Kanazawa city grew up around the castle, who bore the same name. Kanazawa Castle was built in the late XVI century, under its walls formed Nagamati quarter in which the samurai settled with their families. In appearance samurai residence, according to her design of various parts and materials and even in the height of the adobe walls of the house you can judge how wealthy were his hosts.

Currently, Kanazawa Castle is a reconstruction made after the fire of 1881. During the Meiji samurai many went bankrupt, but Nagamati quarter managed to keep the atmosphere of the Japanese samurai. There are the same as at the time the winding narrow streets, paved with stone, water channels, mud walls and houses with tiled roofs bukeyasiki, some of which turned into a museum, where all the details of everyday life presented a samurai family. So the museum, in particular, was the home of a wealthy Mr. Nomura, which is located around a beautiful garden. The high abundance here indicate cypress ceilings, glass sliding doors in the house, as well as bridges and lights in the garden.

During the construction of houses in Nagamati commonly used solid wood, made from her sash large gates, beams.
  Adobe wall from time to time, strengthen and restore to preserve the historical appearance of the quarter. To protect them from the rain and snow, straw mats cover the walls in the winter and spring.

Onoshi canal is one of the oldest in Kanazawa and has been used to deliver supplies to the castle. Another channel - Tatsumi - feeds water garden Kenrokuen, bringing it out of the river Saigava. These two channels have played a major role in the life of the city and district. Firstly, thanks to them the city looks so green and flowering. Secondly, the presence of large amounts of water to prevent many fires from which Japan often suffered castles, churches and other attractions.

In addition, the center Nagamati yudzen silk that is used for producing official kimono. The manufacturing process of dyeing includes 18 stages.