The Japans

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Region

Kanazawa

Kanazawa: the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art and one of Japan’s best-preserved old castle towns on the Sea of Japan coast.

See & do

Kanazawa · ★ 3.8 (18,565) Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art —

Kanazawa’s 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art — the circular glass building with Leandro Erlich’s famous swimming-pool installation. Free to wander the grounds, ticketed for the exhibitions. The anchor of any Kanazawa art day; give it half a day.

→ Touristy · Half day