Kanazawa
capital city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Kanazawa is a core city of Japan[1]. Kanazawa draws 7,924 Wikipedia views per month (core city of japan category, ranking #5 of 47).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: 100 Landscapes of Heisei[3]
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[4], League of Historical Cities[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ishikawa Prefecture[6]
- Country: Japan[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Sea of Japan[8], Saigawa River[9], Asano River[10]
- Head of government: Yukiyoshi Yamano[11]
- Instance of: prefectural capital of Japan[12], big city[13], jōkamachi[14], city for international conferences and tourism[15]
- Shares border with: Hakusan[16], Nonoichi[17], Tsubata[18], Uchinada[19], Oyabe[20], Nanto[21]
- Named after: Kinjō Reitaku[22]
- Twinned administrative body: Nancy[23], Irkutsk[24], Buffalo[25], Porto Alegre[26], Ghent[27], Suzhou[28], Jeonju[29], Toyota[30], Matsumoto[31], Okazaki[32], Shizuoka[33], Meguro[34]
- Legislative body: 金沢市議会[35]
- Commons category: Kanazawa, Ishikawa[36]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[37]
- Inception: April 1, 1889[38]
- Highest point: Mount Nara[39]
- Located in/on physical feature: Kanazawa Plain[40]
- Official website: https://www4.city.kanazawa.lg.jp/[41], https://www.city.kanazawa.ishikawa.jp/index_e.html[42], https://www.city.kanazawa.ishikawa.jp/index_c.html[43], https://www.city.kanazawa.ishikawa.jp/index_k.html[44]
- Foods traditionally associated: gori dish[45], jibu-ni[46], tai no karamushi[47]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kanazawa[48]
- Commons gallery: 金沢市[49]
- Population: 462,479[50], 462,478[51], 465,699[52], 462,361[53]
- Time of earliest written record: October 30, 1481[54]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Kanazawa[55]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[56]
- Replaces: No[57], Yumitori[58], Togashi[59], Katazu[60], Yonemaru[61]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Kanazawa include 14888 Kanazawashi[62], an asteroid[63].
Why It Matters
Kanazawa has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Kanazawa is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
Entities named for Kanazawa include 14888 Kanazawashi[62], an asteroid[63].
FAQs
What awards did Kanazawa receive?
Honors received include 100 Landscapes of Heisei[3].