Colors of Kanazawa (Traditional Crafts and Gardens)

We joined the Colors of Kanazawa tour with Sachiko-san and had an amazing experience. She was incredibly helpful and thoughtful throughout the day, and it really felt like we were exploring the city with a friend. Her explanations were clear, engaging, and full of local insight. She also gave us excellent restaurant recommendations — we tried one of them and absolutely loved it. Overall, she made our time in Kanazawa so much more memorable. Highly recommended!

Really fun to enjoy a treat and a craft alongside beautiful scenery and history! Our guide Sachiko was very fun to spend a few hours with!

Yesterday I've had the pleasure to visit Kanazawa and it's color with Sachiko, it has been a great afternoon with a lot of information, beautiful view, pictures, the little cafe spot is a real plus in the tour allowing a small break with a great view of the Castle! (The food was so fluffy and good !). The "painting" activity is really fun and you end up with a personalized little tote bag looking great ! Everything is included in the tour which feels really good ! Also Sachiko English is perfect allowing an easy discussion! Thank you for this moment and for sharing your love of Kanazawa !

Sachiko was an excellent guide today. She speaks excellent in English and my wife and I had an exciting and truly interesting day with her. We can recommend her 100%.

My guide, Saya, a lovely young Japanese woman from Kanazawa was the perfect guide to get to know the most important places of the city, the beautiful Kenrokuen Garden and finish the day painting with Japanese acrylic a bag that I brought back souvenir. He also adapted to my needs very kindly so that I could arrive on time to catch the train and I appreciate it.

I had a great afternoon being shown the sites by Saya. The gardens were beautiful. We had lots of laughs and fun. I learnt a lot about the local history and culture that I would not of known going unguided. The craft activity was a great hands on way to gain an understanding of the techniques involved in the Kanazawa silk dyeing.

Sachiko was a wonderful and knowledgeable guide, who was versatile and spontaneous. She organised for us to meet extraordinary artisans, who demonstrated their work in private sessions. Very special.

Ian was an excellent and very knowledgeable guide. The tour was relaxed but included so much. The artisans were so skilled and it was a real privilege to learn so much about their craft. Our walks around the gardens were leisurely, beautiful and fascinating. Thanks Ian for a great day. Highly recommended.