# Kinjohro Kinjohro is a ryōtei (traditional restaurant) and ryokan (Japanese inn) founded in 1890 in Kanazawa, close to the Higashi Chaya and Kazue-machi teahouse districts. It has 6 Japanese-style rooms, each with a private hinoki (Japanese cypress) or granite bath, and serves Kaga-style kaiseki (multi-course dinner) in the room or a private dining room. Its garden belonged to the former residence of Maeda Tsushima-no-kami. Source : https://umika-travel.com/en/hotels/kinjohro/ Kinjohro is a Kanazawa house founded in 1890, both a ryōtei (a traditional restaurant where meals are served in private rooms) and a ryokan (Japanese inn), with six Japanese-style rooms by the Asano River, the starting point for walks to the Kazue-machi and Higashi Chaya teahouse districts. It suits couples who come to Kanazawa first for the food: Kaga-style kaiseki is served in the room or a private dining room, and in the evening you walk back from the teahouse quarters. ## A restaurant with rooms Kinjohro is first of all a kaiseki restaurant (kaiseki being a Japanese meal of many small seasonal courses) serving the cuisine of Kaga, the former domain of the Maeda lords, whose capital was Kanazawa. The rooms extend the meal: kaiseki dinner and breakfast are served in the room or in a private dining room, never in a shared hall. Tea is served on arrival, and drinks from the room's fridge are included. Stays can be booked room only, with breakfast, or with the Kaga kaiseki dinner; a crab kaiseki menu is offered on some dates. Prices shown on the house's booking engine include consumption tax and service. The house keeps its history: the garden is that of the former residence of Maeda Tsushima-no-kami almost unchanged for more than 150 years, and the Fuji-an annex was built for the enthronement of Emperor Shōwa. ## Six rooms, six ways to sleep All rooms are Japanese-style, with tatami floors (rice-straw mats) and a private bathroom with a bidet toilet. What changes from one to the next is the bedding, the view and the bath material. The sizes below are those given by the house's booking engine. - **Take no Ma** (100 m²): the largest, with two rooms of 15 and 8 tatami mats, futons (mattresses laid on the floor), a private bath in natural red granite and a view of a small inner garden around the Gesshō stone. The hanging scroll changes with the seasons. - **Yuki no Ma** and **Tsuki no Ma** (92 m² each): both look onto the historic garden. Yuki no Ma has a 13-tatami room and a bedroom with beds; Tsuki no Ma has two rooms of 12 and 11 tatami and you sleep on futons. - **Fuji no Ma** and **Kiku no Ma** (62 m² each): the two 3rd-floor rooms, built in May 2015, with a Japanese room, a bedroom with beds and a study corner; bath made entirely of hinoki (Japanese cypress). Fuji no Ma looks onto a garden laid out on that floor. They can be booked together to have the whole floor, an option for a family or friends. - **Hana no Ma** (46 m²): a single 10-tatami room over the historic garden, futons and a hinoki bath; the simplest in the house. If you prefer a bed, choose Yuki no Ma, Fuji no Ma or Kiku no Ma; for futons and the most space, Take no Ma or Tsuki no Ma. For three or more guests, the rooms with beds add futons. The house has no hot spring: each room has its own private bath with ordinary water. ## An accessible house Kinjohro has a lift and step-free rooms, and lends a wheelchair. It is certified by the Japan Tourism Agency for accessible hospitality. There is free parking for 10 cars. Check-in is from 4 pm, last arrival 7 pm, and check-out is at 11 am. ## On foot through Kanazawa's teahouse quarters The house is at 2-23 Hashiba-chō, by the Asano River, the starting point for walks to Kazue-machi and Higashi Chaya, the chaya districts (wooden teahouses where geiko, Kanazawa's traditional entertainers, perform). On Saturdays from May 2026 to March 2027, the Kanazawa tourist office runs a geiko performance of about an hour in a teahouse in the Higashi, Nishi or Kazue-machi district, with tea and a sweet, for 5,000 ¥ (about 29 €) per person. Kenrokuen garden is a walk or short taxi ride away; it opens 7 am to 6 pm from 1 March to 15 October and 8 am to 5 pm the rest of the year. The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art will be closed from 6 May 2027 to March 2028, so plan a visit before May 2027 if it matters to you. From Kanazawa Station, the Hokuriku Railroad bus leaves the East Exit (stop 6) and stops at Hashiba-chō, outside the door, in 12 minutes. Kanazawa is about 2 hours 30 from Tokyo on the Hokuriku Shinkansen (bullet train). The city and its surroundings are covered on our [Kanazawa and Kaga Onsen](/en/japan/kanazawa-and-kaga-onsen/) page, and the [Japanese Alps and Kanazawa in 10 days](/en/ideas/japanese-alps-kanazawa-10-days/) itinerary spends three nights here. ## Kinjohro or a Kaga hot spring ryokan In our selection, Kinjohro is the only address in the city: you stay for the food and for evening walks in the teahouse districts. The other two are in Yamashiro Onsen, 15 minutes from Kanazawa by Shinkansen to Kaga-Onsen and then by car: [Beniya Mukayu](/en/hotels/beniya-mukayu/), 16 rooms each with a private open-air hot spring bath, and [KAI Kaga](/en/hotels/kai-kaga/), 48 rooms in the middle of the spa town. A stay in the region often pairs two nights at Kinjohro with one or two in Kaga for the baths. ## Frequently asked questions ### Where is Kinjohro? At 2-23 Hashiba-chō in Kanazawa, by the Asano River, on the way to the Kazue-machi and Higashi Chaya teahouse districts. The Hokuriku Railroad bus takes 12 minutes from Kanazawa Station East Exit to the Hashiba-chō stop, outside the house. ### Do the rooms have private bathrooms? Yes. All six rooms have a private bath, in hinoki in five of them and in red granite in Take no Ma, with a bidet toilet. The house has no hot spring and no shared bath. ### Can we sleep in a bed? Yes, in Yuki no Ma, Fuji no Ma and Kiku no Ma, which have a bedroom with beds as well as the tatami room. Take no Ma, Tsuki no Ma and Hana no Ma are futon rooms. ### Where are meals served? The Kaga kaiseki dinner and breakfast are served in the room or in a private dining room. Rooms can also be booked without meals or with breakfast only. ### Is Kinjohro wheelchair accessible? Yes. The house has a lift and step-free rooms, lends a wheelchair and is certified by the Japan Tourism Agency for accessible hospitality.