Where to stay in Kanazawa

Main station: Kanazawa Station. You can pick Kanazawa as the city you stay in on this site.

Areas to stay

• Kanazawa Station
  Hotels near Kanazawa Station (Google Maps)
• Korinbo / Katamachi
  Hotels near Korinbo / Katamachi (Google Maps)
• Higashi Chaya District
  Hotels near Higashi Chaya District (Google Maps)

Day trips from Kanazawa

• Shirakawa-goGifu · 20–60 kmJapan's best-known village of steep thatched 'praying hands' farmhouses, in a snowy mountain valley.
• Kenrokuen GardenIshikawa · within 20 kmOne of Japan's three great gardens. In winter, ropes protect the pine branches from snow in a cone shape.
• Higashi Chaya DistrictIshikawa · within 20 kmWooden teahouses with fine lattices, where geisha still perform. Try gold-leaf ice cream.
• Kanazawa Station (Tsuzumi-mon Gate & Motenashi Dome)Ishikawa · within 20 kmKanazawa's gateway: a wooden gate modelled on a Noh drum under a glass dome, with local crafts built into the station and a large shopping arcade.
• Omicho MarketIshikawa · within 20 kmKanazawa's 'kitchen': about 170 fish, produce and food shops under one roof, known for seafood rice bowls.
• Oyama ShrineIshikawa · within 20 kmShrine to Maeda Toshiie and his wife Matsu; its gate mixes Japanese, Chinese and Western styles with stained glass at the top, lit up after dark.
• Nagamachi Samurai DistrictIshikawa · within 20 kmLanes of ochre earthen walls and stone paving where middle-ranking Kanazawa samurai lived; in winter the walls are wrapped in straw mats.
• Kanazawa Castle Park & Gyokusen-inmaru GardenIshikawa · within 20 kmFormer seat of the Maeda lords next to Kenrokuen, with turrets and the long Gojikken Nagaya storehouse rebuilt in 2001 by traditional methods.

Distance is a straight line from the station, not travel time.

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Onsen towns nearby

• Yamashiro Onsen Ishikawa
  A Kaga hot-spring town centred on the Yu-no-Kuruwa square, where the Ko-Soyu bathhouse recreates a Meiji-era public bath with Kutani tiles and stained glass.
• Yamanaka Onsen Ishikawa
  A riverside spa town said to be 1,300 years old, with the Kakusenkei gorge walk, Korogi Bridge and the Kiku-no-yu public bathhouse.
• Awara Onsen Fukui
  A hot-spring town opened in 1883 and long called the 'inner parlour of Kansai'. A free foot bath sits by the station.

All onsen towns by month →

From the airport

• Komatsu Airport (KMQ): Limousine bus (Hokutetsu), about 40 min to Kanazawa Station.

Getting around

• Toyama 20 min · Hokuriku Shinkansen
• Nagano 1 h 5 min · Hokuriku Shinkansen (Kagayaki)
• Kyoto 1 h 45 min · Hokuriku Shinkansen + Ltd. Exp. Thunderbird (change at Tsuruga)
• Nagoya 2 h 45 min · Ltd. Exp. Shirasagi + Hokuriku Shinkansen (change at Tsuruga)
• Tokyo 1 h 10 min · flight KMQ → HND
• Sapporo 1 h 35 min · flight KMQ → CTS

Fastest regular service on the official timetable. A flight time is the scheduled time between the airports; add the trip to the airport.

Next city

• Kanazawa → Kyoto (1 h 45 min) → Osaka (15 min) → Okayama (45 min)
• Kanazawa → Nagoya (2 h 45 min) → Kyoto (35 min) → Osaka (15 min)

Example routes along these connections; the time of each leg is in brackets.

Use Kanazawa as your base →