Kanazawa station is a gateway to the capital city of around 460 K inhabitants, Kanazawa city, of Ishikawa Prefecture. In 2011, the station was listed as one of the world's most beautiful stations in the US Travel+Leisure magazine.
Tsuzumimon gate (鼓門), located at the East entrance of the station, was inspired by the Tsuzumi (= drum/鼓) of Noh (能), This eye-catching architecture was founded in 2005 and became a symbol of the station.
In the same year, the dome-shaped roof made of glass that covers the underground square (called motenashi-dome/もてなしドーム) was inaugurated.
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