Nestled in a quiet corner by the Castle Park, Hakuchoro is very convenient for exploring the Higashi Chaya-gai area and Kenrokuen Garden. The hotel interior is decorated throughout in a vintage Taisho era style with colorful stained glass windows and beautiful furnishings.
Though the hotel has a modern exterior, once inside you will feel like you have stepped back in time to an age of refined grace and gentility
The friendly staff are also extremely courteous and eager to please. The highlight of this hotel though is its natural hot spring bath and sauna which is perfect for soothing tired travelers’ limbs.
Guest Rooms
This hotel has elegant, comfortable guest rooms featuring vintage decor typical of the early 20th century. Rooms are Taisho Roman-style rooms of 30 square meters and up, with room types including Roman Luxury, Roman Twin, Deluxe Twin, King, Basic Twin, and Japanese-style rooms. Japanese-style rooms have tatami matting on the floor and futons instead of beds, and can accommodate larger groups depending on the room type. All rooms are non-smoking.
Guest room interior
Twin Room at Kanazawa Hakuchoro Hotel Sanraku
All guest rooms have free Wi-Fi internet access and Airweave bedding, and are equipped with air conditioning, a TV, a refrigerator, a coffee maker, a hot water pot, Kaga roasted tea, mineral water, a safe, a humidifier, slippers and loungewear. Bathrooms come with Imabari towels, Mikimoto bath amenities, a hair brush, a hair dryer, shaving razors, and dental kits. Guest rooms are also supplied with some local touches such as colorful Kutani-yaki ceramic coffee cups. Room service is available, and Roman rooms include free minibar drinks.
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Kanazawa Hakuchoro
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Breakfast & Dining Facilities
The all-you-can eat buffet style breakfast is served at Buffet Dining Swan and is a blend of local dishes such as nodoguro, Kaga vegetables, Kanazawa oden, jibuni, and typical Western style breakfast foods. From March to the end of November breakfast is served from 6.30 – 10.00 with last entry at 9.30. From December to the end of February breakfast is served from 7.00 – 10.00 with last entry at 9.30. Breakfast for hotel guests is 3,200 yen for adults, 1,600 yen for children aged 7 – 12, 900 yen for children aged 4 – 6, and free for children aged 3 or younger.
Hakuchoro also has a Japanese style restaurant overlooking a traditional garden and a stylish tea lounge. The Japanese restaurant, Mahoroba, serves the local Kaga style cuisine using seasonal ingredients. Lunch is served on weekends between 12.00 and 14.00 with last orders at 13.30. Dinner is served between 17.30 and 21.30 with last orders at 20.30. Menu examples include a grilled eel rice bowl for 4,600 yen, the Mahoroba set meal for 5,500 yen, and course meals from 10,000 yen.
At the red carpet tea lounge, Partie, you can relax in plush armchairs whilst listening to classical music. Here you can order coffee for 1,100 yen, Japanese-style cream soda for 950 yen, or a matcha green tea set for 1,300 yen. Located at the far end of the hotel lobby, Partie’s shop and lounge are open from 9.00 – 19.00 with lounge last orders at 18.30. Bar time runs from 21.00 – 22.30 with last orders at 22.00.
The hotel lobby
The Hot Spring Spa & Sauna
Hakuchoro has its own onsen style hot spring spa with bathing areas separated by gender. The baths are filled with natural mineral waters pumped from 807 meters underground. This is a sodium chloride bicarbonate spring, and is often described as “Bijin-no-yu,” or a hot spring of beauty. These bathing areas also feature saunas and cold-water baths, plus bath amenities. The onsen is open from 5.00 – 10.30 in the morning and then from 15.00 – 24.00. The bath is for hotel guests only, and day-use bathing is not offered.
Services & Facilities
Beside the hotel reception desk is a concierge desk where you can leave your luggage before you check in or after you check out. You can also make enquiries here about local sightseeing options, and ask them to call a taxi or book a restaurant for you. There is free Wi-Fi internet access throughout the hotel. A trouser press, iron, reading lamp, humidifier, wheelchair and umbrellas can be borrowed from reception. Paid cleaning service is available, and there is a paid guest coin laundry open 24 hours. The relaxation esthetic salon Yujiang offers treatments by reservation between 14.00 and 21.00, with last reception at 20.00, and is closed on Wednesdays. Room service meals are available for guest-room use from 17.30 to 20.30.
Kanazawa Hakuchoro Hotel Sanraku reception
Access
Kanazawa Hakuchoro Hotel Sanraku is located at 6-3 Marunouchi, about 3 minutes on foot from Kanazawa Castle Park and about 5 minutes from Kenrokuen Garden. From Kanazawa Station, hotel guests can use the free shuttle bus from the west side / Kanazawa Port Exit group bus area when it is operating. By public bus, take a Hokuriku Tetsudo Bus from the east exit bus terminal stop #6 to Kenrokuen-shita/Kanazawa Castle, then walk about 5-8 minutes. You can also take the Castle Town Kanazawa Loop Bus right loop from east exit bus stop #7 to Kenrokuen-shita/Kanazawa Castle, then walk about 5 minutes. The loop bus from stop #7 has an evening last departure, so later arrivals should use a taxi or Hokuriku Tetsudo Bus. A taxi from Kanazawa Station takes about 15 minutes. For drivers, the hotel has 50 parking spaces with a 2.1 meter height limit. Overnight parking for hotel guests is 1,000 yen per vehicle and reservations are not required.
Kanazawa Hakuchoro Hotel Sanraku Location Map
Article and original photos by Michael Lambe. All rights reserved. Last updated 07-Jun-2026.
