Hotel, Kanazawa
Hakuchoro Sanraku
Hakuchoro Sanraku (in full, Kanazawa Hakuchoro Hotel Sanraku) is a hotel in the centre of Kanazawa, beside Kenroku-en garden and the castle park, with its own natural hot spring.
The Autumn Leaves Tour of Japan stays here. $19,500 per person, twin share.
the room
The rooms
The rooms take their look from the Taisho era: patterned carpets, lacquer-dark furniture, stained-glass panels and lamps of Kutani porcelain, the region's own enamelled ware. The suites add a sitting room in the same manner.
to unwind
The onsen
The hotel draws its water from its own natural hot spring, and its baths are a place to end a day in Kanazawa after the garden and the market: indoor pools by tall windows, the spring water running over stone.
the table
Dining
Kanazawa is a city of the Sea of Japan's fish, and on our tours the evening is at a kappo counter in the teahouse quarter, the chef cooking blackthroat seaperch in front of you before the walk back to the onsen.
the setting
Kanazawa
Kanazawa was the castle town of the Maeda lords, and it was never bombed: its samurai lanes, teahouse quarters and the great garden of Kenroku-en came through the twentieth century whole. The hotel stands at the centre of all of it, between the castle park and the old streets of Korinbo.
Kenroku-en and the castle park lie on one side of the hotel, and the teahouse quarter of Higashi Chaya and the Omicho market are a short drive the other way.
our tours here
The tours that stay at Hakuchoro Sanraku
questions
Questions about Hakuchoro Sanraku
Where is Hakuchoro Sanraku?
In the centre of Kanazawa, beside Kenroku-en and the castle park. Kanazawa Station, on the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo, is about ten minutes by car.
Which of your tours stay at Hakuchoro Sanraku?
The Autumn Leaves Tour of Japan stays here.
Does Hakuchoro Sanraku have an onsen?
Yes. The hotel's baths are fed by its own natural hot spring, unusual in the centre of a city.
Can Hakuchoro Sanraku be part of a private journey?
Yes. Beyond the tours that stay here, a Custom Tour of Japan can include Hakuchoro Sanraku on dates of your own, created around your party alone. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.
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