Kanazawa Travel Guides (Updated September 2026)

We really enjoyed the Kanazawa highlights tour with our fantastic guide, Yumiko. She’s warm and attentive and full of interesting facts and we learned so much about Kanazawa and Japanese culture in general. It was an absolute pleasure to spend the day with her and we had so much fun along the way. If you only have a day in Kanazawa, you absolutely cannot go wrong picking this tour and spending seven entertaining and informative hours with Yumiko. Highly recommended!

We had a pleasant day that made us Forget the rain. Our exchanges were beyond the classic comments

Fantastic tour, our guide Yumiko had excellent English and was knowledgeable in all areas, which made for an easy, educational and informative experience. Thankyou Yumiko.

we had a wonderful tour guide in Kanazwa. Yumika arranged a wonderful itinerary that cover all the sights that we wanted to explore. she is very knowledgeable professional kind and speaks fluent english which was a big plus. our tour with Yumi was one of our best days we had in Japan. thank you for this great experience. it was way above our expectation and this tour is highly recommended.

We had an amazing day with Yumi. She was so lovely taking us around to all the beautiful sites. Yumi is very dedicated and hard working and we would recommend this tour to anyone who would like to get to know Kanazawa from a local guide prospective.

Yumiko was an excellent guide and companion for the day. She was friendly and informative and gave us an excellent insight into the areas that we visited on our day with her.

Kanazawa is a beautiful city to visit and our tour highlighted the rich samurai history of the area as well as the beauty of the gardens. Our guide Yumiko was so knowledgeable and very friendly.

Even though it was the wettest day Japan has experienced (not quite but it did not stop for a minute) we had the best time. Yumiko was an absolute delight. Full of knowledge and history. I cannot imagine how amazing Kanazawa must be when the sun shines as she is spectacular when it rains.

Yumiko was an excellent tour guide. She came prepared, was extremely knowledgeable, and her demeanor is warm and pleasant. She was also flexible and helpful. She tailored the tour based on our interests and provided great facts and history. We especially loved Kenrokeuen Garden and chose not go to the Suzuki Museum. We would recommend this tour.

Yumiko was an excellent tour guide! She provided an excellent overview of all the stops we went to, and you could tell that she really loves this city. Additionally she was willing to accommodate any questions we had apart from the tour (like how to pick out allergy medicine from the pharmacy). Thank you, Yumiko for a great tour!I highly recommend this tour if you want to learn the history of Kanazawa and cultural aspects.

Yumiko was great, very knowledgeable and informative and it was a fabulous day walking around the city seeing the sights. She was friendly and accommodating and Yumiko’s English was very good -thank you we had a great day. We would recommend this tour.

We enjoyed a great walking tour of Kanazawa with Tomio. Friendly, thoughtful and informative. A touch of zen, glorious gardens, intriguing traditional areas and great food. Thank you.

Iida Kayo is an awesome guide that was very knowledgeable about the samurai houses, the geisha district , the Kenruoken garden and the castle next to the garden. Very efficient with the public transport, polite, smiling and very helpful, I had a grand time with her, visiting the different parts of Kanazawa. Do not hesitate to book with her! You will not be disappointed!! Arigato Iida San!! 💖 and tha k you for the memories!

Had a great day exploring Kanazawa with our lovely guide Toshiko. We wandered through the beautiful gardens, the Castle and both the Samurai and Geisha districts. Lunch in the markets was delicious. Thanks for a very memorable day in Kanazawa Toshiko

Toshiko was a true delight to have as our guide. With my husband's back back she was very flexible in taking our tour nice and easy and still got to see so many of the sights around Kanazawa and tell us some of the interesting history of Kanazawa and gold leaf making. All very interesting indeed! We would highly recommend Toshiko for any visitor who wants to experience Kanazawa.

What a terrific day! Great weather all day and sights like the Gardens, the Castle, Samurai and Geisha districts are not to be missed. Lunch in the market was a fun experience and our guide Toshiko was simply great and so obliging Thank you for a most memorable day out in Kanazawa.