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ROUTE 07Betsuin-dori Route

Start: Kanazawa Sta.
Finish: Kanazawa Sta.
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Start: Kanazawa Sta.
Finish: Kanazawa Sta.
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An especially good route for walking, with historic temples and a charming shopping promenade.
DISTANCE | Approx. 3km |
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WALK | Approx. 40min |
JOG | Approx. 20min |
Selected as one of the world's 14 most beautiful train stations. The Motenashi (Welcome) Dome was designed to represent an umbrella being held out to greet visitors, while Tsuzumi-mon Gate is meant to evoke the type of drum used in traditional performing arts. A great place for photos!
About 300 years ago, many shops began to spring up here to serve visitors to nearby Higashi Betsuin Temple. A charming road for a walk or jog!
A narrow alley with stairs connecting Kuboichi Ototsurugi-gu Shrine and the Kazue-machi Chaya District. The “kuragari” (“darkness”) in the name comes from the fact that it gets very little sunlight.
Long a center of high-end restaurants and chaya (literally “tea shops,” but actually venues for geisha entertainment), and a popular spring destination to see the cherry blossoms in bloom along the river.
The setting of a novel by Izumi Kyoka. This was once a toll bridge that people would have to pay one mon to cross, earning it a nickname at the time: “Ichimonbashi Bridge,” or “One-Mon Bridge.”
Famous for the adorable Kaga Hachiman Okiagari dolls, which serve as a talisman to ward off misfortune, pray for a long and healthy life, and pray for children's health. Because of the way they get up after they're knocked down, they're also popular as a talisman to pray for success in business.