Photo: Adobe Stock / LicensedThe port has not published Westerdam's berth in Kanazawa for 19 Apr.
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 19 Apr call leaves you. Booked through Viator; there is no tour desk at the pier.
Fits your 19 Apr 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 Apr callPrivate5.0★ · 21
Fits your 19 Apr 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 19 Apr 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
Open in Google Maps, in 3 parts
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
Open in Google Maps, in 3 parts
Mon, 19 Apr 2027, 08:00–20:00 (12 h in port). Off the ship from 08:30, back at the gangway by 18:30. Print it or save it before you lose the ship's Wi-Fi.
Rain on about 12 days in 30 — the rain-day plan is worth a look
A layer for the evening
The forecast for Mon 19 Apr appears here from Tue 13 Apr.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Kanazawa station · The official figures →
Every upcoming call keeps the same hours, 08:00–20:00: 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.
08:00–20:00 · about 10 usable hours · gangway by 18:30
About 10 usable hours, back at the gangway by 18:30: 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 Westerdam's berth in Kanazawa for 19 Apr; 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.
Mon, 19 Apr 2027: 08:00–20:00 (12 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 10 usable hours on the call of Mon, 19 Apr 2027, back at the gangway by 18:30.
3 of the port's timed days fit the call of Mon, 19 Apr 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 April day Kanazawa reaches about 17 °C (63 °F), with a low of about 8 °C (47 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 12 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.
