Don’t stay here until the end of September 2008, at least. That’s when they say the renovations will be finished. We arrived at 1.35pm to be told our room was not ready – despite their stated check-in time being 1.00pm. The reception area was cut down to at least half with builders’ sheets shielding the area being renovated. This meant... more

Picked this hotel out randomly and ended up loving it more than any high end place i've stayed. The double room was very economical, and very Kanazawa in that it definitely has an old school flavor - which is a nice break from Tokyo's perpetual cutting edge. From the tiny, amazing room to the included-in-the-hotel-price breakfast (specializing in onigiri!) i... more