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Our guide
Higashiyama Higashi, better known as the Higashi Chaya District, is one of Kanazawa's main sights. It is an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings of about 1.8 hectares. About two-thirds of its 140 buildings are traditional, many of them teahouse-style townhouses built between the founding of the teahouse quarter and the early Meiji era.
Omicho Market is about 1 km away in a straight line, Kanazawa Castle about 1.1 km and Kenrokuen Garden about 1.2 km, so it fits into a walk around central Kanazawa.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Higashiyamahigashi 2015 — Kakidai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Shima Geisha House — LordAmeth · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Shima-Tsuboniwa — LordAmeth · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Higashiyamahigashi 2015 Ⅱ — Kakidai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Higashiyamahigashi (shima) — Kakidai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Higashiyama-higashi Kanazawa Ishikawa03n3200 — 663highland · CC BY 2.5 · source · resized
- Higashiyama-higashi Kanazawa Ishikawa02n4272 — 663highland · CC BY 2.5 · source · resized
- ひがし茶屋街 - panoramio (1) — くろふね · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- ひがし茶屋街 - panoramio (2) — くろふね · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Higashiyama Higashi (東山ひがし) is a district of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, better known as the Higashi Chaya District. It is an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings of about 1.8 hectares; about two-thirds of its 140 buildings are traditional, many of them teahouse-style townhouses built between the founding of the teahouse quarter and the early Meiji era. It is one of Kanazawa's main sights.
Background text translated from Japanese Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Cityscape
Nearby station
Nearby station: Hokutetsu-Kanazawa (Hokuriku Railroad Asanogawa Line), about 1.7 km from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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