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Government of Kanazawa

Government of Kanazawa, Municipal government building in Kanazawa, Japan

The Government of Kanazawa, known in Japanese as Kanazawa Shiyakusho, occupies two office buildings in central Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. The first main building, at Hirosaka 1-1-1, is a seven-storey steel-reinforced concrete structure completed in March 1981, with two basement levels and 42,723 m2 of floor space. The second main building, at Kakimotobatake 1-1-1, is a three-storey reinforced concrete structure finished in 2020, when it began operations on 7 May.

The administrative structure grew out of the Edo period, when the Maeda clan ruled Kanazawa and established the foundations for modern city management. This feudal heritage gradually transformed into the current system of municipal administration.

The second building, completed in 2020 in Kakinokibatake, houses the Board of Education, the Environment Bureau, the Agricultural Committee office, the Audit Office and two external foundations: the Kanazawa Arts Creation Foundation and the Kanazawa Culture Promotion Foundation. The first building, finished in March 1981, is a seven-storey steel-reinforced concrete structure with two basement levels.

The first main building stands at Hirosaka 1-1-1, the second at Kakinokibatake 1-1, which opened on 7 May 2020 and houses the education board, environment bureau and audit office. Buses stop at Korinbo (Shiko Kinenkan-mae); the Furatto bus serves the city hall and 21st Century Museum stop. The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, the Ishikawa Prefectural Shiinoki Guest House and the Noh Museum are next door.

The first main building, finished in March 1981, is a seven-storey steel-reinforced concrete structure with two basement levels and 42,723 m² of floor space. A second main building opened in Kakinokibatake in 2020, when the older office was renamed the First Main Building. The 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake loosened and cracked ceilings in the first building and dropped part of the outer wall of the second; both were given emergency repairs.

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