If you are traveling with children in Ishikawa, this is the place! 13 recommended hotels and ryokan

Ishikawa is home to famous tourist spots such as Kenrokuen Garden and Kanazawa Castle Park. There are also many tourist spots that families can enjoy. Take your family to places that are fun for your children of all ages, such as Komatsu no Mori, where you can see working vehicles that children love, such as excavators, the Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, where children will never get bored with the unique exhibits, and Notojima Aquarium, where you can see a dolphin show.

Traveling with children is a lot of work, both in terms of preparation and travel. There's a lot of luggage, and many worries, such as whether you'll be a nuisance to those around you. But if you stay at a family-friendly inn, you can solve all those problems! You can reduce the amount of luggage you need with rental baby items and amenities for children, Japanese-style rooms are safe for crawling babies, and children will be delighted with buffets and kids' parks. In this article, we will introduce recommended inns for families in Ishikawa, divided into three areas: Kanazawa, Kaga onsen, and Noto.

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The Kanazawa area, located in the center of Ishikawa, is a place where the Shinkansen stops at Kanazawa Station and is full of famous tourist spots such as Kenrokuen Garden and Higashi Chaya District. There are also tourist spots for families. The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, has many works that you can actually see, touch, and feel, such as this "Swimming Pool," so it is fun for families. There are also other places that make children happy, such as Myoryuji Temple, also known as the "Ninja Temple," with its interesting mechanisms.

Located in the center of Kanazawa, this hotel makes you feel like you've traveled back in time to the Taisho era. The hotel has a retro Taisho atmosphere. It's next to Kanazawa Castle, so it's a great place to leave your luggage and go for a walk. You can sleep with your baby, and they also lend out baby cribs and bed guards, but Japanese-style rooms like this one are perfect for those with crawling babies.

This hotel has a wide range of children's items available for rental. In addition to children's slippers, they also rent out diaper pots, booster toilet seats, and bottle sterilizers. This will help reduce the amount of luggage you need to carry with you. If you would like to rent any of these items, be sure to make a reservation in advance as numbers are limited! (*Image is for illustrative purposes only)

Although it's a hotel in the city, it does have a large public bath! What's more, it's a natural hot onsen is also known as a "beauty bath" and a "warming bath" because it is said to be effective in removing dead skin cells and dirt from pores. Moms will be happy. After the bath, they also serve orange juice and ice cream, which the kids will love!

The breakfast menu is known as "jiwamon," and focuses on locally grown ingredients and local cuisine. It's great to be able to enjoy a menu that makes you feel like you're in Ishikawa, such as the "special curry" made with Kaga vegetables, "Kanazawa oden," and "Kaga wheel gluten with egg."

This ryokan is easily accessible, just a 3-minute walk from JR Kanazawa Station. Traditional crafts are displayed throughout the building, making you feel like you're in Kanazawa. The purely Japanese-style rooms have few steps, so even small children should feel comfortable.

There are two types of large public baths: the "Garden Bath" (pictured) where you can see the greenery, and the "Ancient Cypress Bath" where you can be enveloped in the scent of 2,000-year-old cypress trees. Stretching out your limbs and relaxing in the bath will help you relieve the fatigue of your day out sightseeing. Children will also be excited by the spacious bath, which is different from the usual one at home, and will likely eagerly enter the bath.

We are proud of our meal kappo cuisine, which is carefully prepared with carefully selected ingredients using Kaga traditions. It is served in your room or at the meal restaurant. We are also happy to prepare a blend of Japanese and Western cuisine for children, as well as dishes for toddlers. Children will be delighted to have their own "personalized feast" with a special feeling.

The inn is located right in front of Kanazawa Castle, and is about a 10-minute drive from JR Kanazawa Station. Most of the rooms are Western-style, but there are also Japanese-style rooms like this one, and you can relax on the tatami mats. There are amenities for infants, and the bath and toilet are separate, making it easy to take a bath. There are also free rentals of baby baths, water thermometers, and baby soap. Infants under elementary school age can also sleep in their parents' rooms for free!

The hotel offers a wide range of free baby items for rental, including bed guards, a complete set of children's futons, bouncers, booster toilet seats, baby bottle sterilizer cases, nursing cushions, bedwetting sheets, and diaper garbage bags and trash cans. It is close to the station and has stroller rentals, so it is recommended to leave your luggage and go for a walk.

The restaurant "Ibis" where you can have breakfast has a view of Kanazawa Castle Park from the windows. It is a buffet style Japanese and Western cuisine, and the seasoning is typical of Kanazawa, using ingredients produced in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. Among the approximately 40 types of dishes, you can enjoy the taste of Kanazawa, such as "Noto pork bacon", "blowfish escabeche", and "Kanazawa curry". For small children, there are fruits and desserts♪

The hotel has a kids' area. There are plenty of ideas to keep children entertained, such as Plarail, which train-loving children will love, drawing tables, picture books, building blocks, and more. Other toys available for rental in the rooms include Othello, UNO, playing cards, The Game of Life, and Blackbeard's Last Stand. It's nice to play games with the whole family every once in a while.

Located in the inner sanctum of Kanazawa, this ryokan is a long-established ryokan that was also the setting for a novel by the Meiji era literary master, Izumi Kyoka. The rooms include purely Japanese-style rooms like this one, as well as Japanese-Western style rooms, and there are also plenty of rooms with open-air and semi-open-air onsen baths. If the bath in the room is onsen, you can take your time and enjoy onsen as much as you like, at your own pace, at your own pace.

There is also a paid service for children under the age of three, where amenities such as work clothes and toothbrush sets for children, as well as naptime futons and diaper buckets are prepared. meal, rice porridge and baby food are also provided, so you can reduce the amount of luggage you need to carry and the burden on mothers. For more information, please check the official website. (*Images are for illustrative purposes only.)

Children's o meal are gorgeous, like this "Children's Gozen for 2-5 year olds". You can also choose the amount of o meal for your children according to their age, such as "for 10-15 year olds" and "for 5-10 year olds". You can meal in your room or in a private room, so you can enjoy Kaiseki cuisine prepared by the chef using local ingredients in a relaxed atmosphere with your family.

Kanazawa Kokusai Hotel is located in the middle of nature. The regular rooms have a relaxing European interior. The Japanese-Western room is recommended for families with children. There are three beds and a tatami space, and you can lay out a futon and sleep with your child. This is great for moms and dads with small children. Even if you stay in a Western-style room, you can rent a baby bed free of charge if you make a reservation in advance.

The bright morning sunlight shines brightly into the dining restaurant "Clover." The breakfast served here is a Japanese and Western buffet. There are always more than 45 types of dishes, mainly fresh vegetables. There is also a dessert and drink bar, so even children will gobble it up.

"Kaga onsen" is a collective name for four onsen: "Awazu onsen" in Komatsu City, "Katayamazu onsen" "onsen Onsen," and "Yamanaka onsen" in Kaga City, and is also known as the "Kaga Four Hot Springs." In addition to the great onsen, there are plenty of tourist spots that families can enjoy, such as "Hakusan Dinosaur Park Shiramine," where you can actually experience fossil excavation, "Tsuki Usagi no Sato," where you can interact with about 50 rabbits, and "Komatsu no Mori," where an impressive super-large hydraulic excavator is on display!

Located in onsen, this relaxing onsen ryokan with 23 rooms has been certified as a "baby-welcoming inn" and offers many thoughtful touches that make families happy. Bouncers, walkers, Bumbo chairs and other baby items are available for rental. They also have yukatas and jinbei for children. There are also rooms with a fairy tale world theme like this one, and picture books and toys are available.

Depending on the season, you can enjoy sumptuous kaiseki meals. The children's lunch at meal, which sells "the most delicious sashimi inn" in the Kaga onsen region where seafood from the mountains and the sea gather, is also sumptuous. Children will be smiling at the many extra sweets they receive as a bonus. Please check the official website for details.

onsen at "Hosho-tei" is said to make your skin smooth, has high heat retention, and is a mild alkaline onsen that is safe for babies to bathe in. In the private open-air bath (fee required), you can play with 200 floating duck toys, which will get your children excited (additional charge). The tatami mats are waterproof and non-slip, which is a nice touch.

The kids' space in the building is a kids' theater on the first floor, and a space for toys, stuffed animals, and picture books on the second floor. Picture books for reading aloud are also available for loan. For anniversaries, portrait print cakes (for a fee) are available, and they can also help with surprises, so it's recommended for anniversary trips. There are 1,000 picture books on the floor.

This is also a large ryokan in Yamashiro onsen where you can enjoy bathing in different onsen springs. With a variety of services, you can have a comfortable family trip. Some rooms have an open-air hot spring bath like this one. You can enjoy the hot onsen at your leisure with your family. For children, amenities such as yukata, toothbrushes, and slippers are also provided. Disposable diapers are sold at the shop, so you can reduce the amount of luggage you need.

The inn is proud of its abundant hot spring onsen, which is drawn from its own hot spring source and from the Yamashiro hot spring source. Enjoy bathing in three large baths, which have different themes for men and women on alternate days. Children will be very excited about the large baths. There is a baby chair and a diaper changing station (baby seat) in the large bath, so you won't have to worry about bathing with your baby♪

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meal are creative banquet cuisine filled with the bounty of each season. For children, there are meal sets for upper and lower elementary school students, as well as children's lunches for infants. For small appetites, there are single dishes of children's gratin, omelet rice, and children's udon. For more information, please check the official website. Chairs and baby seats are also available for children, so you can meal in peace.

The "onsen Eggs Handmade Experience" using the hotel's own hot spring water is very popular. After your bath, try some of the hotel's homemade "seasonal jellies" or piping hot "steamed onsen buns" steamed in the hotel's own hot spring water. There is a games corner and a library of picture books and children's books, and in the summer, there is a 150m water slide and a 45cm deep children's pool, so kids will have a blast!

"Hakusan Shobudei" is an elegant inn decorated with traditional Maki-e and Kaga Yuzen ware, and you will be welcomed in a homely atmosphere. In addition to Japanese-style rooms and Japanese-Western rooms, there are also elegant rooms with open-air baths with natural onsen. You can enjoy a relaxing bath with just your family without worrying about others around you. It's also perfect for babies who are still worried about the large public onsen.

If your child loves baths, why not take them to the large public bath? There are shallow areas in the bathtub, so children can bathe safely. Another nice thing is that there are baby beds in the changing rooms for both men and women. Dad and baby can bathe together. There is also a spacious private bath (fee required), so the whole family can enjoy a relaxing time in onsen springs. (*Image is for illustrative purposes only.)

Depending on the season, you can enjoy dinner with a Japanese banquet using Kaga vegetables and seafood unique to the Hokuriku region. In addition to a children's lunch, there is also a banquet with sashimi and other dishes popular with adults arranged for children. Please check the official website for more details.

Ohanami Kyubei is located in Yamanaka onsen one of Japan's three most famous hot springs, beloved by Matsuo Basho. There are a variety of rooms, including Japanese-style rooms like this one, and rooms with open-air baths. Baby items such as diaper buckets and bottle cleaners are available for free rental, and children's amenities (children's yukata, toothbrushes, slippers, bath towels, etc.) are also available.

onsen is a sulfate spring with high heat retention, and is known for warming you to the core. There are three private open-air baths like this one that you can enter for free, and they are spacious so the whole family can enjoy a bath without worrying about the people around them. There are also bath chairs, baby baths, and baby soap provided for babies, so you can rest assured♪

O meal is a kaiseki cuisine that uses many ingredients unique to Ishikawa, such as Noto beef, a fantastic brand of beef, and nodoguro, a premium quality fish. The new cuisine, an arrangement of traditional Kaga cuisine, is not only delicious but also memorable. Children will also be prepared with a splendid meal like this one, so they will be happy to eat a lot♪

Located in onsen with a long history said to have been established 1,300 years ago, this inn has been certified as a "baby-welcoming inn." The rooms have few steps, and many of them are Japanese-style rooms where you can relax and unwind. There is also a huge kids' park like this one! Children's eyes will light up as they become absorbed in the park. There are also other fun facilities such as a manga corner, a festival plaza, and a table tennis corner. At the cosplay photo studio, you can choose your favorite costume and accessories and take a commemorative photo. It will be a great memory of your trip.

onsen is a 100% pure, privately dug spring that boasts fresh, abundant water every day. It is also popular for its therapeutic properties, as after bathing, your skin will be smooth and your body will be warm. The large bath is also clean and has a non-slip tatami floor, so it is safe for families with small children. There are also bath chairs for children and a baby bed in the changing room, so it is easy to take care of children.

For dinner, they offer a wide variety of buffet menus ranging from Japanese to Western and Chinese cuisine, satisfying both adults and children. There is also a kids' menu like this one that children will love. The restaurant has children's chairs and is also stroller-friendly. The whole family can enjoy meal in a relaxed atmosphere.

The Noto area, located on the Noto Peninsula jutting out into the Sea of Japan, is a place where you can find idyllic scenery, beautiful ocean views, and delicious gourmet food. For trips with children, we recommend tourist spots such as Notojima Aquarium, where you can see projection mapping and whale sharks, and Ika no Eki Tsuku Mall, famous for the 13m long giant squid monument, Squid King.

onsen Onsen is the best hot onsen resort in the Hokuriku region. This inn has over 100 rooms overlooking the sea. There are a variety of rooms, including Japanese-style rooms with tatami mats, Japanese-Western rooms, and Western-style rooms, so you can choose the one that suits your taste. You can imagine the happy faces of your children when you see the sea view from your room. There is also a kids' park, making it an easy inn to stay at with children.

Boasting high temperature and abundant water, this high-quality onsen is even more relaxing when bathed while gazing out at the ocean, soothing both body and mind. Infinity-view open-air baths like this one offer a spectacular view that makes you feel one with the ocean. Children will be delighted and cheer with joy. There are also baby beds and baby chairs available in the large bath, so you can enjoy onsen with your baby.

Depending on the season, you can enjoy a wide variety of buffets, including Japanese, Western, and Chinese cuisine. Enjoy as much of your favorite food as you like in a restaurant with a festival atmosphere. Enjoy freshly cooked, piping hot food in the open kitchen. Children will be fascinated by the food being made right in front of them. Chairs for children are also available.

Inside the building, there is a large kids' park like this one. There are cushioned mats, play equipment, picture books, and more, so children will be delighted! It's convenient because you can go there immediately if your child gets fussy. There is also a manga corner and an outdoor pool in the summer. You can play in a great location with the sea spreading out in front of you.

Located in onsen, famous as the "sea onsen," this inn has the concept of "gentle hospitality." The rooms are either Japanese-style or Japanese-Western style with a warm atmosphere.

onsen is characterized by its high temperature and high salt content, yet light texture, and the fact that you'll feel nice and warm even after you get out of the bath. There are children's bath chairs and baby soap in the changing room, so you can take your baby into onsen with you. There are also paid private baths where you can bathe without worrying about others. Warm up to the core of your body with the whole family.

There is also a kids' corner in the building. There are toys and picture books, so parents can relax while their children play. You can also choose from a variety of colorful yukata and jinbei for children to rent for free. The frilly yukatas handmade by staff who love sewing are also popular. Girls will be smiling as they change into cute yukatas ♪ How about taking a stroll around onsen town with the whole family?

Depending on the season, you can enjoy fresh sashimi from Noto and seasonal kaiseki cuisine featuring local delicacies. Dinner is basically in-room dining, so you can enjoy a leisurely meal with your family.

Located on the Noto Peninsula, this inn is built on a hill in Wajima onsen, where you can also enjoy the fishing fires of Wajima Port. It is in a luxurious location where you can see the sunrise and sunset. You can see the blue sea from your room. We also recommend taking a family walk to nearby spots where you can experience the nature of Noto, such as Sodegahama Beach and Horaizan Park. There is also a picture book corner at the front desk.

Depending on the season, you can enjoy banquet cuisine made with fresh ingredients that are unique to Noto and can't be found anywhere else. There are also plans where you can enjoy bite-sized steaks of domestic beef, and children's lunches filled with side dishes that kids love. It looks like meal the whole family will be very satisfied with.

The large public baths are "Fuku no Yu", where you can see the harbor from the open-air bath, and "Sachi no Yu", which has a warm atmosphere. For families, there is also the Japanese-style private open-air bath "Yulara" (fee required). You can enjoy two different baths, a cypress bath and a lacquered bath. The bath comes with a jacuzzi, which will delight children! There are also amenities and chairs for children in the bath.

This time, we introduced hotels and ryokan in Ishikawa that welcome families with children. There are delicious seafood, natural scenery, and plenty of tourist spots for families. Furthermore, if you stay at an inn that offers services and facilities that are great for families with children, such as rental children's items, a kids' park, private baths, and in-in-room dining, you can stay with peace of mind with less luggage. Head to Ishikawa for your next family trip!