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Booked before you sailGuided days from Kanazawa
There is no tour desk at the pier. Whatever you want guided, you book it at home — so here is the whole shelf, priced, rated, and with our view on which calls actually need one.
Prices, reviews and availability from the operators' Viator listings · checked · Takumi Yamada
When a guide earns its money here
Three tests. If a day fails all three, walk it and keep the money.
The clock does not work
Anything more than about an hour from the berth eats a short call alive. A driver who knows the road is the difference between seeing it and seeing the car park.
The thing needs explaining
A shrine, a battlefield, a craft workshop. Without someone to tell you what you are looking at, you are looking at a building.
You cannot get in alone
Private homes, tea rooms, workshops, some festivals. A booking is the door, not a convenience.
Everything else in Kanazawa you can do on your own: the timed plans show how, and the DIY-or-book verdict says when a guide is worth the money here.
What Princess Cruises charges for its Kanazawa excursions
A ship’s excursion comes with one promise nothing else can make: the ship waits for its own bus. An independent booking does not, which is why every day on this site is cut to the call with an hour kept before all-aboard. What you get for the difference is usually a smaller group, a start at the pier rather than a coach queue, and free cancellation until the day before.
Princess Cruises prices as shown on its public Kanazawa excursion page on 25 October 2026, per person, before any sailing-specific change. Tour prices on this page are the operator’s current from price.
Every guided day from this berth
Short of time? The one to book →
Tours that fit the 9-hour call most ships make here come first. Then shared cars with a guide (what passengers actually book), private cars, and walks and workshops. Prices are the operator's "from" price and move with the season.
Shared car · per person3h tourKanazawa Highlights: Garden, Castle, Samurai & Geisha+Taxi
A three-hour small-group walk with an English-speaking guide through Kenrokuen, the castle grounds, the Nagamachi samurai district and the Higashi Chaya geisha district, with one taxi ride included, run by Japan Panoramic Tours.
US$56 each · US$112 for twoTaxi ~20 min from the shipneeds a 6-hour callfits 100% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h ahead5.0★ · 462 reviewsWhy it is here
Small group3h tourKanazawa: Castle & Samurai History Walking Tour
A three-hour walk with an English-speaking guide through Kanazawa's samurai history: the Nomura samurai house in Nagamachi, the outdoor grounds of Kanazawa Castle and Kenrokuen Garden, in groups of up to 15.
US$60 each · US$120 for twoIn front of Starbucks (city centre; confirm which branch)needs a 6-hour callfits 100% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h ahead4.9★ · 573 reviewsWhy it is here
Private2h tourPhotoshoot session by professional photographer in Kanazawa
A one- or two-hour private photo session at Higashi Chaya or Kenroku-en with a professional photographer, in kimono or your own clothes.
US$129 each · US$258 for twoPickup at the pierneeds a 5-hour callfits 100% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h ahead5.0★ · 67 reviewsWhy it is here
Private3h tourKanazawa private half day/Photoshoot by professional photographer
A private three-hour half-day with a professional photographer as guide, through Higashi Chaya, Kazuemachi, Kenroku-en and Kanazawa Castle.
US$145 each · US$290 for twoPickup on requestneeds a 6-hour callfits 100% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h ahead5.0★ · 42 reviewsWhy it is here
Private car · per personExplore Kanazawa Half Day Private Tour with Local Nurse
A private four-to-five-hour walk around Kanazawa by foot and local bus, with a local guide who is also a nurse.
US$227 each · US$454 for twoTaxi ~10 min from the shipneeds an 8-hour callfits 100% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h ahead5.0★ · 139 reviewsWhy it is here
Private1h 10m tourKanazawa Machiya: Private Tea Ceremony with a Local Tea Master
A 70-minute private tea ceremony in a 100-year-old machiya near the Nishi Chaya geisha district, hosted by a tea master of 19 years.
US$64 each · US$128 for twoTaxi ~15 min from the shipneeds a 4-hour callfits 100% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h ahead5.0★ · 39 reviewsWhy it is here
Private7h tourKanazawa Full Day Private Tour to Top Highlights with Local Guide
A private seven-hour day on foot and by public transport, covering the samurai district, Higashi Chaya, Omicho Market, the castle park and Kenroku-en, with entries included.
US$259 each · US$518 for twoTaxi ~10 min from the shipneeds a 10-hour callfits 33% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h ahead5.0★ · 21 reviewsWhy it is here
Private car · per groupTakayama and Shirakawago/Photoshoot by professional photographer
A private eight-to-nine-hour drive to Shirakawa-go and Takayama with a professional photographer as guide; a very long day for a cruise call.
US$253 per person for 2 · US$505 per carPickup on requestneeds a 12-hour callfits 0% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h ahead5.0★ · 70 reviewsWhy it is here
Private car · per person4h tourPrivate Tour of Shirakawago from Kanazawa (Half Day)
A four-hour private drive to the thatched village of Shirakawa-go with an English-speaking driver, leaving Kanazawa's own sights aside.
US$256 each · US$512 for twoHotel pickup onlyneeds a 7-hour callfits 100% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h ahead5.0★ · 28 reviewsWhy it is hereBooking through these links costs you nothing extra and pays for this site. We do not take money to rank anything, and we leave out the ones we would not send a friend on.
The Kanazawa days we would book
Our own ten for this port already mark which ones we think are worth handing to a guide. Here is the reasoning.