Kanazawa Cultural Tour: Gold Leaf, Sweets, Ninja Stars

Explore Kanazawa’s hidden gems: craft gold leaf, create Japanese sweets, and throw ninja stars on this immersive cultural day tour.

Duration: 8 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Omicho Market - Enjoy the contrast between the modern high-rises with the older buildings as we walk towards the market.
  • Kanazawa Katani - Prepare to spend an hour meticulously placing gold on your plate. Don’t worry about mistakes, the professional assistants can fix just about anything!
  • Higashi Chaya District - Higashi Chayamachi,…
What's Included
  • English speaking guide
  • Ninja Museum Entry Free and Shuriken Experience
  • Gold Leaf Experience
  • Japanese Sweets Making Experience
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

The city of Kanazawa, with its beautiful gardens, historic districts and delicious local foods, is more than just the sights within it. Why not get hands-on experience with Japanese and local cultural activities while exploring some of the lesser visited areas along with some the popular ones. The area is famous for its traditional crafts such as gold…

Location
Kanazawa Station
The meetup point is outside of the Shinkansen ticket gates, in front of the information center. You may wait nearby there until the tour begins at 8:30 A.M. Be sure to look for the guide wearing a SNOW MONKEY RESORTS tour tag.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Ricardoln1788st
May 17, 2025
Amazing - Amazing experience. The museum is located at the top with a nice selection of qeapnns and armor. At the bottom there's teh store, and at the back the thrwoing shuriken experience which I super fun. Chinatsu was super friendly. 5 stars.
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Ccmoon00
May 17, 2025
Gold, Sweets, and Ninjas! - Mike was great, and this tour had some of everything! He knew his subject matter and was relaxed and conversational sharing the history of the neighborhoods, shrines, and hidden gardens we strolled. Mike kept the pace comfortable for a slow person like me. Who knew I could enjoy 20k steps in a day. The walking was nicely interspersed with stops for a project with gold leaf, sweet making, and the ninja museum with star throwing. Each of these was well done and a lot of fun. I also appreciated Mike pointing out the types of places to eat that I said I would like. For example, I said I would like to try wagyu but on a budget, so he showed me a butcher in the market that sells grilled wagyu skewers - i ate there today and it was as good as a dream. He also showed me a gyoza place; I will try that tomorrow. On the day of my tour, he pointed out several options that would suit me for lunch. The one I settled on had Japanese pancakes that were like a souffle. Delicious. Wish I could give this more than 5 stars
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Nike2134
Aug 17, 2024
Fun in Kanazawa - The day tour was really fun! Our guide Garrett was very nice, he took us around Kanazawa getting the most out of the city best spots and walking through less known streets to see things we could not really discover otherwise while always giving a lot of information. All while doing very nice activities which we really like, especially the gold leaf lab! Thanks again for this very enjoyable day tour recommended to anyone visiting the city of Kanazawa!
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From $179
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).