Noto no Show — Hotel in Wajima

Love its seaside location although a wee bit difficult to access by public transport, we enjoyed our 1 night stay at Kaiyu Notonosho. We took the Hokutetsu Express bus from Kanazawa Station, it's a 2hr ride one way costing JPY3,085 return ticket. There is no need to reserve a seat on the bus. Upon arrival at Wajima Bus Station, the hotel's complimentary shuttle was waiting for us.||||The welcome at the hotel was heart-warming. Service is top class; everyone is so friendly and helpful. To top it, the hotel offered us the option to go to the Senmaida Rice Terraces at 5.15pm with their complimentary shuttle bus. From mid-Oct to mid-Mar the rice fields are lit up with LED lights. Of course, we jumped at the chance to go. It was an amazing sight although it was cold as we're very near to the sea!||||We had a fantastic room! Huge, with tatami floor, with 2 king size beds, a leather 2 seater sofa that can recline for watching tv plus another seating area near to the window overlooking the sea. ||||The hotel has a few onsen. There are indoor as well as outdoor pools. There is even a rotenburo with a koi pond side by side. We had an enjoyable time at the onsen.||||The dinner was a delicious spread, in a private dining room for just the two of us. It's robatayaki style....yummy! Breakfast was just as nice! There is even a choice of Western breakfast! Very very pleased that we made it to Notonosho for such a wonderful retreat. Would recommend to anyone...

I stayed there for one night with my family. We reserved two rooms; one ocean view Tatami room and one western style room. We were welcomed by all the staff when we got there. We had experienced wonderful Japanese Omotenashi in the past but this one was extraordinary. That was very impressive. My mother and I were soon invited to a little room by the lobby to chose Yukata we liked. There were many Yukata with different designs and colors to choose from. What great and unusual about this hotel was that flooring in this Ryokan was all Tatami except for the western style bedrooms. All the corridors, elevators, and even staircases had Tatami flooring and so we could walk inside the hotel with bear feet. Most of the food were served with Wajima lacquer wear at dinner and breakfast. Even coffee was served in Wajima-nuri at the bar. Wajima-nuri lacquer wear was found in abundance in this Ryokan. Our Nakaisan was also great. It was he but he paid attentions to details and so we could spent wonderful time while our stay there. He also gave us a great recommendation to where we could purchase Wajima-nuri wear a little more reasonably. He also recommended places to visit in Wajima and gave us a discount ticket. Our stay in this Ryokan was beyond expectation and we know we will definitely come back to this Ryokan when we are...

The ryokan is lovely with extremely warm and gracious staff. You have the opportunity to choose your own yucata for the night from the hotels selection. The food was carefully prepared and served on beautiful laquerware. There are 2 onsens with the ground floor being both indoor and outdoor overlooking a gorgeous koi pond. The onsen on the first floor is indoor. The room itself overlooked the ocean as well as the street as the ryokan is located on right next to the coastal street. Warm and gracious staff. ||||We had a very short time here as we took public transportation to Wajima from Kanazawa Station and has just planned an overnite. The staff at the Tourist Office at the station gave us all the details on how/where to catch the bus. As Wajima is the last stop on the bus, the hotel shuttle bus picked us up from the station. A ride one way is about 2 hours with some pretty scenery at parts along the way. Early the next day we visited the morning market which is well worth a look. There is also a beautiful temple at the opposite end of the street from the...