Yokokan Garden

Kanazawa & the Hokuriku Coast


This quaint garden, formerly a mansion of the Matsudaira clan, has a pretty teahouse where you can sit in silence and contemplate life, or feed the voraciously hungry koi (carp).


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5. Fukui Dinosaur Museum

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6. Zenshō-ji

16.73 MILES

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