Kenroku-en

This guide to Kenroku-en in Kanazawa opens in 1631, when a rumor of rebellion put Maeda Toshitsune's fortune under Tokugawa suspicion, and traces how he played the fool to survive it before pouring his wealth into this garden instead of an army. You'll hear how fourteen generations of the Maeda family kept building on it, and about the two-legged stone lantern shaped like a koto bridge. Listen for how a fire in 1759 nearly erased it all before the rebuilding began.