Nomura Family Samurai House
Nomura Family Samurai House
Nomura Family Samurai House
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8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Monday
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Thursday
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Friday
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Sunday
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
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Step inside this traditional Japanese home, complete with tea-ceremony room, a small, enchanting garden, artifacts from the Edo period and personal belongings of the Nomura family, who lived here for 10 generations.
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征人 池内
Saitama Prefecture, Japan28 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
I walked there from Korinbo, but got lost. It's better to use a paper map than Google Maps. The area is full of foreign groups. If you don't look carefully, you will get swept away and see nothing. It is a spacious house for a high-ranking samurai. It is truly a mansion of a samurai employed by the Maeda clan of one million koku. However, it is hard to imagine the culture of living in rooms separated by sliding doors. The "atmosphere" of today's Japan, where people live individually in small rooms separated by walls, may be creating this feeling of claustrophobia. Now, let's go back to Korinbo and see what we should eat. There are ruins related to samurai houses around the Nomura family home, so don't forget to look around.
Written November 2, 2023
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Luv2TravelFarNWide
Atenas, Costa Rica1,384 contributions
Aug 2023 • Couples
This beautiful old villa, which belonged to the Nomura samurai family, has been carefully restored providing a great way to picture how the samurais lived during the Edo period. The garden (with koi) and tea house, as well as traditional samurai armor made it come alive.
Doesn't take long to actually walk through, but the garden / koi seem to make it necessary to sit and contemplate awhile. A lovely stop.
Doesn't take long to actually walk through, but the garden / koi seem to make it necessary to sit and contemplate awhile. A lovely stop.
Written September 16, 2023
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Teresa C
Metro Manila, Philippines1,563 contributions
Dec 2021 • Friends
Large groups of people move through this place. Reservations are expected, must keep to time. Explanations are in Japanese and reference folders in English are handed out to foreigners. Guides spend much time with their speeches in each room with great interest.
Written November 8, 2022
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Julie S
mossley345 contributions
Apr 2024 • Friends
A lovely place to visit. It's a reasonably small building with some artefacts of the family who lived here in the rooms and a beautiful garden with koi in the pond. We had a tour guide with us so she was able to explain some of the history of the house and the Samurai district
Written May 14, 2024
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Jonathon H
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates14 contributions
Apr 2024 • Family
Stood for 15 minutes in the queue and when we finally got to the front we were told that a big group had arrived so we would have to wait another 30 minutes. Not possible with young children.
Very poor way to treat people and this could have been communicated before wasting 15 minutes of our time queuing.
Very poor way to treat people and this could have been communicated before wasting 15 minutes of our time queuing.
Written April 1, 2024
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Martin F
48 contributions
Apr 2023 • Couples
Let's be honest, Kanazawa is not a lovely city. The Nomura house is an oasis of beauty and tranquility away from the traffic and concrete - just a few small rooms and a tiny, perfect garden that belonged to a general in the Maeda clan. If you do this after walking down the canal past the Ashigari museum and the Takeda house you'll get a feeling for how the various castes of samurai lived prior to the Meiji restoration. The admission price seems steep but it's worth it for that lovely garden
Written April 23, 2023
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Regu Pillai
Singapore, Singapore1,965 contributions
May 2023 • Family
Very interesting tour of a Samurai house. Top marks for a well designed home garden with Koi fishes. However, we didn't have a guided tour and am sure there are many interesting things we might miss out.
Written May 17, 2023
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Brian O
35 contributions
Feb 2020 • Friends
Definitely take the time to explore the Nagamachi district and visit the Nomura house while you at there. Both the neighborhood and the house itself are fascinating.
Written March 6, 2020
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Bozeman-Dublin
Trim, Ireland11,334 contributions
Jul 2019 • Solo
I loved the Nomura Samurai House. I spent a good hour here enjoying the house, the little museum and the absolute gem of a garden.
It costs 550 yen for adults which is a little pricey for museums in Japan, but in the end I couldn't quibble as I really enjoyed it.
The museum has some quirky items like the letter from one lord thanking the family for disposing of an enemy and sending them his head!
There are coins, swords and interesting curios like Edo era handwarmers, Ink pen sets etc.
The garden is small but stunning in its intricacy and beauty. It has a lovely pond full of bright carp and lovely trees and shrubs. There are benches for you to sit and enjoy it and listen to the bubbling of the water
A really beautiful house too by the way, lovely wooden interiors with various samurai items on display.
Absolutely well worth your time.
It costs 550 yen for adults which is a little pricey for museums in Japan, but in the end I couldn't quibble as I really enjoyed it.
The museum has some quirky items like the letter from one lord thanking the family for disposing of an enemy and sending them his head!
There are coins, swords and interesting curios like Edo era handwarmers, Ink pen sets etc.
The garden is small but stunning in its intricacy and beauty. It has a lovely pond full of bright carp and lovely trees and shrubs. There are benches for you to sit and enjoy it and listen to the bubbling of the water
A really beautiful house too by the way, lovely wooden interiors with various samurai items on display.
Absolutely well worth your time.
Written July 3, 2019
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WM T
68 contributions
May 2019 • Couples
The house and grounds did give an idea of what the lifestyle of the Samurai class during the 16-19th centuries was like. The best part is the gardens. The décor is very simple featuring intricately painted screen doors.
The house was crowded with tourist. Unfortunately, this is to be expected everywhere.
One observation-- you have to remove your shoes. I found that my socks picked up some odd sweaty foot smell from the tatame mat. Perhaps, next time, I'll pack some dust covers to wear over my socks. It should be reusable until the trip is over, especially since many places requires you to remove your shoes.
The house was crowded with tourist. Unfortunately, this is to be expected everywhere.
One observation-- you have to remove your shoes. I found that my socks picked up some odd sweaty foot smell from the tatame mat. Perhaps, next time, I'll pack some dust covers to wear over my socks. It should be reusable until the trip is over, especially since many places requires you to remove your shoes.
Written June 7, 2019
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Is it very far from Kanazawa train station? Or is it easier to go by bus/walk?
Written January 31, 2017
They have this tourist bus which circles the city in both directions, which was convenient. From the bus stop it is a short walk. I would thus not recommend to walk - I think it is quite far at least it felt like it but check on google maps
Written January 31, 2017
Do you have to make reservation or can you just turn up? What is the entrance fee?
Written June 19, 2016
I think the entrance fee was roughly 600 yens. On the day that we visited, it was not too busy, but holiday seasons and like would gather bigger crowds. Don't think you need to book at any point though. You'll get more out of the visit by knowing a little bit in advance, English material is minimal.
Written June 20, 2016
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