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What is the Kenrokuen Digital Archives?

The Kenrokuen Digital Archives offers a wide variety of materials related to Kenrokuen Garden, including historical photos, picture postcards, old pictures/maps, current-day photos, various reports, videos, etc., in the form of digital content so that anyone can easily come into contact with a wide variety of recorded materials on the culture, history and other aspects of the garden. The Kenrokuen Digital Archives is a service that allows people to deepen their understanding of Kenrokuen Garden, discover its attraction and use the content widely. New information is added as it becomes available.

Policy for data publication and publication scope

This website presents materials owned by the Ishikawa Prefecture Kanazawa Castle / Kenrokuen Garden Management Office (hereafter referred to as “the Office”) as digital media to the general public. The content is categorized into six kinds: photos, picture postcards, picture/maps, reports, videos, and pamphlets. Information on each item, such as title, period, owner, source and notes, have been investigated and reviewed by our office and related persons. However, please understand that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of all the information.

Copyrights and linking

With the exception of the following, our office possesses the copyrights for all content and compilations contained in this website. You may link to our website freely.

  • Regardless of the copyright protection period of picture postcards, we consider that the original pre-digitized materials do not belong to our office.
  • Digitized content from photos appearing in publications and other materials whose collection or creation source is not Ishikawa Prefecture (including our office)
  • Reports, pamphlets, pictures/maps and videos are the property of their owners or sources
  • The copyrights of figures and other materials in reports that are not owned by our office belong to their respective owners or to the institutions from which they were taken

Secondary use of content

  • Images under the Creative Commons license may be used subject to its terms and conditions
  • Images not under the Creative Commons license may only be viewed on this website, and secondary use is not permitted. *Indicated by “IN COPYRIGHT”
  • Please be aware of rights other than copyright, such as moral rights, portrait rights, and privacy rights for secondary use of the data.

○Exemption from responsibility

  • While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this website, no guarantee is made as to its accuracy, completeness, etc.
  • We are not responsible for any actions taken by users of the materials and image data available on this website (including the use of information that has been edited or processed), and any and all responsibility arising from the use of such materials and image data shall be borne by the user.
  • We shall not be liable for any inconvenience, trouble, loss, damage, etc. arising directly or indirectly from the use of or inability to use this website.
  • This website may be unavailable without prior notice due to system maintenance or other administrative reasons.
  • The content of this website is subject to change or deletion without notice.

Ishikawa Prefecture Kanazawa Castle / Kenrokuen Garden Maintenance Office  Email:jyousi01@pref.ishikawa.lg.jp