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01 Kenrokuen Garden and Circumference of Kanazawa Castle Park
02 Around Korinbo, Kata-machi, and Naga-machi
03 Around Kanazawa Station, Musashigatsuji, and Owari-cho
04 Around Higashiyama and Utatsuyama
05 Around No-machi, Tera-machi, Nodayama, and Kodatsuno
06 Kanazawa Suburbs
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Sightseeing Bus
 
  Kanazawa Loop Bus
  Light-up Bus
  Regular Sightseeing Bus

  Kanazawa Loop Bus
The excursion bus is convenient for tourists. Each bus runs on a single route, and each bus stop displays the bus number with an English notation.
Jokamachi Kanazawa Excursion Bus photo
Classification
Kanazawa Loop Bus
(the Jokamachi Kanazawa excursion bus)
How to ride
Take the bus from the front door (pay the fare when getting off)
Fare
200 yen (Schoolchild: 100 yen)
Interval
Every 12 minutes
Feature of bus
Bonnet type (blue, green, and red)
One-day tickets
500 yen (Schoolchild: 250 yen)
You can take the Jokamachi Kanazawa excursion bus and route bus
(in the central part of the city) as many times as possible.
Download route map and time table
One-day tickets are sold in each bus as well.

One-day tickets are sold at the following offices.

- Hokutetsu Ekimae Center (East gate of Kanazawa Station)

- Katamachi Center (in front of Katamachi Bus Stop)

- Musashi Service Center (first floor of the Kanazawa Sky Hotel)

Inquiry : Hokutetsu Telephone Information Service Center (Tel. 237-5115)

Some facilities will give a discount if you show your one-day tickets.

  Light-up Bus [Terminal #1 at East Gate of Kanazawa Station]
- A round tour bus visits a lit-up zones and buildings in the center of Kanazawa every Saturday evening.

- Special bus services on other days are available occasionally.

   2011: Apr./8(Fri.), May/3(Tue.), May/4(Wed.), Sep./18(Sun.), Oct./9(Sun.), Nov./18(Fri.)

   2012: Feb./3(Fri.), Feb./10(Fri.)

- No bus service is available on year-end and New Year holidays (December 29 to January 3).

- 200 yen per ride (Schoolchild: 100 yen). A one-day free ticket sells at 300 yen.
■ Contact: Hokutetsu Reservation Center - TEL. 237-5115

    Bus stop

First bus

 Operation schedule 

Last bus

 
      Terminal #1 at east gate of Kanazawa Station 19:00   Leaving at intervals of 10 minutes

Sightseeing volunteer guides will show you around the area for approximately 30 minutes if you take the bus between 19:00 and 20:00 and get off at Hashiba-cho. (No charge: in Japanese only)

  20:50  
      Musashigatsuji 19:04 20:54  
      Owari-cho 19:05 20:55  
      Hashiba-cho (Kinjoro-mae) 19:07 20:57  
      Kenrokuen-shita (Ishikawamon Gate)
19:12 21:02  
      Seisonkaku-mae 19:17 21:07  
      Hirosaka (in front of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa) 19:18 21:08  
      Korinbo (in front of Bank of Japan) 19:20 21:10  
      Minami-cho 19:22 21:12  
      Musashigatsuji 19:24 21:14  
      Terminal #1 at east gate of Kanazawa Station 19:32 21:22  

Sightseeing Bus map

Sightseeing Bus map
 

  Regular Sightseeing Bus [Terminal #1 at East Gate of Kanazawa Station]
- A reservation is required. Stand-by passengers are acceptable on a first-come, first-serve basis.
- Please check in at the Hokutetsu Ekimae Center at the east gate of Kanazawa Station 15 minutes
  before departure.
■ Contact: Hokutetsu Reservation Center - TEL) 234-0123

Route

Route A

A tour for the season
around Kenrokuen Garden

Route B

A tour to experience
traditional culture

Route C

A tour to Hyakumangoku
Castle Town

Operation
period
Every day from January 4 to December 28
Stops

    East gate of Kanazawa Station
    (leaving at 9:00)
    
    Oyama Shrine
    
    Utatsuyama
    
    Kenrokuen Garden
    
    Seisonkaku Villa
    (another institution on  
 
    Wednesdays)
    
    Tera-machi Temple Area
    (from the bus windows)
    
    East gate of Kanazawa Station
    (arriving at 12:20)

  
  East gate of Kanazawa Station
  
  (leaving at 13:25)
    
  
  Yasue Gold-Leaf Museum
    
  
  Higashi chaya district
    
    Honda Zohinkan

    (another institution on
  
   Thursdays in winter)
    
    
Naga-machi Buke Yashiki District
    
  
  East gate of Kanazawa Station
  
  (arriving at 17:00)


  
   East gate of Kanazawa Station
  
  (leaving at 9:00)
    
  
  Course A
    
    Lunch
    (Kaga cooking at a restaurant
     70 m above ground
     commanding a whole view
     of the city)
    

  
  Course B
    
  
  East gate of Kanazawa Station
  
  (arriving at 17:00)
Charge

1,710 yen (Child: 890 yen)

1,810 yen (Child: 960 yen)

5,390 yen (Child: 3,550 yen)
Remarks
No lunch provided.

Admission fees for
facilities included
(excluding Kenrokuen Garden).

No lunch provided.

Admission fees for
facilities included.

No lunch provided.

Admission fees for
facilities included
(excluding Kenrokuen Garden).

 
 
 
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