By car About 3.5 hours from Osaka About 2.5 hours from Nagoya (You can use "Takefu IC" at Meishin Expressway to Hokuriku Expressway) About 2 hours from Kanazawa (Use "Sabae IC" at Hokuriku Expressway) By train / To nearest JR Takefu station About 2 hours from Osaka About 2 hours from Nagoya About 1 hour from Kanazawa About 3.5 hours from Tokyo * About 1 hour from "JR Takefu station" by Fukutetsu b