In the area of Kanazawa shrine
Kanazawa Shrine worship hall
Kanazawa Shrine was built as the guardian deity of Meirindo, the academic center of the Kaga clan, enshrining the deity Sugawara Michizane, the deity of learning, and with the construction of Takezawa Goten, the residence of the 12th lord of the clan, it became the personal prayer hall of the lord and also the guardian of Kenrokuen Garden. The White Snake Dragon Deity is enshrined in the hall. Designated as a cultural property.
Water from the hand-watering basin (drinking water)
This water is drawn up for 24 hours from a well on the premises. The water source of the well is the same as the underground water source of the 'Kinjo Reitaku' and is widely known to local people and visitors from outside the prefecture as 'Kinjo Reitaku no mizu' (water of the Kinjo Reitaku) It is used for the prefecture's largest 'Hyakumangoku Festival Hyakumangoku Tea Party' held in June, the making of 'Daikan' paste and Japanese sweets by the Ishikawa Prefecture Cultural Property Preservation Association in February, and for the It is also offered at the War Veterans Memorial Ceremony. The results of fluorescent X-ray analysis show that the water contains high levels of calcium and iron and has a composition pattern similar to that of Ananotani no Sacred Water in Deityichi Town, Toyama Prefecture, which is known as one of Japan's 100 best waters.
Kinjo Reitaku
Once upon a time, there lived a poor but honest farmer called Fujigoro in the Yamashina village. When he washed the potatoes, he dug up from the mountains here, he found a lot of gold sand. Instead of keeping it to himself, he shared it with the poor and lived in harmony with them. This is where the 'Kanazawa' - a 'stream' where gold is washed - was created.
Dream cow
Old Imperial Exhibition artist Dedicated by Yuma Togata
A cow used by the deity Tenjin. It is said to make dreams come true when stroked.
Monument to Tokitaka Hojo
Monument to Tokitaka Hojo, a great educator born in Kanazawa and headmaster of the four high schools.
Kimura Kyouen monument
He was the brother of the living national treasure Kimura Uzan, a well-known painter.
Mikoshido
This houses a portable shrine carried by people of bad years in the Kodatsunodai area during the 'Gozan Festival' in late September every year.
Wart-removing stone
A sacred stone that is believed to remove warts when rubbed.
Monument to Tanaka Chigaku
He was a leading figure in the modern Buddhist community and advocated a strong Nichirenism.
Itaya Shrine
This building is used to visit Itaya Shrine from inside the park, which is dedicated to Itaya Heishiro, who 360 years adeityrew water to Kanazawa Castle using ground-breaking technology of the time. Next to the shrine is a stone pipe (a water pipe from those days).
Shinmon Gate
Demolished in 1990 due to ageing and rebuilt in 1993. The Suijin Gate is also called Suijin Gate because it enshrines a statue of a deity called Suijin-sama, after which the slope in front of the second torii gate was named Suijin-zaka (Suijin slope). The back of the statue is inscribed with the inscription 'Dedicated in the 4th year of Bunsei (the 4th year of Bunsei, a sharp snake), Sugawara Naotoki, on the auspicious day of the Spring Festival', and it is believed to have been dedicated by the 7th generation of the Maeda Tosamori family, the 8th family of the Kaga Domain.
Dedicated Inari Torii
August 2008 The torii was moved and dedicated together with the spirit of Inari Shrine from the Maeda family's Kamakura residence. It is an auspicious torii that was dedicated to the Maeda family whenever there was an auspicious event. In addition to the torii gate, 21 other items related to the shrine were dedicated, including a sacred mirror, a hanging scroll, a stone statue of Inari, a statue of the deitydess of mercy, a stone statue of the Kannon, a water bowl and an ema (votive picture tablet).