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Best views in Kanazawa

8 lookouts and viewpoints in Kanazawa.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Mt. Utatsu, Kanazawa
Photo: 金沢市, CC BY 2.1 jp (licence)

Best views in Kanazawa

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    Mt. Utatsu

    Mount Utatsu (卯辰山, Utatsu-yama) is a mountain in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is also known by a number of other names, including Mount Mukai (向山, Mukai-yama), Mount Mukō (夢香山, Mukō-yama), Mount Garyū (臥竜山, Garyū-zan), and Mount Kasuga (春日山, Kasuga-yama). It is visible to the east of Kanazawa Castle and has Toyokuni Shrine located on its slopes.

    141 m high

  2. SeeViewpoint

    Chouboudai Viewpoint

  3. DoSummit

    Sazaeyama Mt.

  4. DoSummit

    Mt. Kasuga

    112 m high

  5. DoSummit

    Mt. Yamazaki

  6. SeeViewpoint

    Okudai hill

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    やかん体、転倒する。

  8. SeeViewpoint

    五本松

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