Kanazawa Exploration: Art, Culture, Tradition with a Local Guide

Discover the art, culture, and traditions of Kanazawa, Japan with a local guide. Explore historic neighborhoods, visit beautiful gardens, and indulge in street food at the vibrant Omicho Market.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Ruins of Nagamachi Bukeyashiki - See the perfectly preserved Nagamachi samurai district
    IMPORTANT: As this is a private and personalized experience, the places you visit may differ from those listed and these will be chosen by your host based on your interests and preferences
  • Omicho Market - Browse Omicho Market, the “Kitchen of Kanazawa”,…
What's Included
  • Hotel meet-up (available on request for central locations)
  • 4 hour walking tour, exploring highlights and hidden gems
  • Private and personalized walking tour with a passionate local
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation (primarily a walking experience however public transport may be used)
  • Tickets to any attractions
  • Gratuities (optional)
Additional Information

Competing with Kyoto for the title of Japan’s historical gem, Kanazawa blends art, culture, and history in a place where traditions are honored. It offers the opportunity to visit the Nagamachi district, a preserved samurai quarter, and Higashi Chaya, an area with converted geisha houses that now serve as teahouses and dining establishments. It’s…

Location
Kanazawa Station Information Center
(The host will be waiting in front of the tourist information center by the main entrance) After booking, you can adjust the meeting point to fit your preferences with the help of our Experience Planners.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Lizaduddy
Nov 5, 2024
Haru + Kanazawa = a do not miss! - Kanazawa is a cultural goldmine. We got to see so much history and beautiful sites. Our tour guide, Haru, was 10/10. We saw the Kanazawa castle, Omi Cho market, the 3rd most beautiful garden in the world, as well as a geisha district and a samurai district. Haru taught us how to enter shrines and lots about the Japanese culture. We feel so lucky we got her as a guide!
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Tionggheel
Nov 5, 2024
Excellent Half Day Walk About In Kanazawa With An Amazing Local Guide - The walking tour with Haru was very interesting. Haru was extremely knowledgeable in the specific histories of the areas we walked through. It was also conducted at our own pace which my partner and myself very much appreciated it. No hurries. We also appreciated that Haru reached out to us personally before we arrived in Kanazawa to sound us out on our interests in any particular areas which the tour would then be crafted more towards. Haru also met us at our hotel which was also much appreciated as we were unfamiliar with the area initially.
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516lenw
Nov 5, 2024
Great Intro to Kanazawa - Selda was wonderful, insightful and very knowledgeable about Kanazawa and its history. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour. She took what we had told her we wanted to see and planned a great half day! We highly recommend this tour!
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Kathymx5245jx
Nov 4, 2024
An excellent tailored tour - Our tour guide made contact on What’s App as soon as we booked to arrange to meet and set our itinerary. I had to rearrange and she was very flexible . Our tour was interesting-our guide was knowledgeable and charming and we really enjoyed our tour. I would highly recommend !
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Julienne
Nov 1, 2024
Worth it! - Rimiko is truly amazing. She made my trip to Kanazawa absolutely delightful and she was very helpful every step of the way. The best part was when she initiated contact to discuss expectations and what you wanted to see and experience. Other guides do this last minute but with her she did it way advance. During the tour she explained things well and overall she made the whole experience so wonderful that I plan to stay longer in Kanazawa next time. Value for money 100% Value for experience 100% She's definitely my favourite guide.
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Lusksteiner
Oct 23, 2024
Great tour with a great guide - Akari was such a charming, knowledgeable and fun guide. We had a great afternoon with her in Kanazawa!! Highly recommend!!
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S2485ntmariab
Oct 19, 2024
Really nice daytrip in Kanzama - Akari is a very friendly guide. We had a great day. She told us a lot about the history of the touristic places we visited. Akari was furthermore very pleasant company during the day. We would highly recommend Akari. Thank you again Akari.
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Alinadq4186xn
Oct 14, 2024
Great experience - Harumi was a wonderful tour guide for us! We asked upfront where we wanted to spend more time and we had a very insightful and fun walk around beautiful Kanazawa! Thank you, Harumi! It was a great experience
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Maria_d
Oct 12, 2024
Cultural questions answered! - Atari took us on a cultural journey giving us insightful background information that we couldn’t get in any other way. We could look at historical scenes but Atari told us what was behind the custom and what it meant to the people today.
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O3075nblauraw
Oct 27, 2024
Good start into our Kanazawa expierence - We had a really interesting and fun day with our tour guide Akari, eventhough it was raining pretty bad for half of the tour. The tour was informative and we got to see a lot of places of history. Akari was really kind also answered a lot of our japanese/overall questions we had.
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From $83
up to 10 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).