I adore Hanford! It is a gorgeous community with a hometown feel even though there are over 54,000 residents.
Hanford is known for the Superior Dairy Ice Cream Shoppe where you will not be disappointed in your serving size!
Hanford has an impressive town square with 100+ year old buildings that are great for photo taking.
The town square also is the home of an antique merry go round and it only costs a dollar!
The Carnegie Museum
Near the town square
The Carnegie Museum houses the Kings County History. There are two floors of displays and a beautiful back yard to enjoy a picnic lunch or read a book in.
The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture
(Update: The Clark museum described below, is now closed.) When we were in Hanford our first time about 5 years ago, we went to the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture. They were hosting an event that was really fun. There was traditional live music, arts and crafts such as origami and mochi bana, a game where you put eyes, nose and mouth on a face while you are blindfolded, they gave tours of the museum, where we were asked to remove our shoes before entering. There was a beautiful reflection pond, art, even a large bonsai collection. While I was writing this, I realized that they have decided to close the museum in 2015.
The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture
