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Planning your Kanazawa itinerary: How to know where to go!

15.02.2023

Kanazawa has more to offer than you’ll find in most tour guides! But how to decide where to start?

If you’re a first-time visitor, head to the most popular spots and let them speak for themselves. Are you looking for a more unique experience and perhaps a story to share? Be sure to peruse Kanazawa’s many hidden gems. To hear the stories of others, why not travel the town like a local and learn how Kanazawa-jin live out their days?

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The busy square in Higashi Chaya, the eastern most geisha district in Kanazawa, Japan

Higashi Chaya Gai
eastern geisha district

Sakura Trees around the Flower Viewing Bridge

Kenrokuen Garden
one of Japan’s “Three Greatest”

Nagamachi
the “Samurai District”

Oyama Shrine's haiden, or front worshiping hall

Oyama Shrine
meet the spirit of Kanazawa’s first lord

Hyakumangoku Festival Evening Noh Performance at Kanazawa Japanese Castle

Kanazawa Castle
the “Horizontal Hold”

Hidden Gems

Kazue-machi
unique, historical geisha district

Front walkway to Tentokuin, the Princess Temple, in Kanazawa, Japan

Tentokuin
Kanazawa’s “Princess Temple”

Shirasagi no Yu, public onsen in Yuwaku, Kanazawa

Yuwaku Onsen
onsen town in forested foothills

Port of Ono, courtesy of the Kanazawa Tourism Association

Ono-machi
sweet and savory port town

Like a Local

The west-most geisha district in Kanazawa, Nishichaya

Nishi Chaya Gai
western geisha district

Fish seller at Omicho Market in Kanazawa, Japan

Omicho Market
“Kanazawa’s Kitchen”

Shin Tatemachi Street becomes busy with fair visitors during the Coffee Campaign

COMING SOON
shopping, prayer, & more

Rachel

About a decade ago Rachel fell off a bus and then fell in love with this traditional-crafts and ice-cream-consuming capital of Japan. Editor and amateur photographer with a penchant for nature and history. Not actually fifty songbirds in a trench coat. (Former penname: Ryann)

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