Best of Kanazawa
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Port
Toyama, Japan
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Activity Level
Moderate
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Excursion Type
All
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Wheelchair Accessible
No
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Starting At
$209
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Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
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Duration
Approximately 7 Hours
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Meals Included
Meals included
Travel by coach to the Higashi Chayamachi -- one of the city’s four pleasure districts established in the late Edo Period (1820). The district is home to traditional tea houses, where wealthy merchants and artisans held drinking parties, and geisha performed just as they still do today.
Next, you’re headed to Kenroku-en -- one of the three celebrated Great Gardens of Japan. The great daimyo of Kanazawa Castle originally developed Kenroku-en’s 25-acre landscaped garden. It boasts Japan’s first fountain, a teahouse dating to 1774, and a pagoda donated to the Maeda clan by the great warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The extraordinary Ganko-Bashi is a bridge comprised of 11 red stones laid out to resemble a formation of flying geese.
Continue to the Omicho Market where you will soak up 270 years of history at the largest market in Kanazawa. With over 170 shops and stalls selling almost anything you can imagine, it's no wonder this busy network of covered streets was dubbed the "Kitchen of Kanazawa."
Lunch is served en route.
Notes:
Transfer to Kanazawa is approximately 75 minutes each way. Bring local currency, as many vendors do not accept credit cards or US dollars. Unfamiliar accents can be challenging; feel free to ask your guide to repeat or elaborate on information, and to speak more slowly so you can fully comprehend and converse. Tour does not operate on holidays.