Sunrise
Kenrokuen Garden
Area: Central Kanazawa
Eastern garden light works with trees and ponds; opening rules matter more than chasing first light.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | 06:02 | 17:13 | 11h 11m |
| 2026-10-20 | 06:03 | 17:12 | 11h 09m |
Find today's sunrise and sunset times in Kanazawa, along with day length, civil twilight and photography golden hour, plus a two-week and full-year overview. All times are in Kanazawa local time.
Daylight in Kanazawa is shortening — about 16 minutes less than a week ago, with 11h 11m of daylight today.
Today the sun rises toward the East (101°) and sets toward the West (259°) — useful for planning your shooting angle or which coast to face.
On 2026-10-19, the sun rises at 06:02 and sets at 17:13 in Kanazawa (local time).
Today's morning golden hour in Kanazawa is around 06:02 ~ 06:37 and the evening golden hour is around 16:38 ~ 17:13 — the best light for portraits and landscapes.
Tomorrow (2026-10-20), sunrise in Kanazawa is 06:03 and sunset is 17:12 (local time).
Tonight's sunset in Kanazawa is 17:13 on 2026-10-19, followed by civil dusk around 17:39 (local time).
For sunrise around Kanazawa, try Kenrokuen Garden, Utatsuyama Park. Check the sunrise time above and arrive before the sky starts brightening.
For sunset around Kanazawa, try Chirihama Beach. West-coast viewpoints usually work best, especially when the weather is clear.
Tomorrow in Kanazawa, sunrise is 06:03, sunset is 17:12, and daylight lasts 11h 09m.
Based on Open-Meteo cloud forecasts, here's today's (2026-10-19) afterglow estimate for Kanazawa:
Sunrise glow：80（Excellent，06:03） ｜ Sunset glow：0（Low，17:12）
Low 32% · Mid 100% · High 100% Visibility is about 10.5 km.
Use the local times above to plan when to arrive, then choose a viewpoint by direction: east and southeast for sunrise, west coast for sunset.
Sunrise
Area: Central Kanazawa
Eastern garden light works with trees and ponds; opening rules matter more than chasing first light.
Sunrise
Area: Eastern Kanazawa hills
A high eastern city view; rain, snow and winter access can all reduce visibility.
Sunset
Area: Noto west coast
The west beach can mirror sunset; tide and vehicles affect safety, and rough water is not a mirror.
Beyond the dedicated dark-sky destinations, these are reviewed places to watch the sky reachable from central Kanazawa, sorted by straight-line distance. Open a card for night access, what you can observe there, tonight's sky and the sources.
Distances are straight lines; mountains, rivers and roads make the real trip longer. Check a route before you leave.
Spots in Japan are outside this site's typhoon and safety-warning checks, and the forecast on a card is not withheld when a warning is in force. Check the official local warnings before you go: Japan Meteorological Agency warnings and advisories · Bear sightings
The Kanazawa city website announces its Friday star-viewing nights: every Friday from 1 May to 30 October 2026 (not on 29 May or 23 October), in two sessions, 19:30–20:30 and 20:00–21:00. Booking is by phone only (076-229-1141) and opens on the Saturday one week before. Outside May to October there is no regular evening session. The pin is the Kigoyama place-name point in the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan data, not the entrance of the learning building, so navigation is off.
Sky: suburban (satellite night-light estimate)
The VIIRS nighttime-light estimate puts this area darker than central Kanazawa, but it is still a suburban sky. Observing centres on the centre's telescopes.
Open horizon: overhead. Observing uses the telescopes set up on the viewing deck. Which directions are open has not been confirmed, so only overhead is listed.
Moon, planets, telescope observing
Go only during your booked session. Ishikawa Prefecture has issued bear advisories, so check them before you go. It gets cold on the mountain from autumn, so dress warmly. Check road conditions in winter with the centre beforehand.
Reviewed 2026-10-12 · reviewed against official sources
Certified by DarkSky International in 2023 as an Urban Night Sky Place, Minami-Rokuroshi is Japan’s fourth International Dark Sky Place and Asia’s first Urban Night Sky Place.
Bortle 3 · SQM 21.4 · 500 m elevation
Located on the Minami-Rokuroshi plateau in Ono City, Fukui; easiest by car. Check snow and road conditions in winter.
Sunrise and sunset on the 1st, 11th, and 21st of each month for comparing daylight through the year in Kanazawa.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 07:05 | 16:47 | 9h 42m |
| 2026-01-11 | 07:05 | 16:55 | 9h 50m |
| 2026-01-21 | 07:02 | 17:05 | 10h 03m |
| 2026-02-01 | 06:56 | 17:17 | 10h 21m |
| 2026-02-11 | 06:47 | 17:28 | 10h 41m |
| 2026-02-21 | 06:36 | 17:38 | 11h 02m |
| 2026-03-01 | 06:26 | 17:46 | 11h 20m |
| 2026-03-11 | 06:12 | 17:56 | 11h 43m |
| 2026-03-21 | 05:58 | 18:05 | 12h 07m |
| 2026-04-01 | 05:41 | 18:14 | 12h 33m |
| 2026-04-11 | 05:27 | 18:22 | 12h 55m |
| 2026-04-21 | 05:13 | 18:31 | 13h 18m |
| 2026-05-01 | 05:01 | 18:39 | 13h 39m |
| 2026-05-11 | 04:50 | 18:48 | 13h 58m |
| 2026-05-21 | 04:42 | 18:56 | 14h 14m |
| 2026-06-01 | 04:36 | 19:05 | 14h 28m |
| 2026-06-11 | 04:34 | 19:10 | 14h 37m |
| 2026-06-21 | 04:34 | 19:14 | 14h 40m |
| 2026-07-01 | 04:37 | 19:15 | 14h 38m |
| 2026-07-11 | 04:42 | 19:13 | 14h 31m |
| 2026-07-21 | 04:49 | 19:09 | 14h 20m |
| 2026-08-01 | 04:58 | 19:00 | 14h 03m |
| 2026-08-11 | 05:06 | 18:50 | 13h 44m |
| 2026-08-21 | 05:14 | 18:38 | 13h 24m |
| 2026-09-01 | 05:23 | 18:23 | 13h 00m |
| 2026-09-11 | 05:31 | 18:09 | 12h 38m |
| 2026-09-21 | 05:38 | 17:53 | 12h 15m |
| 2026-10-01 | 05:46 | 17:38 | 11h 52m |
| 2026-10-11 | 05:55 | 17:24 | 11h 29m |
| 2026-10-21 | 06:04 | 17:10 | 11h 07m |
| 2026-11-01 | 06:15 | 16:58 | 10h 43m |
| 2026-11-11 | 06:25 | 16:49 | 10h 23m |
| 2026-11-21 | 06:36 | 16:42 | 10h 06m |
| 2026-12-01 | 06:46 | 16:38 | 9h 53m |
| 2026-12-11 | 06:54 | 16:38 | 9h 44m |
| 2026-12-21 | 07:01 | 16:40 | 9h 40m |
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