Nishi Chaya District — Attraction in Kanazawa

This "district" is one block wide and 2~3 blocks long. It's very quiet with rarely any tourists walking in the street so it's perfect if you're looking for a corner with ancient Japanese feeling for quick photo shoot. I wouldn't come here if you're looking for some place to eat. There are three shopping stores in this district - couple of authentic Japanese sweets store, and an English chocolate subsidiary. They all have Cafe in the second floor that you can try their products while enjoying the interior view of an old "geisha room." If you don't want to buy anything, I'd suggest to go to the Nishi Chaya Information House. It's free admission and their second floor geisha room is open for viewing. I hear the ambience changes quickly in the evening as the bars and geisha houses still standing open for business. You will have establish a relationship with the geisha house before they open you the door for business, so it's not really for quick tourist stop. This district is supposed to have more geisha girls living than other districts so you may have better chance spotting them on the street in the...

I have recently visited Kanazawa. I lived in the higashi-Chaya district only. I found myself wandering around the temple district around 18:30 approaching the sunset and I was blown away.Amazed at the many many temples in the areas backstreets. Idk if it’s more crowded during the day but I highly recommend visiting in the evening. It was so peaceful and had a beautiful sunset to top it off. I also visited Omicho ichiba, the Kenrokuen gardens (a must see!!), and Kanazawa Castle. Kanazawa has a very different classic and vintage vibes from the Edo period. I would highly recommend visiting this place at least once if you are...

It was really peaceful and quite when I visited it on a late winter afternoon. There is a teahouse with lovely sweets and hot drinks and a reconstructed geisha house museum you can visit. The lady who works there is really sweet and she explained everything to me in detail. The street is smaller than the Higashi Chaya but somehow I liked it more, maybe because it was more quite with no tourists at all. There are also many beautiful temples...