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Kanazawa
Summary
is the capital city of Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
File:もてなしドーム3.jpg|[[Kanazawa Station]] (2013)
File:Omichoichibakan004.jpg|{{ill|Ōmichō Market|ja|近江町市場}} (2013)
File:Kanazawa view from Utatsuyama Park.jpg|[[Skyline]] of Kanazawa (2017)
File:Cityscape at downtown Kanazawa.jpg|Central business district of Kanazawa (2020)
File:Katamachi Crossing.jpg|Center of {{ill|Katamachi|ja|片町 (金沢市)}} (2022)
Kanazawa is located in north-western Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan and is bordered by the Sea of Japan to the west and Toyama Prefecture to the east. The city sits between the Sai and Asano rivers. The eastern portion of the city is dominated by the Japanese Alps. Parts of the city are within the borders of the Hakusan National Park.
Kanazawa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by hot, humid summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. Average temperatures are slightly cooler than those of Tokyo, with means approximately in January, in April, in August, in October, and in December. The lowest temperature on record was on January 27, 1904, with a maximum of standing as a record since September 8, 1902. The city is distinctly wet, with an average humidity of 73% and 193 rainy days in an average year. Precipitation is highest in the autumn and winter; it averages more than / month November through January when the Aleutian Low is strongest, but it is above every month of the year.
Ishikawa Prefecture
Hakusan
Nonoichi
Uchinada
Tsubata
Toyama Prefecture
Oyabe
Nanto
Per Japanese census data, the population of Kanazawa has recently plateaued after a long period of growth.
The name "Kanazawa" (金沢, 金澤), which literally means "marsh of gold", is said to derive from the legend of the peasant Imohori Togoro (literally "Togoro Potato-digger"), who was digging for potatoes when flakes of gold washed up.
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