How do you combine Kanazawa and Toyama?
Yes. Kanazawa and Toyama combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow 2 days in Kanazawa and 2 days in Toyama, around 4 days in total.
How the two connect
Kanazawa and Toyama are only about 55 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Kanazawa is Komatsu Airport / JASDF Komatsu Air Base (KMQ), about 30 km away; for Toyama it is Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY), about 6 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Kanazawa
- 2 days
- Toyama
- 2 days
- Together
- 4 days · about 55 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Kanazawa
- Kanazawa Night Walk and Izakaya Tour with Local Guide
- Kanazawa Private Tour with a Local, Highlights & Hidden Gems
- [One-day bus tour departing from Kanazawa Station] Shirakawa-go and Gokayama - Two World Heritage Villages Enjoyable Bus Tour
- Kanazawa Night Tour with Local Meal and Drinks
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.