Eight Views of Kanazawa and Eight Views of New Kanazawa

Kanazawa, which prospered as an outer port of Kamakura in the Middle Ages, has a beautiful landscape woven by mountains and the sea, attracts people, and the poets and monks who visit write their beauty in waka and Chinese poems.
"Kanazawa Hakkei" is an application of the eight wins in Kanazawa, and in 1694 (1694), the Mei monk Shingoshizen compared the view of Kanazawa from Nomi-do to the Chinese Shosho Hakkei. It is reported that it was named.
Hiroshige Utagawa, famous as an ukiyo-e artist, also depicts the scenery of Kanazawa's Hakkei one by one around 1836 (1836), and the Kinryuin version is the most representative work among the ukiyo-e paintings of Kanazawa Hakkei.

Haruarasu Suzaki
In the background of Shiota, a row of pine trees swaying in the wind and making sound.

Akizuki Seto
Seeing Nojima illuminated by the full moon from Seto

Koizumi Night Rain
From the vicinity of Teko Shrine, while it was raining at night, looking at a single road along the inlet

Stern sail
From the Otostern coast to the Cape of Koshiba, a sail is raised and the ship starts running.

Named Night Bell
The sound of the bell heard from Shomeiji Temple at dusk and the state of a fishing boat returning home

Hiragata Ochigano
Against the backdrop of the island, clamming people and large sailing boats pass through Tokyo Bay.

Nojima evening light
The sunset shines on Nojima, and a pleasure boat and a fishing boat pulling a net by itself travels near Nojima.

Uchikawa Living Snow
Seeing the mountains of Miura Peninsula from Shiota in Uchikawa.

※Eight Views of Kanazawa (Hiroshige Utagawa painting, Kanazawa Bunko, Kanagawa)

Because Kanazawa Hakkei had almost lost its features at that time, in 2008, the 60th anniversary of the ward administration, the Heisei “Shin Kanazawa Hakkei” was decided by a ward vote. As development progresses, the scenery seen in the past and the past is significantly different, but there are still many beautiful scenes.