November 15, 2025 – Kanazawa We had bought tickets on the 13:04 Shinkansen from Kanazawa Station to Kyoto Station, so there was plenty of time to visit one of Kanazawa’s three geisha quarters and the Omicho Market, where we’d had dinner at an izakaya and met the Grohe salesman on our first night in the city. We stored our bags in a locker at the train station, scoped out the various bento boxes and drinks available for our Shinkansen to Kyoto, and then walked over to Kazue-machi Chaya – the geisha district located nearest to the Omicho Market. Kazue-machi Chaya The three geisha or teahouse districts in Kanazawa are Higashi Chaya, the largest district and located to the east; Nishi Chaya, much smaller and located to the west; and Kazue-machi Chaya, sometimes called the hidden geisha district and located along the Asano River. Of the latter, Kaname-inn online magazine says: The most secretive of Kanazawa’s three geisha districts in both its design and fe...
