By plane
Komatsu Airport IATA: KMQ — Ishikawa's primary airport, located in Komatsu. JAL offers flights into the Komatsu Airport from Tokyo Haneda Airport 1 hour and Okinawa Airport 2 hours 10 minutes. ANA offers flights from Tokyo Haneda Airport 1 hour, Tokyo Narita Airport 1 hour 10 minutes, Sapporo New Chitose Airport 1 hour 30 minutes, Sendai Airport 1 hour, and Fukuoka Airport 1 hour 15 minutes.
Noto Airport — a small airport located in Wajima. Flights come in from Tokyo Haneda Airport 1 hour.
By bus
From Tokyo — There is an overnight bus from Tokyo that costs a very reasonable ¥4000.
By car
From Tokyo via Fujioka — From Tokyo take the Kan-etsu Expressway to Fujioka. Then take the Joetsu Expressway to Joetsu. From there, take the Hokuriku Expressway to Kanazawa Morimoto 452 km. From Kanazawa Morimoto go to Kanazawa West 463km.
From Tokyo via Maibara — From Tokyo take either the Tomei Expressway or the Meishin Expressway to Maibara. Then, get on the Hokuriku Expressway until you get to Komatsu 555 km. From Komatsu go to Tokumitsu PA 570 km. Then, go to Kanazawa West 578 km. Finally, go to Kanazawa Morimoto 589 km.
From Osaka — From Suita take the Meishin Expressway to Maibara. Get on the Hokuriku Expressway and head towards Komatsu 259 km. Once in Komatsu, go toward Tokumitsu PA 274 km. From there, go to Kanazawa West 282 km and then go to Kanazawa Morimoto 293 km.
From Nagoya — From Nagoya take either the Tomei Expressway or the Meishin Expressway. Head toward Maibara. Once in Maibara, take the Hokuriku Expressway to Komatsu 229 km. Then, go to Tokumitsu PA 244 km. Go to Kanazawa West 252 km and finally to Kanazawa Morimoto 263 km.
By train
Kanazawa Station — Ishikawa's largest train station. The train station was recently rebuilt and is a sight to see in itself, with its large wooden Japanese gate, glass, and steel. It is located on the West Japan Railway's Hokuriku Line. Although the Kanazawa Station is not the only train station in Ishikawa, it is the hub from which the smaller cities can be reached.
From Tokyo Station via Maibara — there are two routes that can be used to reach the Kanazawa Station from Tokyo. This route takes the hourly Tokaido Shinkansen Hikari train and transfers at Maibara ç±³å to the Shirasagi ãããã limited express. This takes a little over 4 hours and a regular ticket costs approximately ¥15000. The journey is fully covered by the Japan Rail Pass.
From Tokyo Station via Echigo-yuzawa — this route involves taking a Joestu Shinkansen train Toki, Max Toki, Tanigawa or Max Tanigawa to Echigo-Yuzawa è¶å¾æ¹¯æ²¢ and changing to the Hakutaka ã¯ããã to get to the Kanazawa Station. This northerly route takes a little under four hours and a regular ticket is much cheaper approximately ¥13000. Japan Rail Pass holders can still use this route, but since a portion of the journey is on a non-JR Railway between Echigo-Yuzawa and Naoetsu, there is a ¥1450 surcharge each way.
From Osaka Station — this route takes approximately 2 hours 30 minutes.
From Nagoya Station via Maibara — this route takes approximately 2 hours 30 minutes.
From Kansai International Airport via Kyoto — this requires taking one of the frequent Thunderbird ãµã³ãã¼ãã¼ã or RaichÅ é·é³¥ limited express trains. The route takes approximately 3 hours 30 minutes. No charge for Japan Rail Pass holders.
Overnight Trains — Kanazawa Station is a morning stop on the Twilight Express ãã¯ã¤ã©ã¤ãã¨ã¯ã¹ãã¬ã¹ from Sapporo and Nihonkai æ¥æ¬æµ· trains from Aomori.
By 2014 the Hokuriku Nagano Shinkansen is also expected to reach Kanazawa.