Excellent stay at this traditional Ryokan! The staff, accommodations and food were fabulous. It is very clean and the staff are highly accommodating to guests.
The location is a short walk from the Kanazawa station which was very nice. We stayed in a traditional room with breakfast and dinner included. If you want the full experience, I highly recommend you purchase the meals.
The meals are traditional so raw seafood is always on the menu - I enjoy cooked seafood but not the raw so requested “western style” meals with no seafood - they were extremely accommodating and we enjoyed two wonderful western meals. A dinner that included steak, vegetables, fruit and, of course, miso soup and white rice. It was delicious. Breakfast was an omelette, ham, bacon, miso soup, rice and fruit - again, a wonderful meal.
There are traditional robes in your room with socks and sandals - we enjoyed wearing the outfit to our meals.
The onsen was very good. I went both days (separated by gender) and was the only one there. It was very enjoyable to relax. The dressing room has lockers with lock for your things and all the toiletries needed to get ready for the day or evening (shampoo, conditioner,
lotions, hairbrush, blow dryer’s, Q-tips etc).
All-in-all we really enjoyed our stay and highly recommend Kanazawa Chaya!