# Things to see in Kanazawa (Japan): 73 places and when to go

> Kanazawa is a city in Japan with around 551,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 73 places in and around it, mainly Nature (31), Mountains (29), Museums and art (13). The best known are Kanazawa Castle, Hakusan National Park and 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. The best time to come is February, April to May and October; also possible: November to January, March and June to September. In June there are 14 h 29 of daylight, and in December, 9 h 31. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/kanazawa/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Japan · 36.56, 136.64
- **Population:** About 551,000
- **Places:** 73 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/naturaleza/) (31) · [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/montana/) (29) · [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/museos/) (13) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/espiritual/) (8) · [Hot springs](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/termal/) (8) · [Snow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/nieve/) (6)
- **Best time:** February, April to May and October.
- **Also possible:** November to January, March and June to September.
- **Nearest airport:** KIX Osaka, 269 km as the crow flies
- **Highest point:** Mount Nanakura, at 2,557 m.

## What to see in Kanazawa

The places in and around Kanazawa, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Kanazawa Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/castillo-de-kanazawa/): Castle in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan · 1.9 km
- [Hakusan National Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/hakusan-national-park/): National park of Japan · 45 km
- [21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/21st-century-museum-of-contemporary-art-kanazawa/): Art museum in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan · 1.6 km
- [Shirakawa Village](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/shirakawa-go/): Historic village in Gifu prefecture, Japan · 41 km
- [Oyama Shrine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/oyama-jinja-shrine/): Shinto shrine in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan · 1.5 km
- [Mount Utatsu](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-utatsu/): Mountain in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan · 3.7 km
- [Mount Oizuru](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-oizurugadake/): Mountain in Toyama Prefecture, Japan · 32 km
- [Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/museo-de-arte-de-la-prefectura-de-ishikawa/): Museum in Japan · 1.9 km
- [D. T. Suzuki Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/d-t-suzuki-museum/): Building in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan · 1.9 km
- [Myōryū-ji](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/myouryuji/): Buddhist temple in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan · 959 m
- [Seisonkaku](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/seison-kaku/): Museum · 2.1 km
- [Awazu Onsen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/awazu-onsen-soyu/): Building in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan · 31 km
- [Daijō-ji Temple](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/daijoji-temple/): Building in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan · 3.5 km
- [Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/kanazawa-yasue-gold-leaf-museum/): Museum in Ishikawa, Japan · 2.8 km
- [Motorcar Museum of Japan](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/motorcar-museum-of-japan/): Car museum in Japan · 31 km
- [Iozen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-oku-iozen/): Mountain in Japan · 15 km
- [Mount Sarugabanba](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-sarugababa/): Mountain in Gifu Prefecture, Japan · 46 km
- [Keta Taisha](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/keta-taisha/): Shinto shrine in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan · 42 km
- [Mount Kaerikumo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-kaerikumo/): Mountain in Japan · 45 km
- [Mount Kongōdō](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-kongodo/): Mountain in Toyama, Japan · 42 km
- [Mount Nara](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-naradake/): Mountain in Japan · 27 km
- [Mount Ōgasa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-ogasa/): Mountain in Japan · 30 km
- [Mount Takasaburō](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-takasaburo/): Mountain in Japan · 24 km
- [Komatsu City Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/komatsu-city-museum/): Museum · 24 km

And the other 49, by what you come to do:

- **Nature**: [Mount Nanakura](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mount-nanakura/), [Mount Daimon](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-daimon/), [Mount Manganji](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-manganji/), [Mount Mikoshi](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-mikoshi/), [Mount Noda](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-nodayama/), [Mount Sanpōiwa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-sanpoiwa/), [Shiramizu Falls](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/shiramizu-falls/), [Mount Hakusan-Shaka](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mount-hakusan-shaka/), [Agehara Yama](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-agehara/), [Gozen Dake](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-gozen/), [Kuchisanpō Dake](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-kuchisanpo/), [Mae Yama](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-maeyama/), [Mount Miwa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-minowa/), [Mitsugatsuji Yama](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-mitsugatsuji/), [Mount Mizuha](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-mizuba/), [Mt. Narigamine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-narigamine/), [Mount Okushishiku](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-oku-shishiku/), [Mount Tsukigahara](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-tsukigahara/), [Yurugi Yama](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-yurugi/), [Takaochi-yama](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-takaochi/), [Mount Tomuro](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/mt-tomuro/)
- **Temples**: [Nata-dera](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/natadera-temple/), [myojo-ji Temple](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/myojo-ji/), [Shirakawa Hachiman Shrine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/shirakawa-hachiman-shrine/), [Myōzen-ji Temple](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/myozen-temple/)
- **Museums and art**: [Ishikawa Nishida Kitarō Museum of Philosophy](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/nishida-kitaro-museum-of-philosophy/), [Ishikawa Prefecture Kanazawa Port Ohno Karakuri Memorial Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/ohno-karakuri-museum/), [Science Hills Komatsu](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/science-hills-komatsu/), [Wada House](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/wada-house/), [Ogimachi Village 2](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/gasshozukuri-minkaen-outdoor-museum/), [Nagase House](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/nagase-house/)
- **With kids**: [Yunokuni no mori](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/yunokuni-no-mori/), [Ishikawa Zoo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/ishikawa-zoo/), [Train Park Hakusan](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/train-park-hakusan/)
- **Snow**: [Hakusan Ichirinoonsen Ski Resort](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/hakusan-senjo-onsen-seymour-ski-area/), [IOX-AROSA](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/iox-arosa/), [Ookuradake Kogen Ski Area](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/ookuradake-kogen-ski-area/), [Hakusan Ichirino Onsen Ski Resort](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/sam-hakusan-ichirino-ski-resort/), [Kanazawa Municipal Ski Resort](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/kanazawa-municipal-ski-resort/), [Shiramine Alpen Kyogijou](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/shiramine-alpen-kyogijou/)
- **History**: [Suganuma Village](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/suganuma-village/), [489 series](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/489-501/)
- **Hot springs**: [Isibiki Onsen Game no Yu](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/isibiki-onsen-game-no-yu/), [Kenroku Onsen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/kenroku-onsen/), [Kinjo Onsen Motoyu](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/kinjo-onsen-motoyu/), [Manten Hotspring](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/manten-hotspring/), [Satoyama no yu](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/satoyama-no-yu/), [Shirakawago-no-yu](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/shirakawago-no-yu/), [Yamato Onsen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/yamato-onsen/)

## When to go to Kanazawa

The best time to visit Kanazawa is **February, April to May and October**; also possible: November to January, March and June to September. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 9 h 46 |
| February | Best time | 10 h 39 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 43 |
| April | Best time | 12 h 56 |
| May | Best time | 13 h 57 |
| June | Possible | 14 h 29 |
| July | Possible | 14 h 16 |
| August | Possible | 13 h 24 |
| September | Possible | 12 h 13 |
| October | Best time | 11 h 02 |
| November | Possible | 10 h 01 |
| December | Possible | 9 h 31 |

In June there are 14 h 29 of daylight, and in December, 9 h 31. In April, 61 of the 73 places are at their best.

When to go to Japan in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Kanazawa

The nearest main airport is Kansai International Airport (KIX, Osaka), 269 km as the crow flies. How to get around Japan (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=36.56%2C136.64)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=36.56%2C136.64)

## Other towns nearby

- [Takaoka, Toyama](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/takaoka/): 10 places · 34 km
- [Toyama](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/toyama/): 11 places · 55 km
- [Fukui](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/fukui/): 21 places · 66 km
- [Nagano](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/nagano-2/): 6 places · 119 km
- [Matsumoto, Nagano](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/matsumoto/): 63 places · 124 km
- [Gifu](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/gifu/): 12 places · 127 km

And all of Japan, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Kanazawa?

The best known: [Kanazawa Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/castillo-de-kanazawa/), [Hakusan National Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/hakusan-national-park/), [21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/21st-century-museum-of-contemporary-art-kanazawa/), [Shirakawa Village](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/shirakawa-go/), [Oyama Shrine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/asia/japon/oyama-jinja-shrine/). In all, 73 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Kanazawa?

February, April to May and October; also possible: November to January, March and June to September. In June there are 14 h 29 of daylight, and in December, 9 h 31.

### How do you get to Kanazawa?

The nearest main airport is Kansai International Airport (KIX), 269 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=36.56%2C136.64) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Kanazawa as the destination and these 73 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).