Kanazawa Noh Museum, Theatre and art museum in Hirosaka, Japan.

The Kanazawa Noh Museum is a space dedicated entirely to traditional Japanese Noh theatre art, presenting visitors with original masks, costumes, and stage props. Multimedia presentations explain how movement, music, and mask work together to bring performances to life.

The museum opened in 2006 on a site tied to the Kanazawa Noh Theatre that stood on Hirosaka-dori in the early Showa period. It holds 85 Noh items handed down in the Sano family, including 14 masks, 61 costumes and 10 fans, designated as Kanazawa city cultural property. The Sano family restored the Kaga Hosho school in the Meiji era, when its succession was in doubt, under Sano Yoshinosuke.

The museum shows how Noh theatre remains part of Kanazawa's identity and how the city preserves this art form in its spaces. The masks and costumes speak to a tradition that continues to matter deeply to the community.

The museum is open from 10:00 to 18:00, with last entry at 17:30. It stands on Hyakumangoku-dori between Korinbo and Kenrokuen, next to the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, and a through-passage connects the streets on either side. Buses from Kanazawa Station stop at Hirosaka after about 20 minutes; the Furatto bus stops at City Hall/21st Century Museum.

The museum holds 85 items from the Sano family, designated cultural properties of Kanazawa: 14 Noh masks, 61 costumes and 10 fans. The Sano family restored Kaga Hosho in the Meiji era, when its succession was in doubt, through Sano Yoshinosuke. The museum stands on a site tied to the Kanazawa Noh Theatre built in the early Showa period.