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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.

  9. Nearest audio-route stop: Kazue-machi Chaya District — 40 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts

  10. Nearest audio-route stop: Gyokusen'inmaru Garden: a waterfall in the castle wall — 60 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts

  11. Nearest audio-route stop: Higashi Chaya District and Shima House — 110 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts

  12. Nearest audio-route stop: Nagamachi Samurai District — 140 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts

  13. Nearest audio-route stop: Kazue-machi Chaya District — 110 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts

  14. Nearest audio-route stop: Kanazawa Castle — 70 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts

  15. Nearest audio-route stop: Kazue-machi Chaya District — 140 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts

  16. Nearest audio-route stop: Higashi Chaya District and Shima House — 150 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts

  17. Nearest audio-route stop: Kenrokuen Garden — 20 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts

  18. Nearest audio-route stop: Nomura Samurai Residence — 150 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts

  19. Nearest audio-route stop: Kazue-machi Chaya District — 100 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts

  20. Nearest audio-route stop: Kazue-machi Chaya District — 130 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts

  21. Nearest audio-route stop: Oyama Jinja Shrine — 110 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts

  22. Nearest audio-route stop: Kenrokuen Garden — 120 m in a straight line, route Kanazawa of the Kaga Domain: Residences, Castle, Gardens, and Tea Districts