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Your ship · your port · your hoursIn port Wed, 3 Mar 2027, 08:00–19:00 (11 h in port).
The port has not published Vasco da Gama's berth in Kanazawa for 3 Mar.
0:00Taxi straight to Kenroku-en (15–20 min, about ¥3,700)
1:4021st Century Museum
2:50Bus/taxi to Higashi Chaya district
3:20Gold-leaf soft serve at Hakuichi + ateliers
4:30Omicho Market late lunch
5:40Nagamachi samurai lanes if legs allowFollow this route7 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: The port-side secret (about 2h) · The garden core (about 5.5h)
Shared cars with a guide first; each takes no more than the 3 Mar call leaves you. Booked through Viator; there is no tour desk at the pier.
Fits your 3 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 3 Mar callPrivate5.0★ · 21
Fits your 3 Mar callSmall group4.9★ · 573Tours 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 3 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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Needs a 10-hour callabout 8hviewscrafts
For long calls — garden, gold leaf, geisha lanes and the pool.
Costs about ¥3,700 for the taxi in (per car), ¥220 a Loop Bus ride, ¥310 bus 04 back
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Wed, 3 Mar 2027, 08:00–19:00 (11 h in port). Off the ship from 08:30, back at the gangway by 17:30. 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 Wed 3 Mar appears here from Thu 25 Feb.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Kanazawa station · The official figures →
Every upcoming call keeps the same hours, 08:00–19:00: plan one day and repeat it.
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.
08:00–19:00 · about 9 usable hours · gangway by 17:30
About 9 usable hours, back at the gangway by 17:30: the port's full timed day fits, and so does a guided day that returns in time.
The guided day for these callsKanazawa Highlights: Garden, Castle, Samurai & Geisha+TaxiShared car · per person5.0★ · 462from US$56 per person · max 15 · fits 1 of 1 full-day call · open on 1 of the 1 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 Vasco da Gama's berth in Kanazawa for 3 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.
Wed, 3 Mar 2027: 08:00–19:00 (11 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 9 usable hours on the call of Wed, 3 Mar 2027, back at the gangway by 17:30.
3 of the port's timed days fit the call of Wed, 3 Mar 2027: The port-side secret (about 2h), The garden core (about 5.5h), The grand loop (about 8h). 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.
