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Popular Family-friendly Attractions in Kanazawa [2025]

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1. Kenroku-en

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Kenroku-en

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Based on 5,949 reviews

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583m from downtown

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Phone +81762343800

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Address: 1 Kenrokumachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0936, Japan

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Recommended sightseeing time: 2 hours

Highlights:

Interactive exploration fun in a strolling garden

󰋄The charm of an Edo-style garden

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Kenrokuen Garden, located in the heart of Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, was shaped into its present-day form by the successive lords of the Kaga Domain. In ancient times, Kanazawa was Japan's fourth-largest city, boasting a "Kaga million koku" (million-koku) inhabitants. Located in the Hokuriku region, far from the turmoil of politics and war, the successive lords of the Kaga Domain strongly supported cultural endeavors. Leveraging its exceptional natural environment and rich cultural heritage, Kanazawa's nobles and commoners were active in gardening. The construction of Kenrokuen Garden was a long process. Initially, the garden occupied a small, sloping plot on the west side. Only with the disintegration of central power within the shogunate did Kenrokuen Garden expand, ultimately becoming a vast garden. The guiding philosophy of Kenrokuen Garden, constructed by successive lords of the Kaga Domain, was the concept of the gods, with the pond as the sea and the islands as its companions. Therefore, within the vast Kasumi Pond, three islands—Pengcai, Hojo, and Eishu—are located, said to be the ideal habitats of the gods.

Kenrokuen Garden is not big, and it takes about an hour and a half to walk around it, which is a relatively slow pace. If you just rush around, you can finish the walk in half an hour. Overall, it is still worth a visit.

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