Visitors can see colorfully glazed Kutani porcelain and hand-painted Kaga Yuzen silk (both regional specialties) at Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art. The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art houses international works in a circular building with floor-to-ceiling windows. The Teramachi district’s 16th-century Myoryuji Temple has secret chambers and hidden stairways. The Nagamachi neighborhood features narrow cobbled alleys and the Edo Period wooden homes of samurais. Higashi Chaya, an Edo Period entertainment district, includes Shima Geisha House, a former 1820 tearoom displaying a period collection of geishas’ personal items.