Kanazawa

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金沢市 · Kanazawa
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Location of Kanazawa in Ishikawa
Location of Kanazawa in Ishikawa
CountryJapan
RegionChūbu
PrefectureIshikawa
Government
 • MayorYukiyoshi Yamano (since December 2010)
Area
 • Total467.77 km2 (180.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total462,478
 • Density988.69/km2 (2,560.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- TreeUme
Websitewww.city.kanazawa.ishikawa.jp/index_e.html

It has been recognized as a core city since 1996.[3]

History

During the Edo period, Kanazawa was the center of the Maeda clan.[1]

Kanazawa has a big Japanese garden called Kenroku-en. Kenroku-en was made as a garden of the Kanazawa castle at the Edo period. It is regarded as one of the most famous gardens in Japan.[4]

Geography

Kanazawa is on the western coast of Honshu.[1] It faces the Sea of Japan.

Kanazawa Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kanazawa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 467.
  2. Japan-guide.com, "Kanazawa". Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  3. Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, Vol. 2011 (2011), p. 8 [PDF 8 of 14]; Experience Kanazawa, "Kanazawa: The Hub City of Ishikawa". Retrieved 2012-12-5.
  4. Nussbaum, "Kenroku-en" at p. 510; other famous gardens are Kairaku-en in Mito and Koraku-en in Okayama.

Other websites

  Media related to Kanazawa, Ishikawa at Wikimedia Commons