrokuen's Zuishinzaka gate, free to enter.
checked Sep ’26
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
A contemporary art museum ringed by lawn, with fourteen galleries no two alike.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
A traditional-crafts theme park in the woods, where over 100 workshops fill old farmhouses.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Family restroom · checked Aug ’26
Among the largest insect museums on the Japan Sea coast, centered on a subtropical butterfly house.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · checked Aug ’26
An 11.4-hectare strolling garden in central Kanazawa, begun by Kaga's fifth lord in 1676.
Stroller OK · Changing table · Family restroom · checked Aug ’26
Kanazawa's museum for the philosopher D.T. Suzuki: three wings, three gardens, all on one floor.
Stroller OK · Changing table · Family restroom · checked Sep ’26
Higashi Chaya is a preserved Edo-era teahouse street in Kanazawa, free to walk into.
Changing table · Family restroom · checked Sep ’26
Omicho Market is Kanazawa's roughly 300-year-old food market, with narrow, maze-like lanes lined with shops.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Oct ’26
