Kaga, Ishikawa

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This article is about the city in Ishikawa prefecture, for the former province of Japan, see Kaga Province.

**Kaga**
**加賀市**
Kaga's location in Ishikawa, Japan.
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Hokuriku)
Prefecture	Ishikawa
Physical characteristics
Area	306 km² (118 sq mi)
Population (as of April 2008)
Total	73,492
Density	240 /km² (622 /sq mi)
Location	36°18′N, 136°19′E
Symbols
Kaga Government Office
Mayor	Jin Ōsaka
Address	〒922-8622 2-41 Minami-chō, Daishōji, Kaga-shi, Ishikawa-ken
Phone number	0761-72-1111
Official website: City of Kaga

Kaga (加賀市, Kaga-shi^?) is a city located in the southwest of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

Created as an old temple town, the city was greatly developed by the Maeda clan in the early Edo period. The original city was founded on January 1, 1958. The modern Kaga was established in October 1, 2005 by merger of the former city of Kaga and town of Yamanaka in Enuma District.

Today, Kaga is an important tourist city with a number of temples and hot-springs.