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Kanazawa Walking Tours
Kanazawa Walking Tours
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Kanazawa Tours offers curated tours of Kanazawa, Shirakawago, Takayama and Kyoto. Our specially trained English speaking guides customise tours to our client's needs and create memorable experiences with renowned local artisans and cultural events. Please take some time to read our reviews for an idea of our services, Click on the tour images for highlights.
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Historical Tours
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Historical Tours
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Walter T
4 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
This Full Day Tour was the highlight of our trip to Japan . Our guide Nozomi was a pleasure to be with, she tailored the tour to meet our interests. Her knowledge of Kanazawa as well as Japan was exceptional and taught us so much about Japanese Culture and History. Nozomi went out of her way to make sure that we had a full day plus going into extra time to see Kanazawa. We had plenty of laughs and highly recommend Nozomi to any one venturing to Kanazawa.
Written 2 December 2023
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Rogier W
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Nov 2023 • Solo
I did the artisans of Kanazawa tour. I had an amazing day with the wonderful and ever so friendly Mrs Nozomi Kondo. She's a great guide, full of drive and enthusiasm. We had a bit of time before meeting the first artisan, Mr Toshio Ohi a renowned pottery master, so we explored the Samurai district. We then went to the Ohi Museum where Mr Toshio Ohi gave me a great insight into his art and the ten generations of family traditional pottery makers who went before him. He was a true host and patiently answered my many questions. The visit finished with a small tea ceremony. We then had a wonderful lunch before Nozomi took me to meet Mr Oota Masanobu, who is a silk dyer. He showed me to process of dying silk, which is used for kimono's. After he showed the basics I had a try myself. The guide is clearly well connected and respected by the people she works with. I could not have asked for a better day!
Written 30 November 2023
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Kate
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Nov 2023 • Family
Tetsuro was an amazing guide. He is very knowledgeable and funny and courteous. We had a lovely morning seeing all the best spots in Kanazawa. And he was kind enough to take photos of us and send them to us afterwards.
Written 29 November 2023
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Michelle M
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Nov 2023 • Family
We had an all day walking tour with Tetsuro in Kanazawa and it was wonderful! He tailored the day with a combination of "must-see" places and places we wanted to visit. Throughout the day, he shared history, knowledge and stories with us. He was a great tour guide and would highly recommend him to anyone going to Kanazawa. Thanks Tetsuro!
Written 29 November 2023
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Stephen P
Fairfield, CT725 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
A perfect tour. Not only did we get to see parts of the city we would never have found on our own but our guide, Sachiko filled in the gaps in our understanding of samurai and geisha history and culture. She was just lovely to spend half the day with. We appreciated her openness to talk about herself too.
Written 28 November 2023
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Gary S
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The guide was personable and provided interesting information throughout the day. The places she took us were scenic as well as interesting. Our personal connection with the guide made the tour most enjoyable
Written 27 November 2023
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Leslie A
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Nov 2023 • Couples
We had a delightful day with Nozomi, learning about Kanazawa, the stories of the artisan culture of this area and meeting with several artisans in their work spaces. Nozomi has detailed knowledge from her years of living and working in Kanazawa. Her enthusiasm for the artisans work and looking for ways to maintain the handmade traditional arts is impressive. We had a lot of fun! Thanks for the opportunity to meet Nizomi and tour with Kanazawa tours.
Written 25 November 2023
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SimonW6
Horsham West Sussex2 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
We had an excellent day with our guide, she was so interesting and knowledgeable, and took care to ensure we enjoyed the day with her. We got great insights into Japanese culture, and the artisan visits were fascinating. A big thank you!
Written 24 November 2023
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Parisiandream
Los Angeles, CA6 contributions
Nov 2023 • Family
The artisan tour of Kanazawa was a highlight of our trip to Japan. Our guide, Nozomi, was incredibly knowledgeable about the history and culture of Kanazawa as well as very friendly and gracious. She went out of her way to make sure we had a thorough introduction to the city and gave us great recommendations for sites to visit and places to eat. We toured a kimono painting studio and a ceramics museum. Ohi-San, the master ceramicist who is the 11th in his family line, gave us a private tour and served tea in the part of the museum that used to be his family home. It was truly an honor to talk with him about his art and travels around the world. I highly recommend this tour to anyone with an interest in the arts. It will open your eyes to a part of the city and culture you don’t get to experience as a normal tourist.
Written 23 November 2023
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Patricia K
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Nov 2023 • Couples
Chikako was our guide for a Kanazawa half day private tour. She was excellent - well informed, superb at scheduling our day so we could enjoy the key sights with the minimum amount of crowds, offered historical context and cultural insights, kept up a good pace so that we could see the most during the half day (particularly as it was sunny that day and the next two days there would be heavy rains). We greatly enjoyed our time with Chikako and her helpful advice not just for Kanazawa but for Ishikawa and our upcoming next step in Noto Peninsula. She was an excellent companion for first day in Kanazawa and we greatly enjoyed her company.
In our time with her we visited the Nomura Samurai House and enjoyed green tea and the quiet of the garden, walked through Rikugien and Gyokusen Gardens, and explored the grounds of Kanazawa Castle. She took our preferences into account to make it a fully customized tour. She knew we enjoyed coffee so she took us to an excellent siphon coffee cafe and Jonathan had a screw fall off his eyeglasses so she took a swift detour to an optometrist and he was able to fix Jonathan’s glasses with minimum time and charge. Jonathan is a vegetarian so Chikako called ahead to arrange for delicious vegetarian options for Jonathan so I could enjoy fresh Kanazawa sushi at a small sushi bar. The chef and hostess at the sushi bar treated us so well and it is some of the best, freshest sushi I have ever had. In fact, we liked it so much we returned for lunch on the second day - it felt special to be remembered and we loved the way they bowed upon our departure, knowing we had made a conscious choice to have lunch there again.
Chikako filled in at the last minute for another guide who could not meet with us but handled it so well and everything that day went so smoothly, as if it had been long planned. She took the trouble to drop us off at Gyokusen Garden at the end of our tour and to urge us to visit Seison-Kaku Villa later that day and that Rikugien Gardens can be entered at no charge between 6:00 - 7:45am.
Her words echoed in my our minds often as we explored Kanazawa on our own for the rest of that day and the following day. We visited the Kanazawa Castle lightup that evening to experience Kanazawa Castle at night and visited the 21st Century Museum and explored Higashichaya shops near our minshuku the following day in the rain.
If you are on the fence about booking a Kanazawa half day or full day private tour, I would strongly recommend you do so. It’s well worth the expense and it will enable you to see Kanazawa with a fuller context that only a local and private guide can provide. You will not regret your decision.
In our time with her we visited the Nomura Samurai House and enjoyed green tea and the quiet of the garden, walked through Rikugien and Gyokusen Gardens, and explored the grounds of Kanazawa Castle. She took our preferences into account to make it a fully customized tour. She knew we enjoyed coffee so she took us to an excellent siphon coffee cafe and Jonathan had a screw fall off his eyeglasses so she took a swift detour to an optometrist and he was able to fix Jonathan’s glasses with minimum time and charge. Jonathan is a vegetarian so Chikako called ahead to arrange for delicious vegetarian options for Jonathan so I could enjoy fresh Kanazawa sushi at a small sushi bar. The chef and hostess at the sushi bar treated us so well and it is some of the best, freshest sushi I have ever had. In fact, we liked it so much we returned for lunch on the second day - it felt special to be remembered and we loved the way they bowed upon our departure, knowing we had made a conscious choice to have lunch there again.
Chikako filled in at the last minute for another guide who could not meet with us but handled it so well and everything that day went so smoothly, as if it had been long planned. She took the trouble to drop us off at Gyokusen Garden at the end of our tour and to urge us to visit Seison-Kaku Villa later that day and that Rikugien Gardens can be entered at no charge between 6:00 - 7:45am.
Her words echoed in my our minds often as we explored Kanazawa on our own for the rest of that day and the following day. We visited the Kanazawa Castle lightup that evening to experience Kanazawa Castle at night and visited the 21st Century Museum and explored Higashichaya shops near our minshuku the following day in the rain.
If you are on the fence about booking a Kanazawa half day or full day private tour, I would strongly recommend you do so. It’s well worth the expense and it will enable you to see Kanazawa with a fuller context that only a local and private guide can provide. You will not regret your decision.
Written 22 November 2023
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kmdoby
Boston, MA3 contributions
Hi- Do you provide any customized private tour for 4 people (with car hire) around Kanazawa?
Kanazawa Tours
Kanazawa, Japan2 contributions
Hi, Yes we do, look us up on our website and we'll get in touch,
Mike(Kanazawa Walking Tours)
Kisse
Canada505 contributions
How long is these tours and what are the costs and how long before are they booked?
Hi Kisse,
Thank you for the question. All the information is on our site.
You can also click through from trip advisor to our site.
You can book the tours usually even 48 hours in advance (although you may not get a guide in that case in busy times - please book well in advance to be sure of your guide!)
The Kanazawa Walking Tours team
yvonne1216
Cambridge, UK12 contributions
Do you provide guided tour in Chinese?
Hello Yvonne,
Thank you very much for your question about Chinese language tours.
At the moment, we do not provide Chinese language tours, all our tours are in English, or Japanese if requested.
With best wishes for a great trip!
Leigh
Lead Tour Guide
Glynch08
Kanazawa, Japan10 contributions
Hi! What is your website and other information, please? I can't spot the contact details.
Kanazawa Tours
Kanazawa, Japan2 contributions
Hi, Not sure what happened there. I shall update this now, thanks for the update. Mike (Kanazawa Walking Tours)
Michael M
Curl Curl, Australia3 contributions
are there any bike tours in this area?
Kanazawa Tours
Kanazawa, Japan2 contributions
Hi Michael , we are currently developing a bike tour, if you would like more information please contact us through our webform. We would be happy to take you
Michael M
Curl Curl, Australia3 contributions
any bike tours?
Wyomite
Texas201 contributions
I don't know the answer to your question regarding bike tours. I suggest you send an email to Gavin at kanazawatours(at)gmail (you know the rest) and ask him directly if they can do this or, if not, who could he recommend. He is top notch and is a local official of the tourist organization as well, so he should be a reliable source for you.
Lee M
Australia1 contribution
Are you able to do hotel pickups, too? Some friends of mine will visit next year, and they want "the works".
Kanazawa Tours
Kanazawa, Japan2 contributions
Absolutely, we can arrange pick ups from anywhere within the city. please contact us through our webform for further details.