Daiwa is a high-end department store in the Korinbo shopping district of Kanazawa. This store has a long history in Kanazawa and was actually born here with the opening of the Miyaichi clothes store in 1903. The store was expanded into a department store in 1923 and then renamed as Daiwa in 1943.
Daiwa department store
Originally located in the nearby Katamachi district Daiwa was relocated to Korinbo in 1986. At its Korinbo location it is a leading seller of top quality fashion brands in the Hokuriku region. Although fashion is a major focus in Daiwa there are also traditional craft goods, a gourmet restaurant section, and a basement food hall which offers a mouth-watering array of fresh produce and local culinary delights. Here are some of the highlights of the Daiwa Department Store.
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Fashion
Fashion and related goods are spread across the lower and middle floors of Daiwa. The 1st floor is centered on imported boutiques, cosmetics, accessories, watches, and jewelry. The 2nd and 3rd floors focus on women’s fashion, with casual and business clothes, accessories, shoes, and other ladies’ goods. The 4th floor has high fashion, formal wear, watches, jewelry, and related items.
Young ladies’ fashions on the 2nd floor
The 5th floor has formal and informal clothes for men along with shoes, ties, bags and other accessories. This floor also includes furniture and interior goods.
Men’s fashions on the 5th floor
Children’s clothes, toys, and hobby goods can be found on the 7th floor.
Traditional Goods
Among the living goods, household goods and tableware on the 6th floor are many fine pieces of local craftsmanship, such as lacquerware and ceramics that will make for good souvenirs or gifts. Beautifully patterned silk kimonos and kimono-related goods can also be found here.
Lacquerware and cedar wood lunch boxes on the 6th floor
The 6th floor kimono salon
Restaurants
The 8th floor gourmet section has a variety of restaurants serving Japanese, Western, Chinese, tempura, cafe and pasta dishes, with buffet options also available.
A Chinese restaurant on the 8th floor
Kanazawa Food Paradise
Kanazawa Food Paradise is the well-named food hall in the 1st level basement of the store. This is an enormous and colorful market of every kind of food and drink imaginable including many local specialties. Here you can find confectionery and cakes, a great local sake selection with other wines and spirits, bento lunch boxes, fresh groceries, cooked meats, cheese, pickles, and freshly baked bread.
Kanazawa Food Paradise
Ready-made lunch boxes
A wonderful selection of local sake
Information & Tax Refunds
There is an information desk on the 1st floor. Here you can ask about the store, borrow a wheelchair if needed, and claim tax refunds. Tax refunds are available at some stores in Daiwa if you bring your receipts and passport to the 1st floor counter. The procedure can take some time, and a 1.55% handling fee is deducted from the tax-exempt product price. Visitors shopping at other participating stores in the Korinbo, Katamachi, and Tatemachi shopping districts should check at the counter whether those receipts can be handled there.
The 1st floor information desk
Access
Daiwa is located at 1-1-1 Korinbo in the Korinbo commercial district of Kanazawa. To get there from Kanazawa Station’s east exit bus terminal take the Kanazawa Loop Bus, a Hokutetsu local bus, or a West JR bus to the Korinbo bus stop. For the Kanazawa Loop Bus, board at bus stop #7. The journey takes about 10 minutes, and the Loop Bus flat fare is 220 yen for adults and 110 yen for children. The Korinbo bus stop is right outside the Daiwa department store.
Open: 10.00 – 19.00 (8th floor restaurant area is open 11.00 – 21.00, with last orders generally around 20.00)
Article and original photos by Michael Lambe. All rights reserved. Last updated 02-Jun-2026.
