金沢(かなざわ)

かなざわ
noun (proper)
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa Prefecture)
geographyproper-nounplace-name
1. Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa Prefecture)
The capital of Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, formerly the castle town of the powerful Maeda clan. It escaped bombing in the Second World War and is known for its old districts, the Kenrokuen garden, gold leaf and crafts, and is often called a 'little Kyoto'.
金沢(かなざわ)は石川県(いしかわけん)にある。
Kanazawa is in Ishikawa Prefecture.
北陸新幹線(ほくりくしんかんせん)で金沢(かなざわ)へ行(い)った。
I went to Kanazawa on the Hokuriku Shinkansen.
金沢(かなざわ)の古(ふる)い町並(まちな)みを歩(ある)きながら、金箔(きんぱく)をのせたソフトクリームを食(た)べた。
Walking through Kanazawa's old streets, I ate a soft-serve ice cream topped with gold leaf.

Cultural note

  • 兼六園(けんろくえん): counted among Japan's three great landscape gardens
  • 金箔(きんぱく): nearly all of Japan's gold leaf is made in Kanazawa
  • 加賀百万石(かがひゃくまんごく): the Maeda domain's proud nickname, after its rice yield of a million koku
  • ひがし茶屋街(ちゃやがい): a preserved geisha district of wooden teahouses

Related words

  • 石川県(いしかわけん): the prefecture of which Kanazawa is the capital
  • 北陸(ほくりく): the region on the Sea of Japan coast that includes Ishikawa
  • 加賀(かが): the old province name, seen in 加賀友禅(かがゆうぜん) (Kaga-style dyed silk)

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