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Your ship · your port · your hoursIn port Fri, 19 Mar 2027, 09:00–18:00 (9 h in port). 3 calls listed in all, below.
The port has not published Azamara Pursuit's berth in Kanazawa for 19 Mar.
Shared cars with a guide first; each takes no more than the 19 Mar call leaves you. Booked through Viator; there is no tour desk at the pier.
Fits your 19 Mar callPrivate car · per person5.0★ · 139A 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 aheadWhy it is here
Fits your 19 Mar callSmall group4.9★ · 573
Fits your 19 Mar callPrivate5.0★ · 67Tours are booked through Viator (a Tripadvisor company). If you book, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It never decides what we recommend.
Cut to the 19 Mar call. The half hour to get off and the hour before all-aboard are already kept free.
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Needs a 4-hour callabout 2hfoodeasy
For a short call, realistically this far from downtown.
Free on foot; a taxi back from Ono is about ¥1,100
Open in Google Maps, in 2 parts
Needs a 7.5-hour callabout 5.5hviewswalk
For Kenroku-en and its neighbours — the reason you docked.
Costs about ¥3,700 for the taxi in (per car), then ¥220 Loop Bus and ¥310 bus 04 back
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Fri, 19 Mar 2027, 09:00–18:00 (9 h in port). Off the ship from 09:30, back at the gangway by 16:30. Print it or save it before you lose the ship's Wi-Fi.
Rain on about 16 days in 30 — the rain-day plan is worth a look
A layer for the evening
The forecast for Fri 19 Mar appears here from Sat 13 Mar.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Kanazawa station · The official figures →
Every upcoming call keeps the same hours, 09:00–18:00: plan one day and repeat it.
Add all 3 calls to your calendar
Usable hours follow the one rule: off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, all-aboard 30 minutes before departure, back at the gangway an hour before that. Overnight calls count the longest stretch ashore between 08:00 and 21:00 (the night is not touring time). Dates and times from the cruise line’s published itinerary; the port has not listed these calls yet; the daily programme has the final word.
09:00–18:00 · about 7 usable hours · gangway by 16:30
About 7 usable hours, back at the gangway by 16:30: one district or one sight with lunch, or a half-day guided tour that starts at the pier.
The guided day for these callsKanazawa Highlights: Garden, Castle, Samurai & Geisha+TaxiShared car · per person5.0★ · 462from US$56 per person · max 15 · fits 3 of 3 half-day calls · open on 2 of the 3 checkedWhy it is here, and the clockTour opening days from the operators' live schedules on Viator, checked 14 Nov; a date can close as seats sell.
The port has not published Azamara Pursuit's berth in Kanazawa for 19 Mar; ships here normally use Muryoji cruise terminal (2020) — or Ohama Wharf for MSC Bellissima (no terminal); Tonomizu for some second ships. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Fri, 19 Mar 2027: 09:00–18:00 (9 h in port); Fri, 14 May 2027: 09:00–18:00 (9 h in port); Sat, 4 Sept 2027: 09:00–18:00 (9 h in port). Off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, all-aboard 30 minutes before departure, back at the gangway an hour before that: plan for about 7 usable hours on the call of Fri, 19 Mar 2027, back at the gangway by 16:30.
2 of the port's timed days fit the call of Fri, 19 Mar 2027: The port-side secret (about 2h), The garden core (about 5.5h). 3 guided days fit the call, shared cars first.
On a usual March day Kanazawa reaches about 12 °C (53 °F), with a low of about 3 °C (38 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 16 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Kanazawa. From 7 days before the call, this page shows the forecast for the day itself.
Checked · Visited in person · Takumi Yamada
Dates and times from the cruise line’s published itinerary; the port has not listed these calls yet. Schedules change; your ship's daily programme has the final word.
