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Kanazawa is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Overview Cityscape File:もてな ...
, Japan, dedicated to the history and culture of
Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to ...
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red brick buildings date to 1909-14 and functioned first as the local
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, then after the
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as the
Kanazawa College of Art The Kanazawa College of Art (金沢美術工芸大学, ''Kanazawa Bijutsu Kōgei Daigaku'', literally Kanazawa Art and Industrial Design University) (colloquially known as Bidai or Kanabi) is a public university in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. A ...
, before being converted into a museum in 1986.


See also

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List of Historic Sites of Japan (Ishikawa) This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefecture of Ishikawa. National Historic Sites As of 1 August 2019, twenty-six Sites have been designated as being of national significance, including the Kaga Domain Maeda Cla ...
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Kaga Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today the south and western portion of Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Kaga bordered on Echizen, Etchū, Hida, and Noto Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its abbr ...
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Noto Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern part of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, including the Noto Peninsula (''Noto-hantō'') which is surrounded by the Sea of Japan. Noto bordered on Etchū and Kaga provinces to the so ...
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Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art , also known as IPMA, is the main art gallery of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture. The collection includes some of the prefecture's most important cultural assets and works by artis ...


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Museums in Ishikawa Prefecture Buildings and structures in Kanazawa, Ishikawa History museums in Japan Prefectural museums Museums established in 1986 1986 establishments in Japan {{Japan-museum-stub