Kanazawa Trip 2026: The Full List

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:: Prologue

#1 Prologue – This Trip Is Kanazawa

:: DAY 1

#2 Komatsu Airport and APA Hotel – The Way to Kanazawa

#3 Kanazawa Station – Kanazawa: Start Here, End Here.

#4 POP BY COFFEE – First Steps, Wandering Kanazawa

#5 Nagamachi Samurai District – Not Kyoto, The Streets That Make Kanazawa Its Own

#6 Ichigohan Bunke – Kanazawa Seafood Is Really Something

#7 Il Mare – Wandered In, Stayed for the People

:: Street Scenes

#8 Katamachi Boulevard – Street Scenes: Kanazawa’s Shopping and Nightlife District

:: DAY 2

#9 Omicho Market – Kanazawa’s Kitchen, Taken Over by Tourists

#10 Ohoridori – Pleasant Walk Around Kanazawa Castle

#11 Oyama Shrine – To Me, It Was a Garden, Not a Shrine

#12 Kanazawa Castle – The Castle That Survived by Losing Its Keep

#13 Kenroku-en – This Garden Takes More Than One Photo

#14 Kawabata Sengyo-ten – Best Kanazawa Seafood? Turned Out to Be Shrimp

#15 Hige no Mise – Tucked in a Local Alley, a Gem of a Wine Bar

:: Street Scenes

#16 Back Alleys of Katamachi – Street Scenes: Night Alleys, Most Missed

:: DAY 3

#17 Turban Curry – Darkest Curry in Japan

#18 Ishikawa Shiko Memorial Park – Peaceful Park — My Favorite in Kanazawa

#19 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art – The Museum, Kanazawa, Present Day

#20 Ishiura Shrine and Kanazawa Shrine – Small Shrines, Deeper Than They Look

#21 Honda-no-Mori Park – The Park, Known as the Forest of Culture

#22 D.T. Suzuki Museum – ‘ZEN’ Experienced Through Space

#23 Mori Mori Sushi – Is Conveyor Belt Sushi in Kanazawa Worth It?

:: Street Scenes

#24 Around the Sai River – Street Scenes: The Quieter Side of the Sai River

:: DAY 4

#25 Shirakawa-go – Beating the Snow with a Steep Thatched Roof

#26 Teuchi Soba-dokoro Nomura – Cold Soba Made from Mountain-Village Buckwheat

#27 Gassho-zukuri Minka-en – Where the Crowds Thin Out, and the Thatched Houses Open Up

#28 Nihonshu Makoto – Whole Lot of Ishikawa’s Local Sake

#29 Higashi Chaya District – Strolling the Old Streets at Dusk

#30 Petit² – Wine Bar Tucked Away in a Back Alley

#31 Hiroko – Snack Bar or Stand, Whatever It Is, It’s Fun

:: DAY 5

#32 Getting to Toyama – Twenty Minutes from Kanazawa: Toyama, the Prefectural Capital

#33 TOYAMA KIRARI – Kengo Kuma’s Toyama Kirari — The Interior Won Me Over, Not the Facade

#34 Koshinokuni Museum of Literature – Museum of Literature and Its Striking Cantilever

#35 Starbucks Kansui Park – Said to Be the Most Beautiful Starbucks in the World

#36 Toyama Sodachi – Two Plates of Yakiniku to Recharge

:: Street Scenes

#37 Toyama Scenery – Street Scenes: Toyama in the Rain

:: DAY 6

#38 Tsubajin – Dinner at a Ryotei with 350 Years of History

#39 Yoshiro and Yoshio Taniguchi Museum of Architecture – Father and Son Who Pursued a Fusion of Modernism and Japanese Tradition

#40 Ozeki – A Recommended Restaurant Where the Sashimi and Oden Were Outstanding

:: Epilogue

#41 Epilogue – Kanazawa Trip Wrap-Up