KANAZAWA, Japan -- Japan's flood of international travelers is dominated by visitors from East Asia, who account for two-thirds of arrivals. Yet Kanazawa, a coastal city on the Sea of Japan in Ishikawa prefecture, tells a different story.
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Kenrokuen, a garden in Kanazawa, a city on the Sea of Japan coast northwest of Tokyo, welcomes more visitors from the North America, Europe and Australia than from East Asia. (Photo by Takuji Kunishida)
KANAZAWA, Japan -- Japan's flood of international travelers is dominated by visitors from East Asia, who account for two-thirds of arrivals. Yet Kanazawa, a coastal city on the Sea of Japan in Ishikawa prefecture, tells a different story.