Beyond a Single Piece of Sushi, Kanazawa Comes Into View
Kanazawa Gastronomy Experience: Tracing Mount Hakusan's Water and a Culture of Fermentation
From the Edo through the Meiji era, kaisen-bune trading ships sailed the Sea of Japan, and long voyages depended on one thing above all: clean water that would not spoil. Minogawa, fed by the pure underground streams of Mount Hakusan, became a crossroads for travelers seeking that water—and, in time, home to its own distinctive culture of fermentation.
This journey traces how Mount Hakusan’s water nurtured Minokawa’s fermentation culture, flows onward to the soy sauce breweries of Ono, and finally comes together in a single piece of sushi.
What This Tour Offers
- Duration: Approx. 7 hours (8:30–15:30)
Language: English / Japanese
Locations:A communal water well in Minogawa, a fermentation cellar in Minogawa, a soy sauce brewery in Ono, a sushi restaurant in Kanazawa
Price: ¥500,000 (incl. tax) for 2 guests / ¥650,000 (incl. tax) for 3 guests
Group Size:Private group of 2–3 guests
What’s Included:Experience fees, meals (full course with drink menu), private interpreter-guide, private transportation from and to your Kanazawa Station-area hotel, consumption tax
What’s Not Included:Accommodation, additional personal orders (food and drink, etc.), optional travel insurance, other personal expenses
Experience Details
🌊 The Memory of Mount Hakusan’s Water and the Kaisen-bune Trade
Visit a communal water well in Minogawa and encounter the pure underground water of Mount Hakusan that once sustained the kaisen-bune ships trading along the Sea of Japan.
🫙 Encountering a Culture of Fermentation
Step into the normally-closed production cellar of a brewery with roughly 200 years of history, granted as a special exception. Come face to face with a local delicacy born from years of patient fermentation.
🍶 Exploring the Soy Sauce Breweries of Ono
Travel to Ono, a town that has long supported Kanazawa’s food culture. Tour a 200-year-old soy sauce brewery, with the owner personally guiding you through the nuances of flavor.
🍣 A Journey That Comes Together in a Single Piece of Sushi
At a sushi restaurant in Kanazawa, enjoy a specially curated course. The water, the fermentation, the soy sauce—everything encountered throughout the day comes together in the piece of sushi before you.
A Itinerary
- 8:30-9:15 – Pick-up & Transfer
- 9:15-10:10 – Introduction to Mount Hakusan’s water and the history of the kaisen-bune trade at the communal well
- 10:10-11:15 – Special tour of a fermentation cellar at a brewery with roughly 200 years of history
- 11:15-12:00 – Transfer
- 12:00-12:45 – Soy sauce tasting in Ono
- 12:45-13:30 – Special tour of a 200-year-old soy sauce brewery
- 13:30-14:00 – Transfer
- 14:00-15:30 – Specially curated course at a sushi restaurant
- 15:30 – Tour ends, drop-off at your hotel
Terms & Travel Conditions
This tour is operated as an order-made package tour.
Please review the detailed participation requirements and travel conditions on the page below before booking.