Kanazawa
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In this Article
- Introduction
- Neighbourhoods
- Sights and Activities
- Events and Festivals
- Weather
- Getting There
- Getting Around
- Eat
- Drink
- Sleep
- Work
- Learn
- Keep Connected
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Neighbourhoods
Sights and Activities
Events and Festivals
Weather
Kanazawa has a subtropical humid climate with warm, wet summers and winters which don't see much rain but snow in January and February is quite heavy at 1-1,5 metres a month. Summers last from June to September when average highs are mostly between 25 and 31 °C and nights are between 17 and 23 °C. Winters from December to February see highs of 6-10 °C and lows of 0-3 °C. Unlike many Japanese places, the total montly precipitation is higher in winter because of the combination of high amounts of snow combined with still some rain. Most of the rain proper falls from April to September though.
Getting There
By Plane
Komatsu Airport (KMQ) has regular domestic flights to Tokyo, Fukuoka, Sapporo and Okinawa, as well as international flights to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Taipei and Seoul.
By Train
Japan Railways offers the Hokuriku line linking Kanazawa with Fukui (50 minutes), Kyoto (2¼ hours), Osaka (2¾ hours) and Toyama (35 minutes). From Tokyo take the Jōetsu shinkansen and change at Echigo-Yuzawa in Northern Honshū (four hours). The Nanao line connects Kanazawa with Wakura Onsen on Noto-hantō (one hour).
By Car
By Bus
Hokutetsu Kanko Bus Company has express buses from Kanazawa station’s east exit, to Tokyo (7½ hours), Yokohama (eight hours), Kyoto (4¼ hours) and Nagoya (four hours).
By Boat
Eat
Drink
Sleep
| Property | Address | Type | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guest House Pongyi | 2-22, Rokumai-machi, Kanazawa Ishikawa | Hostel | 98 |
| Guesthouse Namaste | 6-14 Kasaichi Ishikawa | Guesthouse | 96 |
| Hotel Hinodeya | 2-17-25 Honmachi | Hostel | 80 |
| Kanazawa Central Hotel | 4-4 Horikawa-machi,Kanazawa-city Ishikawa | Hotel | 79 |
| Kikunoya | Kanazawa City 1-1-27, Hirosaka | Hostel | 89 |
| Nakayasu Ryokan | 1-10-31 Owari-cho | Hotel | - |
| Ryokan Shibaya | 2-19-7, Honmachi Kanazawa city, Ishikawa | Hostel | 77 |
Work
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