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, and the Kanazawa night of The Autumn Leaves Tour of Japan.
Why stay at Hakuchoro Sanraku
Kenroku-en at the door
One of Japan's three great gardens and the castle park beside it are a short walk away.
A Taisho interior
Stained glass, Kutani porcelain lamps and dark wood give the house the look of the 1920s.
An onsen in the city
The hotel's baths are fed by its own natural hot spring, a rare thing in a city centre.
the setting
A castle town's garden, two minutes from the door.
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.
At the door: Kenroku-en and the castle park on one side; the teahouse quarter of Higashi Chaya and the Omicho market a short drive on the other.
the house
Hakuchoro Sanraku in photographs
The hotel's own spring
Photographs: Hakuchoro Sanraku
the rooms
The rooms and suites
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.
our tours here
The tours that stay at Hakuchoro Sanraku
the place
Kanazawa
Kanazawa is the old castle town of the Maeda lords, near the Japan Sea coast, a city the war left untouched, its teahouse and samurai quarters intact.
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. Each tour page sets out the nights, the price and what is included.
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. The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Hakuchoro Sanraku can be any night of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.
Hakuchoro Sanraku, on your dates.
The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, and Hakuchoro Sanraku can be any night of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.