Kaga-Honda Museum

Overview

The Kaga-Honda Museum is a museum in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. Built around the heirlooms of the Honda family, senior retainers of the Kaga domain, it is operated by the Hanro Honda Zohinkan public-interest foundation. Opened in 2015, it forms part of the Ishikawa Red Brick Museum complex in the Honda-no-mori area and preserves the samurai culture of the great Kaga domain of one million koku. Set in the greenery of Honda-no-mori Park near Kenrokuen Garden and Kanazawa Castle, it is easy to combine with visits to the surrounding cultural facilities.

Highlights

• ●Displays centered on Honda-family samurai heirlooms of the Kaga domain
• ●Opened in 2015 as part of the Ishikawa Red Brick Museum
• ●Operated by the Hanro Honda Zohinkan public-interest foundation
• ●Set in leafy Honda-no-mori near Kenrokuen and Kanazawa Castle

History

The museum was established to preserve and display the armor, furnishings, documents, and other holdings handed down in the Honda family, who served as chief retainers of the Kaga domain, and is run by the Hanro Honda Zohinkan foundation. The current facility opened in 2015 and is positioned as one of the constituent museums of the Ishikawa Red Brick Museum, which reuses the historic red-brick buildings of a former prefectural institution. For details of rotating exhibitions and the collection, please consult official information.

Map

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Suggested itinerary

1. 1Take a bus from Kanazawa Station to the Honda-no-mori Park area
2. 2View Honda-family samurai culture at the Kaga-Honda Museum
3. 3Visit the adjacent Ishikawa Red Brick Museum
4. 4Continue to Kenrokuen Garden or the 21st Century Museum

Did you know?

💡 The Honda family served the Maeda lords of the Kaga domain and were known for a stipend of fifty thousand koku, on a par with a feudal lord. The chance to see their heirlooms gathered together is a highlight unique to this museum.

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