----------------------------------- fredayu Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:19 pm Re: Kanazawa (Ishikawa-ken) [E] ----------------------------------- another site to be seen, the ruins of the castle which are beside the garden. There remain only some ruins of the imposing castle of Kanazawa. It was the one of most important fortresses of all the island, built in 1600 but it was entirely destroyed by a fire in 1881. It does not remain any more that the principal door, Ishikawa mon, of the pregnant first, as well as a building all in length located on the second enclosure. 552 553 554 Nakaya pharmacy : Located at the entry of the district of Samouraïs, this old building sheltered a pharmacy. It was built in 1579, and is now transformed into small museum. 556 557 558 The Nomura House : It's the most important samoraïs house in Nagamachi. 561 562 563 Nagamachi 559 560 Omicho market 564 565 566 567 568