- Kanazawa Castle Park
- Nomura Samurai Residence
- Oyama-jinja Shrine
- D.T. Suzuki Museum
- Kanazawa Station Tourist Information Center
- Kenrokuen Garden
- Nata-dera Temple
- Shirayama Hime-jinja Shrine
- Ochaya Shima (National Important Cultural Property )
- Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
- Goldbeating: The hardcore pummeling at the heart of Kanazawa gold leaf
- Wajima lacquerware: Creating beautiful, functional objects entirely by hand
- Dine like a samurai lord at this authentic geisha teahouse in Kanazawa
Areas
What is Ishikawa?
Long, thin Ishikawa prefecture runs along the Sea of Japan up into Noto Peninsula. Highlights of the seaside towns lining the west coast include Kanazawa, often described as a "Little Kyoto" thanks to its old wooden tea houses and geisha culture as well as its picturesque Japanese garden, Kenroku-en.
- prev
- 1
- 2
- next
Spot Ranking
View more
Itineraries
-
- Elegant cuisine plan in the ancient "Kanazawa"
- 1days
- Kanazawa, with its retro streets of Yanagi dori, is an ancient city that has become easier to visit with the Hokuriku Shinkansen. We introduce a plan which goes around the special eateries of Kanazawa that visitors want to taste when sightseeing in Kanazawa, such as elaborate dishes, Japanese sweets, and the fresh seafood of the Sea of Japan.
-
- Konnichiwa23
- 15days
- Start: Narita Airport Terminal 1 Day 1: Chiba, Tokyo Day 2: Tokyo Day 3: Tokyo, Yamanashi Day 4: Tokyo Day 5: Tokyo, Ishikawa Day 6: Ishikawa, Kyoto Day 7: Kyoto Day 8: Kyoto, Nara, Osaka Day 9: Osaka Day 10: Osaka Day 11: Osaka, Hiroshima Day 12: Hiroshima, Fukuoka Day 13: Fukuoka Day 14: Fukuoka, Nagasaki Day 15: Fukuoka Popular spots in this itinerary: Nakamise-dori Street, Senso-ji Temple, Sumida Park
-
- Kanazawa itinerary: Sake, sushi, washoku
- 2days
- Create your own itinerary
Travel Guide
View more-
- Goldbeating: The hardcore pummeling at the heart of Kanazawa gold leaf
- 2023.10.16
-
- Wajima lacquerware: Creating beautiful, functional objects entirely by hand
- 2023.10.12
-
- Dine like a samurai lord at this authentic geisha teahouse in Kanazawa
- 2023.10.08
-
- In Oku-Noto, locals still make salt the old way—using sea, sun and fire
- 2023.09.01
-
- Kanazawa’s Kaga Yuzen: hand-painted kimono silks to dye for
- 2023.08.29
Best Events
Ishikawa Overviews
Climate
What to Wear
- Jan
- Warm Cloth
- Feb
- Warm Cloth
- Mar
- Warm Cloth
- Apr
- Jacket
- May
- Long
- Jun
- Long
- Jul
- Short
- Aug
- Short
- Sep
- Long
- Oct
- Jacket
- Nov
- Jacket
- Dec
- Warm Cloth
Getting Around
The Hokuriku Shinkansen terminates in Kanazawa, just 2.5 hours from Tokyo. Ishikawa prefecture's two airports provide access to both the center of the prefecture via Komatsu Airport as well as the rural Noto Peninsula via the northerly Noto Satoyama Airport, just a 35-minute bus ride from Wajima and a one-hour bus ride from Noto city.
Access
-
How to get to Komatsu Airport