Kanazawa Food Tours

Tailoring each tour to your wishes by locals who love their city

Top food tours & experiences in Kanazawa

From exploring cool neighborhoods to eating with the locals to seeing iconic sites, these are some of our favorite experiences

When in Osaka
make sure to try
“kushikatsu”!

See the city like
you would with a friend who lives there

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When in Osaka
make sure to try
“kushikatsu”!

See the city like
you would with a friend who lives there

The best private food tours & experiences with locals

Surrounded by mountains and sea, Kanazawa is a culinary powerhouse known for having some of the best fresh produce in Japan. Beyond the city’s famous shrines, temples, and its samurai and geisha districts lies a food scene teeming with unexpected textures and flavors you couldn’t find anywhere else. Join City Unscripted and a local insider for Kanazawa food tours that let you taste all the iconic Japanese delicacies plus a few of the secrets Kanazawa has up its sleeves. Whether you explore restaurant-lined entertainment streets, get lost in the lanes of traditional markets, or seek out century-old sweet shops, food tours in Kanazawa promise an unforgettable experience.

Meet some of our food-loving local hosts

Like the people who travel with us, they have different backgrounds and interests – but they’re all so passionate about the place they call home, they choose to spend their free time sharing it with the like-minded travelers matched to them.

We’ve handpicked them and we’ll match you to your perfect one!

Try local specialties

There are several foods Japan is known for, like delicate sushi and rich, flavorful ramen. But on food tours of Kanazawa, you’ll discover a whole new selection of unexpected dishes. Try a few (or several!) of the iconic Kanazawa foods that have put the city on Japan’s culinary map. Kanazawa food tours will introduce you to all sorts of delights, from crunchy croquettes to Kanazawa-style curry (a tasty sauce served with a pork cutlet) to Hanton rice – fried rice under a blanket of omelet. And for something a little more opulent? The city is also known for its glittering gold-leaf ice cream!

A lunch date with a local

There’s nobody more qualified than a local to plan Kanazawa food tours. A local guide has spent years scoping out the food scene, and they can take you to the much-loved eateries that have become firm favorites. If there’s one thing we can promise, it’s that you won’t go anywhere that caters to travelers alone. Who needs a guidebook on food tours of Kanazawa with City Unscripted? Your local host will be your GPS, Google Translate, and Yelp reviewer, leading you through the heart of the city where the best restaurants in Kanazawa are found. It doesn’t get more authentic than that!

From traditional to trendy

On food tours of Kanazawa with City Unscripted, you’ll find that the best places to eat in Kanazawa take many forms. There’s downtown Katamachi, a swanky restaurant-lined shopping and entertainment hub, and the traditional Omicho Market, where street food reigns supreme. For something a little more laid-back, you could grab a few bar snacks (locals recommend sashimi) and a cold beer at your host’s favorite izakaya. Or maybe your Kanazawa food tours could take you to the historic Nishi Chaya district, a single street where you’ll find shops selling Rakugan, Kanazawa’s pastel-colored sweets.

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Latest reviews from our guests

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!

April 2024

Dani A
Fun flexible Criselda has great English and was lovely to talk to both about the sights the history of Japan and her experience in japan.

April 2024

Elaine K
We took an 8 hour walking tour in Kanazawa, Japan with our guide Jorge who we booked through Cities Unscripted. Jorge was a fantastic guide who took us to countless memorable sites while offering great explanations about every place we visited. The best part was that he let us choose where to go and how much time to spend at each site. He is a great guide.

April 2024

Rodrick C
Our 8 hour walking tour of Kanazawa with our guide Jorge was fantastic. He took us to so many memorable places and gave us great information about them. One of the best parts of working with him is that he listens to what you want to do and see rather than dictating where you go.

April 2024

Rodrick C