KANAZAWA, ISHIKAWA PREF: With its artistic traditions and preserved traditional neighbourhoods, the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, has long been known as “Little Kyoto.” But over the past year, it has also been seen as a potential model for future continuing care retirement communities, or CCRCs, nationwide.
About 15 minutes by car from Kanazawa Station, where the fastest train now whisks visitors to Kyoto in about two hours and the new Hokuriku Shinkansen reaches Tokyo in roughly three, lies one CCRC, Share Kanazawa…