2 DAYS in Japan's Golden City (Don't come here)

Kanazawa is a popular city, recommended by many people as an alternative to Kyoto - but is it? We spent 2 days exploring the top sights of Kanazawa to find out the answer!

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In case you like skipping around:
00:00 Kanazawa!
00:45 Kazuemachi Chaya
02:28 Gold Leaf 1
03:37 Higashi Chaya
04:35 Kanazawa & Gold
05:41 Ramen
07:37 Gold Leaf Sakuda
09:45 Gold Ice Cream
11:23 Go in the shops!
13:21 Omicho Market
13:55 Nagamachi
18:00 Oyama Shrine
18:38 Kanazawa Castle Grounds
20:18 Kenrokuen Garden
23:11 Torii gates?!
24:33 Kenrokuen Garden Light-Up
25:09 Kanazawa vs Kyoto

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[quinnym]

I’m just back from beautiful Japan and my friend and I were so thankful that we stayed in Kanazawa! What an absolute gem of a city to visit. We had 2 days to sightsee and the hotel we stayed in was first class! We voted Kanazawa as our favourite place in Japan that we stayed in. No big crowds and just such a beautiful city. If you visit Japan, you should definitely visit this city.😍

[anthonyhk]

This is such a great video. Thank you so much for sharing. You helped me lots navigating this city.

[MilaBear]

I am binging all of your Japan videos!! I love both of your personalities and appreciate so much that you delve into history and explain what you are seeing so well! Other youtubers would just film themselves eating gold ice cream with no context to it, love how you explained the reason behind why gold is popular in this town. Love the plates that you made too!!

[vinyalonde]

I spent three nights in Kanazawa and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a really pleasant city. I could have easily spent a week. What I have found in these less-visited places is that they have some very good guides. I did two tours there that were very interesting. As an aside, a city that is close by is Takayama and on the way there, you can visit the historic village Shirakawa-go. Train travel to and from both cities was excellent. The best way I found to travel to Shirakawa-go was to hire a car and driver.

[yzho]

i have traveled to Kanazawa 3 times as an international tourist this year already.

[MonBriella]

watching this and missing Kanazawa, I was there 2 months ago a, walking those streets, visiting that shrine. Barely saw tourists there and the people there was so nice

[jannasc]

this is bring me back memories! I loved Kanazawa! i had a similar experience in a very roots ramen place in Kyoto and not only was great as the owner was a sweetheart 9even not speaking much english, she was super happy when I said it was oichi desu) (and had a free sample Match with gold flakes in a shrine fair in Kyoto too... lol I just bought gold goodies in Kanazawa)

[richardsoane]

There are numerous vlogs of Kanazawa out there but what sets this apart is you cover the have to gold ice creams etc but then go to the many other highlights to be found there that is often overlooked. It was so interesting to see the back streets as just about all I have seen is the main street and popular attractions therein. Thank you as always.

[akas]

I recomend Ise shrine and Okage yokocho in Mie. The atmosphere of old merchant town and huge trees riverside are fantastic. Toba pearl Islands are beautiful, too.

[Thetravelsurvivalist]

Wait till you discover Kyushu my friend! I loved filming there!

[SiKedek]

I love Kanazawa! It was my favorite city to visit during my 4-year venture in Japan (working in Fukuoka) - still miss it to this day.

[velomitrovich]

We stayed there for three days towards the end of May and had a wonderful time. Compared to Kyoto, Kanazawa was so much more relaxing and pleasant. We pretty much had all tourists spots to ourselves.

[雄三-vx]

Kanazawa is my home town, actually kanazawa people is not so good for business, so keep kanazawa s attitude, i love kanazawa more than kyoto

[歌い手の裏垢]

I see. People visit Kanazawa instead of Kyoto.
For me, Loving to eat food, I think better place than Kyoto.
Ramen, curry, fishes, beef, roast tea etc… all food is unique and phenomena

[RPoyns]

We have been to Kanazawa 5 times and have always loved it. We hosted 2 sisters from Kanazawa while they attended college here, they now have families. I love seeing our family there. Hope to be traveling there next year. Kanazawa train station is pretty cool also.

[chalayan]

Good to see your guys back to travel again. You can actually buy the gold leaf and make it your own. I bought a small bottle in Singapore and brought it to Glasgow Scotland and added some flakes of gold leaf to my butter cookies for aesthetic purpose :) Enjoy Japan and looking forward to more contents.

[EVL-xjvc]

I love Kanazawa. Went there twice. My first visit to the city was before the Hokuriku shinkansen was built and I had to spend almost 5 hours to travel there from Tokyo. It was quieter before but it's still alright now, not overly crowded compared to Kyoto. There are many beautiful modern museums as there are traditional houses. Kenrouken is one of the top 3 gardens in Japan. Beautiful in autumn. Nodoguro (black throat fish) is its specialty and it's delicious! Recommend to rent kimono and walk around to take photos!

[BENISSEI]

Beautiful city! Did you know that the city was spared during the WWII because several American scholars asked the US government not bombed due of the fine craft of the city!

[GoodLookin]

I was in Kanazawa over 30 years ago to visit my girlfriend at that time. Only site I can recognize from your video was the garden. Thank you for sharing your videos.

[OMG_LoL]

When eating udon, it is best to eat it without chewing the noodles.
If you bite off the noodles with your teeth, you'll end up with a lot of short noodles left behind.