Kanazawa Castle

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Kanazawa Castle 金沢城
Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Nagaya and yagura
Type	Flatland-style Japanese castle
Site information
Condition	partially reconstructed
Site history
Built by	Sakuma Morimasa
In use	1580-1945
National Historic Site of Japan

Kanazawa Castle (金沢城, Kanazawa-jō) is a large, partially restored Japanese castle in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. It is located adjacent to the celebrated Kenroku-en Garden, which once formed the castle's private outer garden. It was the headquarters of Kaga Domain, ruled by the Maeda clan for 14 generations from the Sengoku period until the coming of the Meiji Restoration in 1871.