Transport in Kanazawa

Very value for money for traveling back and forth around Hokuriku region, Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo metropolitan JR lines and trains to Haneda and Narita airport for 7 consecutive days. Frequent trains from Nagano to Tsuruga so it is very convenient if we only want to satisfy food and drinks cravings from the next city and return after a couple of hours! Quick and easy seat reservation process, otherwise if one is in a rush it is also easy to just hop on the non-reserved seat cars. Will deffo get again if I am back in the area.

This train is really convenient, especially on the Shinkansen from Tsuruga to Toyama. However, when transfer in Tsuruga, it is really short time and we only catch the train in time by the kindly help of a staff in the station. In general, this trip is really good and we highly recommend this.

If you're traveling in the Hokuriku region and prefer not to drive, a JR PASS is a great option for independent travel. You can choose to stay in one city for several nights, or use your JR PASS to take the Shinkansen for day trips to various cities in the Hokuriku area, which is very cost-effective. I visited Kanazawa, Shin-Takaoka, Takaoka, Amaharashi, Himi, Toyama, Unazuki Onsen, and Komatsu over four days, and it was very convenient.

We flew into Nagoya Airport. We used the Pass to take the Hida Wide View to Takayama, stopping at Shirakawago before taking a bus to Kanazawa. Then we took the Shinkanzen + Thunderbirds to Osaka. On the last day, we chose to visit Kyoto on a 1-day trip using the Haruka non-reserved seat. The only precaution is not to lose the pass throughout the 5 days of use. Overall, during the fall foliage season, we were very impressed with this route.

Claiming of ticket was easy. Just scan the qr code at ticket machine at the station. was able to use the ticket anytime all throughout my 7 days super worth it. thank you!

it was a beautiful day and the mountain was great. very confusing that we had to leave the bus at one point take a cab and rejoin the same bus later. it was never explained why. but it all worked out. it was a very long day.