A practical guide for Kanazawa, Toyama, Komatsu, and Fukui: seasonal and operating conditions for a trip from 15 to 22 November, tickets and transport on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in mid-November, the Kurobe Gorge Railway after its full reopening in October 2026, places for children, nature, historic sites, and locations from anime, TV dramas, and films, and restaurants and takeaway food in Toyama, Kanazawa, and Fukui, including the Toyama episode of Izakaya Shinkansen 2.

A pre-trip note for Kanazawa and Toyama covering the Reiwa era since 2019: through tram service across Toyama Station, the 2024 extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Tsuruga and the Hapi-Line Fukui, the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake and the Oku-Noto floods, messages of sympathy between Hokuriku and Taiwan after earthquakes, the return of Toyama–Taipei flights, the full reopening of the Kurobe Gorge Railway, and manga and anime from Nagai Go, Ima Ichiko, Fujiko Fujio Ⓐ, and 2.43.