The 10 Best Specialty Museums in Kanazawa, Chubu

June 24, 2021 Yuk Petri

Kanazawa (金沢市, Kanazawa-shi) is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2018, the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 290 persons per km². The total area of the city was 468.64 square kilometres (180.94 sq mi). It is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture.
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1. Dolls Museum

2-24-1 Nomachi, Kanazawa 921-8031 Ishikawa Prefecture +81 76-241-0015 [email protected] http://www.dollsmuseum.jp/
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5.0 based on 122 reviews

Dolls Museum

Japan is one of the biggest doll’s possession country that the world has ever seen. In Japan, people have used various crafting methods in order to create dolls. We establish Doll’s Museum in Nishi Chaya district, Kanazawa city, Ishikawa prefecture so that you can enjoy traditional Japanese dolls which have been loved by Japanese people for long time.

Reviewed By fkt2019

Saw this museum at Tripadvisor and we decided to pay a visit. Location is easy to find and the ladies from the museum are kins enough to welcome us with home made green tea. It is awesome to see the ko collection of dolls that the owner keeps and truly interesting to see how different provinces producing their own unique dolls. Personally like the wooden dolls from all over Japan, too bad it is not for sell. Go earlier so that u can spend more times there seeing the doll one by one.

2. D. T. Suzuki Museum

3-4-20 Hondamachi, Kanazawa 920-0964 Ishikawa Prefecture +81 76-221-8011 [email protected] http://www.kanazawa-museum.jp/daisetz/index.html
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4.5 based on 440 reviews

D. T. Suzuki Museum

Reviewed By 759chinh - Singapore, Singapore

A wonderful example of contemporary Zen architecture. On a quiet day, the spaces are perfect for contemplation. Using light, lack of light, walls, windows and long corridors, the designers created an expansive space with a small footprint.

3. Kanazawa Phonograph Museum

2-11-21 Owaricho, Kanazawa 920-0902 Ishikawa Prefecture +81 76-232-3066 http://www.kanazawa-museum.jp/chikuonki/
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4.5 based on 91 reviews

Kanazawa Phonograph Museum

Reviewed By Emily2018_G_Scott - Sydney, Australia

Came into the phonograph museum using the day bus ticket and you will get 50yen discount, 250 yen entrance fee. It houses a wide collection of phonographs, music recorder in the older days before digital music. It is so impressive and historical, forgot that music recorder was invented by Thomas Edison, same inventor who gave us light bulb. There are a few sessions a day to showcase and explain the workings of some phonograph so try to catch that. In addition, on Sunday, they show case the oldest piano recorder in the world. On level 3, you can listen to some of the LPs in collection. I listened to Wham - Make it Big LP. Careless Whispers sounded like live. Highly recommended if you love music.

4. Kanazawa Kashi Kigata Art Museum

10-15 Otemachi 2f, Kanazawa 920-0912 Ishikawa Prefecture +81 76-262-6251 http://www.morihachi.co.jp/honten_museum
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4.5 based on 11 reviews

Kanazawa Kashi Kigata Art Museum

5. National Crafts Museum

3-2 Dewamachi, Kanazawa 920-0963 Ishikawa Prefecture +81 50-5541-8600 http://www.momat.go.jp/cg/
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4.5 based on 3 reviews

National Crafts Museum

6. Ishikawa Prefectural Museum for Traditional Products and Crafts

1-1 Kenroku-machi, Kanazawa 920-0936 Ishikawa Prefecture +81 76-262-2020 http://www.ishikawa-densankan.jp/
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4.0 based on 105 reviews

Ishikawa Prefectural Museum for Traditional Products and Crafts

Set aside an hour to enjoy the array of handicrafts for which Kanazawa is most well-known, including the famous Kutani pottery, dyeing and hand painting on silk, lacquerware, metalwork, gold leaf, Japanese paper and fireworks.

7. Nagamachi Yuzen Kan

2-6-16 Nagamachi, Kanazawa 920-0865 Ishikawa Prefecture +81 76-264-2811 http://www.kagayuzen-club.co.jp/yuzenkan/index.html
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4.0 based on 16 reviews

Nagamachi Yuzen Kan

Watch artists painting designs on silk at this fascinating silk dyeing studio, converted from a Taisho-era home.

8. Kanazawa Stained Glass Museum

2-6, Kiyokawacho, Kanazawa Ishikawa Prefecture +81 76-226-8851
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4.0 based on 5 reviews

Kanazawa Stained Glass Museum

9. Shinise Memorial Hall

2-2-45 Nagamachi, Kanazawa 920-0865 Ishikawa Prefecture +81 76-220-2524 http://www.kanazawa-museum.jp/shinise/top.html
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4.0 based on 85 reviews

Shinise Memorial Hall

Originally a Chinese pharmacy, this 120-year-old building has remnants of the pharmacy, a tearoom and a collection of Kanazawa crafts and tools.

Reviewed By LenTukwila - Okayama, Japan

I love little grassroots-feeling museums which lack pretentious-ness and convey storytelling through various mediums and this museum is fantastic! Super cheap to visit, kind welcome, stamps and gifts, and importantly, a wide variety of exhibits which tell the story of "regular" life rather than just a segment of the rich or powerful. Learned so much about various crafts and even saw that Haiku legend Basho had tea here! The recreation of the pharmacy was charming and the various tools and books were so interesting. Also there as a guest book, lots of old maps and these trippy decorative balls. All in all, a great spontaneous stop.

10. Ohi Pottery Museum

2-17, Hashibacho, Kanazawa 920-0911 Ishikawa Prefecture +81 76-221-2397 http://www.ohimuseum.com/museum/index.html
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4.0 based on 30 reviews

Ohi Pottery Museum

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