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Kanazawa Light-up Bus : For a nighttime stroll in Kanazawa!

Every Saturday night, a bus runs to 16 major light-up spots in Kanazawa City. You can enjoy the night view of Kanazawa from the bus window, but why don't you get off at the bus stop and enjoy walking around Kanazawa at night? You can enjoy a different view from the daytime.


After visiting the illuminated spots, stop by a bar or izakaya where you can use your "Gourmet Ticket Kanazawa Bimi" to further enjoy Kanazawa at night.

Light-up bus operation dates and times (April 2024 - March 2025)

●Operates every Saturday *Not in operation on January 4, 2025 (Saturday)

●Other special days

 April 28 (Sun.), May 3 (Fri. holiday), May 5 (Sun. holiday)

●Operating hours

 19:00 (from Kanazawa Station) - 21:40 (from Kanazawa Station)

※Circulation: every 20 minutes

※The buses departing from Kanazawa Station after 21:00 stop at Kanazawa Station.

※The last bus arrives at Kanazawa Station at 22:25.

Operation root

0 Kanazawa Station East Gate Bus Terminal #7

1 Musashigatsuji / Omi-cho Market (Kanazawa Omotesando-guchi)

2 Owari-cho 

3 Hashiba-cho (Kinjohro-mae)

4 Kenrokuen Garden / Kanazawa Castle Park (Ishikawa-mon-mukai)

5 Marunouchi (Kanazawajo Gyokusen'inmaru teien-soba)

6 Hirosaka / 21st Century Museum (Shiinoki geihinkan-mae)

7 Pref. Museum of Art / Seisonkaku

8 Hirosaka / 21st Century Museum (Ishiura jinja-mae)

9 Honda-machi

10 Sakurabashi

11 Hirokoji (Ozakura-mae)

12 Kata-machi (Katamachi-Kirara-mae)

13 Korinbo (Kyu-Nichigin-mae)

14 Minami-cho / Oyama Jinja Shrine

15 Musashigatsuji / Omi-cho Market (Kanazawa M'ZA Kuromon Koji-mae)

0 Kanazawa Station East Gate

Fare

1 ride: Adult: 300 yen, Child: 150 yen

A special "Kanazawa Light-up Bus Unlimited Ride Pass (Adult: 500 yen, Child: 250 yen)" is also available. This is a good deal if you ride the bus many times!

You can ride the bus as many times as you like on the day of the bus operation.

"Kanazawa Light-up Bus Unlimited Ride Pass" are purchasable at Hokurikutetsudo Ticket Center (until 19:30), Hokutetsu Group Information Desk (in front of bus stop No. 7 at Kanazawa Station Kenrokuen Exit (East Exit) until 19:00), and at some hotels in Kanazawa City (not purchasable on board).

*The "Hokutetsu ONE DAY PASS" is not valid for the Kanazawa Light-up Bus.

Main Light-up spot

Motenashi Dome / Tsuzumi-mon gate (lighting time: sunset~24:00), Citizen's Culture Museum, Former Mita Store, Kazue-machi Chaya District, Naka-no-hashi Bridge (sunset~21:00), Higashi Chaya District, Ume-no-hashi Bridge (sunset~21:00), Kanazawa Castle Ishikawa-mon Gate, Kanazawa Castle Gyokuseninmaru Garden, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of History, 21st Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Shiinoki Cultural Complex, The Fourth High School Memorial Museum of Cultural Exchange Ishikawa, Oyama Jinja Shrine Shinmon Gate, Hokkoku Bank Musashigatsuji Branch

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