Kanazawa

Kanazawa (金沢市, Kanazawa-shi) is the caipital ceety o Ishikawa Prefectur, Japan.

Kanazawa 金沢市
Core ceety
Kanazawa
From tap left: Gate o Kanazawa Castle, Kenroku-en, Ōmichō Market, Higashi Geisha Destrict, Kanazawa seen frae Mt. Kigo, Oyama Shrine
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Location of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefectur
Coordinates: 36°34′N 136°39′E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Hokuriku)
Prefectur	Ishikawa Prefectur
Govrenment
• Mayor	Yukiyoshi Yamano (syne December 2010)
Area
• Total	467.77 km2 (180.61 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	462,478
• Density	988.69/km2 (2,560.7/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Ume
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
Website	www.city.kanazawa.ishikawa.jp

Geography, climate, an population

Kanazawa - Cherry blossoms ootside Kenroku-en Garden

Kanazawa sits on the Sea o Japan, bordered bi the Japan Alps, Hakusan Naitional Pairk an Noto Peninsula Naitional Pairk. The ceety sits atween the Sai an Asano rivers. Its tot aurie is 467.77 km².

Kanazawa's wather is temperate tho rainy. Average temperaturs are seemilar tae those o Tokyo tho slichtly ceuler. Mean temperaturs are approximately 4 °C in Januar, 15 °C in Apryle, 25 °C in Julie an August, 15 °C in October, an 5 °C in December. The minimum temperatur on record wis -2.3 °C (2002), wi a maximum o 37.5 °C (2002). The ceety is relatively wet, wi an average humidity o 73% an 178 rainy days in an average year. Precipitation is heichest in the hairst an winter; it averages mair nor 250 mm / month November throu Januar.

In the quinquennial census o 2010, the ceety haed a population o 462,478 (2005: 454,607), givin a population density o 989 persons per km².

Sister ceeties

Kanazawa is twinned wi:

• Buffalo, Unitit States (syne December 18, 1962)
• Porto Alegre, Brazil (syne Mairch 20, 1967)
• Irkutsk, Roushie (syne Mairch 20, 1967)
• Ghent, Belgium (syne October 4, 1971)
• Nancy, Fraunce (syne October 12, 1973)
• Suzhou, Cheenae (syne Juin 13, 1981)
• Jeonju, Republic o Korea (syne Aprile 30, 2002)

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid in Inglis
• Kanazawa Tourist Information Guide Archived 2014-12-13 at the Wayback Machine in Inglis
• Kanazawa Guide Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine includes interactive cairt an ower 340 pictures.
• Travel guide tae Kanazawa frae Wikivoyage