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Highlights include Gyokusen'inmaru Garden: a waterfall in the castle wall, Higashi Chaya District and Shima House, Kanazawa Castle, Kazue-machi Chaya District, Kenrokuen Garden, Nagamachi Samurai District.

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  1. Gyokusen'inmaru Garden: a waterfall in the castle wall: story on the “Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts” route

    This stop links the fortress's fire protection with the most unusual decoration of its inner garden.

  2. Higashi Chaya District and Shima House: story on the “Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts” route

    The final stop will show how the authorities tried to turn a scattered trade into a regulated urban district.

  3. Kanazawa Castle: story on the “Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts” route

    The restored defensive line will mark the site of the lost palace, where the whole domain was governed.

  4. Kazue-machi Chaya District: story on the “Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts” route

    A dark staircase will show how the closed world of teahouses was woven into ordinary city streets.

  5. Kenrokuen Garden: story on the “Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts” route

    Here, the ruler's private residence will finally give way to a garden open to townspeople.

  6. Nagamachi Samurai District: story on the “Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts” route

    The district sets the route’s starting measure: a family’s standing here could be determined by the boundaries of its compound.

  7. Nomura Samurai Residence: story on the “Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts” route

    The garden and formal rooms will show how, after the abolition of the domain, a historic house had to be reassembled.

  8. Oyama Jinja Shrine: story on the “Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts” route

    Here, former vassals would respond to the disappearance of the Kaga Domain for the first time not with weapons, but with a new place of remembrance.