Kanazawa Forus is a popular shopping mall which is located right outside the Kenrokuen Exit, or East Exit, of Kanazawa Station. The seven-story building contains fashion and cosmetics shops, lifestyle goods, character shops, music stores, cafes, restaurants, and a cinema. The dining section on the 6th floor has branches of some popular restaurants and is especially useful for travelers who are staying at nearby hotels or spending time around the station before a train or bus. Let’s take a tour of the highlights.
Kanazawa Forus is located right next to Kanazawa Station
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Information
The information desk on the first floor is a short walk from the entrance beside the escalator. Staff here can help you with enquiries about the building and tell you where to find a particular store or product. This desk also handles lost property, parking service tickets, paging for meeting points or lost children, WAON-related services, and receipts for some shops. Wheelchairs can be borrowed here, and strollers are available near the 1st-floor elevator and by the 1st-floor parking-side entrance.
The information desk is right beside the escalator
Free Wi-Fi is available around the central areas of the building by connecting to the SSID “FORUS”. Coin lockers can be found on several floors. Small lockers are on the 1st, 2nd, and 6th floors, medium lockers are on the 1st floor, large lockers are on the 1st and 2nd floors, and refrigerated lockers are on the 2nd floor. The lockers are for same-day use only. The 1st and 6th floor lockers can be used from 10:00 to 22:00, and the 2nd floor lockers from 10:00 to 20:00. Fees are 300 yen for small and refrigerated lockers, 400 yen for medium lockers, and 600 yen for large lockers.
The 1st floor of Kanazawa Forus
Fashion
Kanazawa Forus has fashion, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and lifestyle shops spread across the lower and middle floors. The 1st floor has fashion, cosmetics, sweets, and cafes; the 2nd and 3rd floors have many ladies’ and men’s fashion shops; and the 4th floor has men’s and ladies’ fashion, shoes, bags, streetwear, and everyday brands. The 5th floor is more useful for lifestyle goods, character goods, hobby shops, music, eyewear, and family shopping, while the 6th and 7th floors are for dining and cinema-related facilities.
Rienda on the 3rd floor stocks stylish fashions for young ladies
Andemiu on the 2nd floor sells reasonably priced clothes for ladies
Fashion boutiques at Kanazawa Forus
Casual fashion shops at Kanazawa Forus
The 5th floor has lifestyle and character-goods shops
Cosmetics shops are concentrated on the lower floors
Dining
Forus is especially popular with travelers for its 6th floor dining area. Called “Kuugo,” this area has roughly twenty restaurants and cafes. Here you can find sushi, ramen noodles, udon noodles, deep fried tonkatsu style pork cutlets, tempura rice bowls, shabu-shabu, rice-filled omelettes, soup curry, beef tongue, hamburg steak, Chinese and Korean food, Italian pasta and pizza, local-ingredient restaurants, and Starbucks. Some of these restaurants are very popular indeed and can develop long lines at busy periods. If you want to have lunch here it is a good idea to come a little early (before 12) or a little late (after 2 o’clock).
Kuugo is the 6th floor dining area
Other Shops
Tower Records is on the 5th floor, which is the main floor for music and hobby shopping.
The 5th floor has a branch of Tower Records
On the same floor you can also find character goods, lifestyle goods, shoes, eyewear, and family shops, including Pokemon Center Kanazawa, Loft, Muji, ABC-Mart, JINS, Sanrio, Popondetta, and Shimamura Music.
Lifestyle and hobby shops on the 5th floor
On the 7th floor there is an Aeon Cinema complex which shows the latest movies. It usually opens from 9:00, but closing times vary by screening schedule.
The 7th floor Aeon Cinema
Starbucks on the 1st floor of the Forus building is a popular spot to wait before catching a bus or train. If it is busy, there is another branch of Starbucks up on the 6th floor.
The 1st floor Starbucks has its own entrance and outdoor seating
Access
Kanazawa Forus is a one-minute walk from JR Kanazawa Station and Hokuriku Railroad Kanazawa Station. From the station, head to the Kenrokuen Exit, or East Exit, and cross toward the bus-terminal side.
Opening Hours
Shops: 10:00 – 20:00
Kuugo Dining and other food and drink: 11:00 – 22:00; last orders vary by restaurant
1F Starbucks: 10:00 – 20:00
6F Starbucks: 10:00 – 22:00
Aeon Cinema: usually opens from 9:00; closing times vary by screening schedule
Article and original photos by Michael Lambe. All rights reserved. Last updated 27-May-2026.
