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house Kaga
Gem of a machiya
Description
The house was traditionally transformed into a modern day machiya and has a wonderful mix of east and west. The first floor has a garden, living room, kitchen and bath area. The living room has nice tatami floors and looks out from the large windows onto the Japanese garden. On the second floor you have bedrooms that will truly help you experience a real Japan. The bedrooms are blue and red, a famous pair of colors in Kanazawa distinguishing samurais from non samurais. With western beds in one room and comfortable futons in the other, not only is the house easy to relax in, but the location is great too.
The Nagamachi samurai district, downtown Katamachi, Saigawa river, and the ninja temple are all less than a ten minute walk. Kanazawa is a relatively small city, but has a lot of nice places to see and restaurants to explore. Kaga house makes all of those very easy do. We hope to have you!
Our opinion
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Floor Plan & Amenities
- Refrigerator
- IH stove
- Microwave oven
- Toaster
- Coffee maker
- Electric kettle
- Rice cooker
- Hair dryer
- Washing machine and dryer
- Air conditioning
- Vacuum cleaner
- Wifi
- 2 single beds
- 2 futons
- TV
- Horigotatsu
Address
Access
Taxi: From Kanazawa station, a 10 minute taxi ride, approximately 1 200 yen ($11 / £8,50) from Kanazawa station
Map
Latest review
We found the house and neighbourhood very traditional. Located very close to the Samuria District and easily within walking distance to all the traditional attractions. Food is not an issue with both supermarkets and an amazing variety of restaurants.. If you really want to find the real Kanazawa then this provides the opportunity. I would recommend a minimum of 3 nights to really enjoy Kanazawa. Finally we can't recommend Chris our host highly enough. The hour he spent with us helped us enoumously and really showed his passion for Kanazawa and Japan. Thanks Chris we will definitely be back!
Kaga house was great!!Thank you again for the good welcome and all the information.
We had a great stay at Kanazawa house. The place was great, very cute and ideally located. Chris was the perfect host and gave us very good tips to start our visits. We stayed 2 nights and could have easily spent one more night.
Really, really great experience. The house was perfectly-sized for a couple, and would be fine for a party of 4 or kids. Nice kitchen and beds. Great location near the river and the running paths, and plenty close to all the touristy Kanazawa stuff. The host (Chris) was truly exceptional: a model for hosts as far as I am concerned. He sat with us for 30 mins, patiently explaining the features of the house then annotating a map with great places to eat in town. He even got us a reservation at a 6-seat 'Japanese only' kappo sushi place, and then rode down on his bike to walk us to it when we were unable to find it! Amazing. Will return!
Kaga House was a perfect option to explore Kanazawa! The house is fantastically renovated and impeccably clean and the location was super convenient with the Samurai District just about a block away and lots of shops, restaurants and downtown close by. Chris went above and beyond with welcoming us to the house and explaining how everything worked to ensure our comfort. He also provided lots of "insider" suggestions of where to go and places to eat which were all very helpful. A great choice!
house Kaga
Price for up to 2 people
(Additional guest $18 per night)
