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The garden core

Kenroku-en and its neighbors — the reason you docked. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~5.5h door to door6 stops4–6 hours ashore
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Door to door
~5.5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
4–6 hours
Kenroku-en and its neighbors — the reason you docked
What it costs
loop bus fares + Kenroku-en ¥320
Transport spend: loop bus fares + Kenroku-en ¥320. Budget coins for a chaya tea.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Shuttle to downtown (~30 min)

    Photograph the return times before anything

  2. +0:40
    Kenroku-en — one of the three perfect gardens

    The two-legged lantern is left of the pond

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kenroku-en →
  3. +2:10
    Kanazawa Castle Park through the gate

    Free lawns, lead-tiled roofs

    What you will see here →
    Photo: mrpbps / CC BY
  4. +3:00
    Omicho Market — the quick seafood bowl

    Stand-up counters beat the queue

    What you will see here →Full guide: Omicho Market →
    Photo: snowpea&bokchoi / CC BY
  5. +4:00
    Shuttle back to the port

    Board one earlier than the last

  6. +4:45
    Back at the gangway
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Kanazawa, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Earthen walls along a lane in the Nagamachi samurai district, Kanazawa
Earthen walls along a lane in the Nagamachi samurai district, KanazawaPhoto: 金沢市 / CC BY 2.1 jp
The Yasue Gold Leaf Museum in Kanazawa, where the craft is explained
The Yasue Gold Leaf Museum in Kanazawa, where the craft is explainedPhoto: 金沢市 / CC BY 2.1 jp
Kaga yuzen silk dyeing in Kanazawa
Kaga yuzen silk dyeing in KanazawaPhoto: 藤谷良秀(Yoshihide Fujitani) / CC BY-SA 4.0
Snow crab at a Kanazawa market
Snow crab at a Kanazawa marketPhoto: さかおり / CC BY-SA
Omicho Market
Omicho MarketPhoto: afs1180 / CC BY
Higashi Chaya
Higashi ChayaPhoto: Andrea Schaffer from Sydney, Australia / CC BY 2.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Kanazawa

The rainy-day KanazawaA wet day · ~5hWet weather — and Kanazawa is wet, by designThe port-side secret2–3 hours · ~2hShort calls — the honest answer this far from downtownThe grand loop8 hours or more · ~8hLong calls — garden, gold leaf, geisha lanes and the pool
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