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Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Kanazawa-ku is a coastal ward of Yokohama holding Kanazawa Bunko and Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise.
About Kanazawa-ku
Where to stay in Kanazawa-ku
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Kanazawa-ku is a residential ward of Yokohama rather than a hotel core, so beds cluster near its attractions. Most travellers base themselves in central Yokohama and ride out for the day. Stay close to Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise if the marine park and its aquarium are your reason for coming, since the island sits at the edge of the ward.
Kanazawa Bunko anchors the quieter inland streets. Rooms are few.
About Kanazawa-ku
What are the main landmarks in Kanazawa-ku?
The ward's landmarks reach from the sea to the wooded hills. Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise fills an artificial island with an aquarium and rides, while Kanazawa Zoo keeps to the green ridge inland. Kanazawa Bunko holds the older story.
Its library and museum preserve manuscripts and art gathered here long ago, and above the streets the medieval burial caves of 上行寺東遺跡 cut into a hillside terrace. The path called 白山道 threads the same slopes.
What is the history of Kanazawa-ku?
Kanazawa-ku carries a long past for so young a ward. Kanazawa Bunko was founded here in the medieval period as a warrior clan's library, and its manuscripts made these shores a centre of learning while the surrounding land was still farmland and fishing coast. The sea shaped it.
On the hillside the burial caves of 上行寺東遺跡 mark a cemetery worked from the Kamakura period onward. The ward itself took its present shape within Yokohama in 1948.
Where is Kanazawa-ku?
Kanazawa-ku is a coastal ward of Yokohama, its wooded hills sloping down to the bay where Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise sits offshore.
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Updated July 2026