Experience Kanazawa
Beyond the Guidebooks

Akari was fantastic! She showed me places off the beaten path and we stopped to do fun things not in the schedule. It was fun day! Thanks.

Akari was a gem. She was very knowledgeable. She customized the tour and showed us the highlights of Kanazawa based on our questions and interests. I’d highly recommend booking this tour to get the layout of Kanazawa at the start of your stay. Thanks Akari!

We had a wonderful tour with Akari. We requested to go round the Samurai district as we hadn't gone ourselves. She shared so many interesting facts as well as guiding us round the local Samurai museums. We learned so much we otherwise would never have known. She was so personable and friendly, we had a great time.

We had a wonderful tour with Akari. We requested to go round the Samurai district as we had not been there before. She shared so many interesting facts and also showed us round the Samurai museums. We learned so much more than we otherwise would have. She was extremely personable and friendly. We did not feel rushed at all, we were able to browse in a couple of shops on the route. We had a great time.

It was great having a knowledgeable Local guide accompanying us who could give us a running commentary of what we were seeing, guide us to the interesting areas, shops and cafes and communicate with the shop owners on our behalf.

Selda is great

We loved the tour, it was exactly what we were looking for. Dodging the main tourist stream, but still soaking up the full experience! A lot of insights of the city, culture and history.

I was skeptical at first as I had already walked around and seen a few sights but the inside knowledge of Kanazawa along with many experiences you cannot do yourself. I would not hesitate to book this type of experience in any city I went to. Kanazawa is a favourite after going to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.

Our tour guide Jorge conducted an excellent walking tour in Kanazawa! He was very knowledgeable, answered all our questions in details and walked us through many interesting places including some narrow streets and hidden places that we won't be able to ever find ourselves. Highly recommended!

Jorge was a fantastic guide. Nothing was a problem and he tailored the day to everything our family wanted.

This was truly a hidden gem, off-the-beaten-path tour that showed as much of Kanazawa in a 2 hour window. Thank you Jorge for the view overlooking Kanazawa and the temple. We would not have seen these great sights with you. The soba place was great!

Jorge was very prompt in responding to messages. He arrived early. He really cared about our experience. He gave us an exceptional tour of Kanazawa including some very special hidden gems. He is very interesting and has a wealth of knowledge about all things Japan and beyond. I would highly recommend him.

We loved our time with Megumi! She made our time with her in Kanazawa amazing. She made sure our 10 year old daughter enjoyed her experience, along with ours. She had the best recommendation for other tours while we were in Kanazawa and even helped book them for us. It definitely felt like we were with a friend!

Megumi was a phenomenal host! She knew the city and was able to show us a whole range of the cooler parts of Kanazawa - but mostly she was super patient and attentive to the kids!

Megumi provided an excellent tour of Kanazawa. She had an excellent knowledge of all aspects of the history and culture of the city. In arranging our tour she was a great communicator, and tailored our tour to our desires. She led us on a tour that maximized our time while still not leaving out any detail of the history. We would have not learned a fraction as much about Kanazawa had we not taken the tour.

Megumi was an amazing guide!!! She wrote a soon as we made our reservation and tailored our tour to what we wanted to see and do - and eat at the market ;) She was knowledgeable, fun and so easy to talk to. Our tour was the first thing we did in Kanazawa and it really helped set the town, culture and history in context for us. The tour with Megu will definitely be one of our fondest memories of our trip to Japan.

Harumi was the perfect host - we had a wonderful time exploring Kanazawa with her! She was so kind, thoughtful, generous and patient. We really loved her insights and deep knowledge of Kanazawa’s history and culture.

Had a great experience with Harumi in Kanazawa, Japan. She's very knowledgeable about the culture and history of the country! Really enjoyed our time there.

Concise experience commentary & guidance; nailing the key locations.

Harumi’s expert guidance provided a wonderful experience of Kanazawa in the short time we had, but brilliantly set me up to explore further in days to come. Thank you Harumi

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Rimiko was great! She customized our tour to focus on the cultural aspects of Kanazawa we were interested in (taking us to the Geisha and Samurai districts). She provided background and historical context that was very useful. She even gave us a local restaurant recommendation for lunch. We really enjoyed our tour with her!

We loved everything about this tour. Rimi really understood the prompt and what we wanted to get out of it. As a local who grew up there, she knows the city like the back of her hand. She has lots of recommendations and really broight the history back to life. She pointed at many things that we wouldn't have seen or understood if we only had read a touristic guide. We loved, LOVED, Kanazawa, and our time with Rimi was definitely a big reason for it too. She was a lovely human and a knowledgeable guide. She also helped us with food recommendations and booking of the ninja temple. We regretted not doing a longer tour (we did 3 hours but could easily have gone for 6), but will definitely get back in touch when we come back.

Rimi was fantastic, we had a blast. She went beyond telling us historical facts and really brought them to life. We jad already visited many temples and sites of historical importance in our 3 weeks here, so we wanted something more personalized and less general. Rimi is the tour guide you want, regardless of what your expectations are: she will meet them. She is a kind, cultured and very human local from Kanazawa. She completely tailored the tour: we wanted something fast paced, centered around Kanazawa's peculiar history, with quirky facts and to get a deeper knowledge of how the people of this ciry used to live and evolved, to better understand the dynamics at play today. There was a lot of culture, laughs and fun. Rimi also was very helpful with recommendations (food, activities etc) and even helped us getting a booking for the Ninja castle! We only had three days in Kanazawa unfortunately, so this was such a great decision. She pointed at so many things that us, tourists, would not have noticed or understood on our own. She truly opened up our eyes when visiting the geiko and samurai quarters. We loved everything about it.

Excellent walk through downtown Kanazawa with Mouri. He showed us some special locations for the fall colors and brought us to some hidden spots along the way. I do think some hidden food spots would have been a great addition, it's hard to fit in eating and sightseeing into a 4 hour window. My recommendation to City Unscripted would be to add another hour or so to incorporate an authentic lunch option.

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Mouri was a great host He understood our short time frame in Kanazawa and made sure we got to see all of the main sites. He was knowledgeable of the city and took us to some great spots we would not have thought to go.

We had a terrific tour with Mo. He was both knowledgeable and engaging. His insights into Kanazawa history culture and everyday life was great. He showed us the best of Kanazawa. Huge thank you to Mo and to other travellers please do yourself a favour and have a wonderful tour with Mo.

Lucy was very knowledgeable and worked with us to craft a tour that would be good for us and even ordered great weather for us ;-) Her stories helped us appreciate the various sites, enriching the experience. We enjoyed the tour and 4 hours went by very quickly!

Lucy was very knowledgeable and gave us a tour that covered a lot of ground and interesting!

Great Tour!!

Lucy was a wonderful guide on a very hot day in Kanazawa! We really enjoyed all the info she shared with us and the places she took us. It was the perfect introduction to the city. Thank you!

Kanazawa is a beautiful small town in Japan .. we had a wonderful walking tour of Kanazawa exploring the Samurai district, the shinto shrine, castle and kenrokeun garden with Katie. Katie was very helpful and she gave us a great insight into the history and culture of the city. Winter made it less crowded (off season) and snow made it an amazing experience!! ❄️❄️

Our 2hr tour in Kanazawa with Katie was absolutely amazing - she in particular made it such a memorable experience!! Thanks to her attention to detail, the tour was based on my family’s shared interests and ran at the perfect pace for each of us. We got to see some beautiful places and learn insightful histories at each encounter. (I’ll be repeating these to all my friends at home!) So lucky to have such a kind, thoughtful guide who made great conversation - an experience to remember for sure. :) -Lilly We very much enjoyed the tour with Katie as our guide. She made it easy for us to meet and we were able to walk at a nice leisurely pace whilst seeing Kanazawa castle, Kenrokuen gardens and the geisha tea room district. Katie very nice to us and was able to provide a very informative detail of the sights. I would definitely recommend Katie to anyone else hoping to have a relaxed tour of Kanazawa. Thank you so much - Arigatou gozaimasu

Katie was an excellent tour guide. Katie is sweet, and very knowledgeable. We truly enjoyed our time in Kanazawa with her. We discovered the Kenrokuen garden, Samurai district and Omicho food market plus more. Highly recommend this tour.

Highly recommendable. Tour guide is on time and knowledgeable and flexible.

Iku was a great guide to the area of Kanazawa. She took us to the Geisha district, Samaurai district and the Kanazawa castle. She was very informative in respect to cultural and history. Iku was both full of information and very friendly. She took us to a sushi restaurant that has been around for 70 years! We definitely would not have found the sushi restaurant had we not taken this tour. We covered a lot of the highlights we wanted to see in Kanazawa through the tour. Highly recommended!

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Iku our guide go beyond the program and gave us great insights about the japanese culture and made an excellent suggestion to finnish the tour with a Geisha Evening. Superb!

We greatly enjoyed our food tour in Kanazawa with Iku. She communicated with us frequently prior to the tour, and went above & beyond with extras like printing our hotels shuttle schedule for the train station. She is a Kanazawa native and was able to share extensive cultural and historical insights about Kanazawa. We had specific requests for areas we wanted to explore and she made sure we got to those areas. The food selections weren’t always to our liking, but that is to be expected. At each stop we had choices about what to try and some were tastier than others. She also took many pictures of us which she shared via What’s App and we really appreciated.

Great Tour!

I had a fantastic tour in Kanazawa! Our guide was incredibly friendly, well-prepared, and showed the city with so much knowledge and passion. I not only gained a deeper understanding of the main sights, but also learned many fascinating stories and cultural insights that you might easily miss otherwise. Thank you so much for this wonderful experience – absolutely recommendable!

Sho worked hard between helping us plan our day to over 17k steps in the blazing afternoon heat to wisely planned rest stops along the way. We did the castle (where we found the construction techniques interesting), Kenruoken garden and the kimono museum. Don’t miss the small private garden adjacent to Kenruoken.

Not boring at all! Very interesting. The explanation is very useful and compact. The hidden gems were wonderful!

There was so much we wanted to see and I’m not sure how we would have accomplished it, if it wasn’t for our guide! And we received history and culture information along the way!

We learned a lot. Not only about Kanazawa but also about Japan, the shrines and temples. The visit at the Geishahouse was great. Changed our perception of Giesha's.

The tour was perfect for us. We visited Kenrokuen Garden and the Geisha district and learned a great deal about each of them. Karolina was a terrific guide. She is attentive, speaks perfect English, and knows a great deal about Kanazawa and Japanese culture more generally.

We had a terrific day in Kanazawa with our tour guide Karolina. She is from Poland and speaks excellent English and Japanese. This really helped in communicating with us, as well as, getting answers to our questions from the Japanese vendors and experience hosts. Since she also lives in Kanazawa, you could not tell that she was not Japanese because of her mannerisms, so the experience was very authentic. She could very clearly relate the history of the places we visited, but did not bore us by overly doing so. After answering a survey questionnaire, Karolina was able to develop a terrific itinerary for us that included a gold leaf experience, wagashi workshop, great place to eat lunch, and most of the recommended sites in Kanagawa. Although she kept us on schedule, we did not feel rushed at any spot. She responded to all of our pre-tour questions in a very professional and timely manner. Since it was supposed to rain on the day of our tour, she even carried 3 extra umbrellas with her! So if you plan to visit Kanazawa, book a tour with Karolina. It will be 8 hours well spent!

Amazing experience! I highly recommend this tour. My guide was very friendly and knowledgeable showing me sites and sharing information I wouldn’t have found on my own. She catered the tour based on my interests and adapted the activities throughout the day based off my needs.

Fumie was a great guide, she showed us the city from a different angle - less touristic, more local flavor which wax exactly what we were looking for.

Can’t say enough great things about my guide Fumir. She went out of her way to find my hotel and meet make our meet up easy breazy!! She took the time to incorporate my interest and show me things I never would have found. A zen garden, a modern water oasis, a cool vintage clothing store, a micro bar alley that was outrageously dope with an old American Jazz vibe, the National Craft Museum. She turned Kanazawa into the second best part of my trip. The other bring my stay at the world class Benesse Museum Hotel in the Seto Islands. Just stupendous!!!!

Sachi provided us with a ton of interesting information and details about the sites.

We all had a thoroughly enjoyable 4 hours with Sachi and she was very helpful

I enjoyed the whole day. The meeting point was easy to find, Gucci was very easygoing, knowledgeable and a kind host. And made a last minute change in itinerary possible, for which I am very grateful! The sights were beautiful, the weather great, the food amazing, all in all a fabulous day! Highly recommended

Our guide Gucci was very knowledgeable and well spoken. The history she told us about Kanazawa was much appreciated. She took us to a make your own sushi roll restaurant, which was fun. We then walked through two geisha districts and ended up at a lovely café. There was no need to eat dinner after the tour. We recommend Gucci highly.