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Kenrokuen adjoins Kanazawa Castle Park, a very short walk through the Ishikawa Gate. Seeing both gives a deeper sense of the history of the million-koku Kaga domain.

Yes, the Kanazawa Castle and Kenrokuen illumination is held regularly, and entry is free during the illumination period. Please check the official website in advance for the dates and times.

Yes, small-group tours led by volunteer guides are held regularly, and they bring out aspects of Kenrokuen you would not get from the information boards alone. Please see the official website for the schedule.

Yes, tickets can be bought online. Credit cards and transport IC cards are also accepted at the ticket offices on the day. Please see the official website for details.

Yes, wheelchairs are lent free at the ticket offices at the Katsurazaka, Hasuikemon, Kodatsuno and Zuishinzaka entrances. The garden is on sloping ground, however, so there are slopes. A recommended accessible route is also marked.

There is a combined viewing ticket that lets you visit one of six facilities, including Kenrokuen, Kanazawa Castle Park and the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, for 500 yen. It is sold at each facility's ticket office and is valid for two days.

Adults (18 and over) 320 yen and children (6 to under 18) 100 yen. Visitors aged 65 and over enter free on production of official proof. Holders of a disability certificate also enter free (with one carer exempt). Ishikawa residents enter free on Saturdays and Sundays on production of proof. Credit cards and transport IC cards are accepted.

Yes, entry is free during the early morning period before normal opening. From April to August, for example, it is about 4:00-6:45 (you must leave 15 minutes before normal opening). The times vary through the year, so please check the official website.

The main sights are the Kotoji stone lantern, the Karasaki pine, Kasumigaike pond, the Negiagari pine, Hanamibashi bridge and the fountain. Cherry blossom in early April, autumn leaves in mid-November, and the yukitsuri rope supports and snow in winter are especially popular. There are also free illuminations at night for limited periods.

The yukitsuri rope supports are in place from November to about mid-March. They are put up to stop branches breaking under the heavy, wet snow of the Hokuriku region and are a signature sight of winter in Kanazawa; the one on the Karasaki pine is the largest and most famous.

Please use the prefectural Kenroku car park next to the garden (charged, 350 yen per hour for a car; about 400 spaces for cars and 9 for coaches). The car park at the Ishikawa Crafts Museum can also be used in designated spaces, but you need to contact them in advance.

Adults (18 and over) 320 yen, children (6 to under 18) 100 yen, age 65 and over free (official proof required), visitors with a disability free (on production of a certificate, with one carer also exempt). Entry is free during early morning opening. Ishikawa residents are exempt on Saturdays and Sundays (proof required).

Parking is available. Please check the official information for details.

Open all year.

1 March to 15 October 7:00-18:00 (last entry 17:30); 16 October to the end of February 8:00-17:00 (last entry 16:30). Entry is free during the early morning opening period.

1-1 Kenrokumachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture

About 9 minutes by local bus from the bus terminal at the east exit of JR Kanazawa Station, right by the Kenrokuen-shita Kanazawa-jo stop. About 10 minutes by car from Kanazawa Station. About 30 minutes from Kanazawa-Nishi IC or Kanazawa-Higashi IC on the Hokuriku Expressway.