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The rainy-day Kanazawa, Kanazawa

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The rainy-day Kanazawa

Wet weather — and Kanazawa is wet, by design. Timed from the gangway and back.

5 hr door to door5 stopsA wet day
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Photo: 経済特区 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
5 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — and Kanazawa is wet, by design
Room to spare
None
Fits a 7-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
¥310 each way
By bus 04, or from about ¥2,900 each way by taxi (per car). Museum: free zone ¥0; the exhibition ticket price depends on the show.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

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
    Taxi or bus 04 into the city

    Taxi 15–20 min, about ¥2,900 to Omicho. Bus 04 to Kanazawa Station: about 25–35 min, ¥310, cash or contactless card (no Suica). No weekday bus leaves the port 07:25–10:10

    What you will see here
  2. +0:45
    Omicho Market — covered end to end

    Kaisen-don at a counter inside; crab if it is November to March

    What you will see hereFull guide: Omicho Market
    Omicho Market, Kanazawa
    Photo: Adrian / CC BY 2.0
  3. +2:00
    A gold-leaf workshop, indoors

    One hour, a few thousand yen, and you take the piece home

    Full guide: Higashi Chaya
  4. +3:15
    21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art

    Under cover. Free zone 9:00–22:00. The exhibition zone (10:00–18:00) is closed on Mondays

    What you will see hereFull guide: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
    21st Century Museum, Kanazawa
    Photo: 金沢市 / CC BY 2.1 jp
  5. +4:15
    Back to the port

    Bus 04 from Kanazawa Station West, stop 6: weekdays 13:00, 14:10, 15:00, 15:25, then none until 17:15; weekends and holidays 12:20, 14:20, 15:00, 15:45 (last). Or a taxi, about ¥2,600

    What you will see here
    Kanazawa Castle Park, Kanazawa
    Photo: Benh LIEU SONG from Torcy, France / CC BY-SA 2.0
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: Andrea Schaffer from Sydney, Australia / CC BY 2.0
A sheet of Kanazawa gold leaf being laid by hand
A sheet of Kanazawa gold leaf being laid by handPhoto: jam_232 / CC BY 2.0
Kenrokuen garden in autumn colour, Kanazawa
Kenrokuen garden in autumn colour, KanazawaPhoto: Lorenzo Castellino / Pexels
Kaga yuzen silk dyeing in Kanazawa
Kaga yuzen silk dyeing in KanazawaPhoto: Japanexperterna.se / CC BY-SA 2.0
Boiled snow crab, male and female, Kanazawa
Boiled snow crab, male and femalePhoto: Nishimuraya Kinosaki Onsen / CC BY 2.0
Higashi Chaya, Kanazawa
Higashi ChayaPhoto: Yoshihide Urushihara / CC BY-SA 2.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Kanazawa

The port-side secretNeeds a 4-hour call · ~2hShort calls — the realistic answer this far from downtownThe garden coreNeeds a 7.5-hour call · ~5.5hKenroku-en and its neighbors — the reason you dockedThe grand loopNeeds a 10-hour call · ~8hLong calls — garden, gold leaf, geisha lanes and the pool
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