About KAHACHI

A destination producer and licensed local travel operator in Kanazawa, editing the culture, food and people of Kanazawa and Noto into journeys.

Every place holds value that has not yet been turned into travel. KAHACHI draws culture, food and encounters with people into a single story, and builds an experience out of it.

Our work is to treat what a place has not as a "tourist resource" but as something a person will remember. Travellers get an evening that stays with them; the district gets new visitors and new income.

We work in Higashi Chaya and Kazuemachi — an area you can cross on foot — and nowhere else. What we have instead of reach is that we actually know the people and the rooms inside it.

How we think about travel

Sightseeing means bringing your own light

The Japanese word for sightseeing, kankō, means to look at something by shining a light on it. Whatever the subject, it becomes worth seeing once you bring your own curiosity to it. Our job is to stay beside you and help you aim that light.

Know it, like it, enjoy it

First you come to know a place, then to like it, and finally to enjoy it. The last of those is the one worth reaching, and the order matters.

Everyone, the same way

When you book, we ask for your name, your contact details, how many are coming and any dietary requirements. Nothing else. We do not ask about your relationship to the people you are travelling with, and we use the name and title you give us, exactly as you give them.

A door usually closed to first-time visitors

Geiko culture normally operates on ichigen-san okotowari — no first-time guests without an introduction. Working with the Asanogawa Enyukai, KAHACHI opens that door and carries the evening on through the restaurants and the night bars of the teahouse district. A private ozashiki with geiko, in a teahouse you could not otherwise enter, can also be arranged.

Kazushige Morikawa, Founder

Thirty years in the travel industry — arrangements, PCO work and operations — combined with the ability to build experiences that hold up locally.

1983Joined Nippon Travel Agency, posted to the Kanazawa branch
1983–1999Produced group and bespoke tours nationwide, including charter flights and cruises
2000–2011Ran PCO operations for medical congresses and international conferences
2001Qualified as a General Travel Services Manager
2012Left Nippon Travel Agency; became a director of Doshitsuya Hokuriku
2012Radio presenter, Hokuriku Broadcasting — telling travel stories on local media
2012–2020Tanikawa Travel
2015–Joyrun Hokuriku — guided running and local experience events, ongoing
2023Qualified as a Tour Conductor / Itinerary Management Supervisor
July 2026Founded KAHACHI as a licensed local travel operator

Operations we have run

Events of several thousand people, delivered from a Kanazawa base. The work is not only itineraries but accommodation, transport and venues — the whole operation.

1996JCI-ASPAC conference, 8,000 delegatesPCO operations, accommodation and venues
2000National convention for a telecoms company, 2,000 guests, AtamiWhole-ryokan buyout, planning and operations
2003Orthopaedic Association reception inside Kanazawa Castle, about 3,000 guestsPlanning, operations, coach transport, venue
2005Intercollegiate soft tennis championship, Noto, 2,000 participantsCoach transport, accommodation, catering
2008 & 2010National Sports and Recreation Festival, 5,000 participants, Shiga and ToyamaAccommodation and excursion management

Charter flights from Komatsu Airport to Europe, Canada, Hawaii, Hong Kong and Taiwan — planned, operated, and accompanied as chief tour conductor. Incentive and guest-invitation travel for major manufacturers.

For travel agents and land operators

KAHACHI takes bookings and handles arrangements directly, by email or phone. Private ozashiki with geiko, accommodation, transport and VIP itineraries can be built to order. Write to info@kahachi.com.