Hanatsubaki — Hotel in Kaga

Good food, moderate room and moderate onsen

Due to coronavirus the 'normal' open air bath (the picture I attached) is closed. You have to book it as a private bath with an additional charge of 3000 yen per 50 min. Otherwise the indoor bath is normally available. The worst part is the so called 'natural outdoor bath'. It looks beautiful in the picture, but you have to walk 200 meters down stony steps with a pair of slippers to the bath where there is no shower. That natural bath is for all gender and the bath outfit was almost too small for me. Also it gets dark very quickly in this season, we went there at 17.30, it was dark but there was no lighting in the bath area. (How scary, I spot a dead centipede at shoes changing area) After the bath, you have to walk up the same part that makes you sweat.

The best part is the restaurant. Consider ing the price, I was not expecting such a generous dinner. There are many courses and the restaurant staffs are very attentive with there warm and homey hospitality. The restaurant eliminate my grumpiness from the disappointment due to the...

The onsen is uniquely situated right by a stream, which made the onsen experience very enjoyable and interesting. However, since it hasn't been updated or renovated, guests have to climb 71 uneven rocks down and up in slippers, I do not recommend for people without strong legs or vision. Also, the outdoor spa is the only onsen in Japan that does NOT provide in-spa shower facilities. The slippers are also not sanitized. The overall experience just feels not as clean. Most of all, the night we stayed had no hot water in the room or in the in-door spa, so we couldn't even shower before we go to bed. Unbelievably, the hotel didn't apologize or make any kind of gesture even after our tour guide expressed...

This is a very nice onsen hotel(traditional Japanese hotel). Spacious environment and friendly staff. Here you will encounter one of the traditional bathing venue, a mixed- gender bath(onsen) where female and male will bath together. Some onsens in Japan forbidden customers to wear clothes in mixed gender bath which really pose some embarrassment to customer. However, they provide cloths here to allow customer to enjoy this bath without being...