the square hotel KANAZAWA

8/10

Excellent

09 Feb 2026

Yang Hsun Chris

It's very nice they provide umbrella to borrow.

The room itself is very good. The only down side is the internet is way too slow and public area can be improved.

The woman public bath is always crowded. Only 1 microwave at top floor. Gym is very small.

Business_and_leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Jan 2026

Barry

The property was a very good value. Breakfast is awesome! It was quite nice and in a very good location - very close to the market, short walk to Kanazawa Castle, the park and the gardens. The baths were very nice and they even have an outdoor one that has walls on all sides but is open to the sky...it was snowing when we were there which was cool. Great place to stay.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Nov 2025

Mirko

Very decent size and clean room! Staff is nice and hotel is close to everything!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2025

Kirstin

Great location and the staff were very helpful.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Oct 2025

Louise

Good central location not far from station and castle/gardens/shrines etc. Clean & comfy. Bonus they have laundry facilities

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Oct 2025

Betty

The location was convenient to the place we wanted to visit. The Omicho Market is one block away and interesting districts within walking distance. The bus system took some learning since we’re more familiar with using metro lines but is doable. Hotel room was typical in size (small) but was clean and functional. Staff was friendly and helpful. Didn’t eat at their restaurant but looked inviting. Keep in mind they don’t consistently provide washcloths for bathing in Japan. Brought my own and used laundry facilities to wash when staying for extended periods.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

30 Sep 2025

Rachael

Room was good, but found earplugs from previous occupant next to bed. Reception was slow but overall good stay

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2025

Evelynne

Great stay. Thank you

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2025

Richard

Very nice hotel in a great location!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2025

Tim

Great location, excellent value for money

Great hotel, great location and very well priced.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Jul 2025

Olga

Very clean only negative towels given to us were very thin see noticed many people had plastic bags hanging outside their rooms with lovely thick fluffy towels we were given very thin old ones I don’t know why

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jul 2025

Meseret

Staff not friendly

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2025

Michael

10 minute walk from Kanazawa station. Close to the Samurai and Geikko districts, as well as next to the fish market. Great options for food, and helpful staff in making reservations.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2025

Claire

Spacious room, good location, lovely reception area.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2025

Irina

Very comfortable room with little fridge. Everything is clean and new. There's a Finnish sauna and public bath (hot) as well as 3 laundry machines (coin)

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2025

Emily

Awesome location.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

26 May 2025

Heather

Morning too early, but great location!

Room was over all comfortable, but they are NOT black out curtains. So with a 4:30 AM sunrise, if light wakes you up, you’ll be awake. Otherwise good stay and good location, especially for the Castle and the Samurai district

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Apr 2025

Verified traveler

Kanzawa 2025

Was just an over night stop on the way back to Tokyo. There is really nothing to do or see in the city so I wouldn't recommend more than a one night.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Apr 2025

Karen

We had a lovely stay in this hotel with our family of 2 adults and 2 kids. We had a 4 bed room, and just enough space for suitcases. The highlight was the bathroom - it was the biggest bathroom of our Japan trip - 2 basins, and the best shower ever! Highly recommend staying here if you are going to Kanazawa. Its really close to the Castle, gardens and markets. An easy 18 minute walk from the Shinkensen station too, so we didnt bother with taxis. The online checkin and checkout wasnt too painful, so dont let that put you off. I did read all the negative reviews here - but that wasnt our experience. This was the best hotel for our needs in Kanazawa, and very reasonably priced.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2025

Lisa

Very convenient location, comfortable room and reasonable rates. Would recommend and stay there again without hesitation

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2025

Francis

Clean, modern hotel. Staff was friendly and helpful. The beds were big.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Mar 2025

Jeremy

Great hotel in a convenient area. Would stay here again if I’m ever back in Kanazawa.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Mar 2025

Alan

Lovely stay in a comfortable and spacious room.

Lovely clean and comfortable hotel. Very spacious room (slept 5) and very spacious bathroom with twin sinks. Only issue was very poor water pressure / flow in both sinks. There was no issue with water pressure / flow in the bath. Parking was available at the rear of hotel at 1300 Yen per night.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Feb 2025

Peter

Great location
Great facilities and rooms
Lovely buffet

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jan 2025

Yukiyo

Loved the location. Enjoyed the public bath every night. Hopefully they have since fixed the broke washing machine. Too bad they didn't have a large laundry room.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

20 Jan 2025

Gini

Great area, easy access to most tourist destinations. The hotel also has free bike rentals which is great for exploring the city. The only complaint is that the public bath is stagnant so the water is not filtered constantly which seemed odd compare to other hotels we have stayed at

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jan 2025

Bobby

Very recommended

Great location, very clean and spacious. Will come back. Onsen in the hotel is a very good facility, very clean too.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Jan 2025

Guo ping

great location. Kanazawa is small, so this shouldn't be a problem.
Hotel room has fresh paint color, looks good and new.
receipt is ok, but not as good as other Japanese hotels.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

11 Jan 2025

Christina

Hotel was average. The location was convenient.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Nov 2024

Supot

Near castle and park.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Oct 2024

Jane

I found the breakfast options limited. When in Japan I want a Japanese breakfast with rice, natto, steamed vegetables.
The salad I had was okay but as a vegan, most of the menu wasn’t appropriate for me.
A Japanese menu offers foods good for many diets.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

22 Oct 2024

PIERRE

There was no coffee or tea in the room, even as simple as instant coffee or tea bags. It was a bit sad because this is usually considered a basic service provided by all hotels in Japan.

For the rest, service was decent, no complain.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2024

ROBYN

Great hotel

8/10

Excellent

07 Oct 2024

Barbara

Unfortunately trend is to let machines welcome and check out. I prefer huma interaction. For example while checking out I requested a taxi to the train station. Desk clerk called taxi and driver came into lobby to pick us up. Very good customer service for less thsn a 5 star hotel.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

23 Sep 2024

Peter

This is a great hotel - great facilities; lovely onsen; comfortable clean room and beds; wonderful location and friendly, helpful staff.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Sep 2024

Carol

Great hotel for family of 5. We booked one room but ended up getting another room to spread out as it was only AUD$70. We stayed 2 nights in Kanazawa. Hotel was in a perfect location for us. Close to Omicho market. Bus stop for Kanazawa loop bus was close to hotel. 15 min walk from station or 10 yen by taxi.

6/10

Pleasant

14 Sep 2024

Christopher

One major issue is the rooms is that they are absolutely tiny. I am only 5ft10 and average build and I could basically touch both sides of the room at the same time. You will definitely be living out of a suitcase here as there is no opportunity to take clothes and put them anywhere. We had an upgraded room as well so I am unsure what the baseline is. Staff were nice and downstairs looks nice, you can get a nice breakfast next door in the cafe for 1/4 the price of the hotel as well. The windows have stand off blinds on, so the moment the sun rises you can bet you’ll be woken up, got to love 4:30-5am wake up on holiday………haha. Beds are wild, they are as thin and solid as the hardwood floor, pillows are soft though.
All in all, place was OK for two nights and we were glad to be going to another hotel to finally get a good night of rest.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2024

ELAINE

Best hotel in Kanazawa! So beautifully designed! Our room is ideal, and spacious esp for Japan. Nice kimonos they provide, public bath, and sauna, I love the modern and quiet lobby. Love all the thoughtful details.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2024

Christine

Nice hotel loved our room it was huge staff was amazing

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

03 Sep 2024

Yang

Highly recommended

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Aug 2024

Elizabeth

Overall a good stay. Beds are quite firm. The staff were very helpful if you needed them. Check in is digital. Riht next door to the market's and across the road from the right loop bus station. Left loop is quicker if coming from the station but only ran at the weekend

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Aug 2024

Tracy

Nice hotel, good size room. Comfortable beds

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jul 2024

vananh

Newer facility with bath house. Convenient location. Walkable to train station

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2024

Vadim

Amazing hotel and for sure a good price. Would never get something this good for so cheap in America

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2024

Janette

This hotel is in a great location and so easy to get around to all the main attractions . The staff were so helpful and nothing was too much trouble for them. The hotel was very clean and I would highly recommend if staying in Kanazawa

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2024

Elizabeth

We liked this property. The location was central and within walking distance to everything we wanted to see. There is a great coffee shop next door which is lucky because you can't get coffee at the hotel (even if you want to pay for it) unless you purchased the breakfast option. We also liked the Onsen.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Jun 2024

Nathalie

Modern hotel in the middle of all the main attractions.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jun 2024

Kaing

Room doesn’t have phone, iron, or iron board. When requested for iron, you will need to go down to the front desk to pick it up yourself for a steamer. Absolutely no customer service provided when needed. Greatly disappointed in their service

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2024

lei

Great location, 20 minutes walk from the train station and major attractions. Room is clean with modern design. Love it.

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jun 2024

YUNGSIA

Staff was not friendly during our check out but very nice during our check in (different staff). Size of Family room is quite average for 3Adults, 1 young adult and 1child, we couldn't open wide for our baggage, have to squeeze, but is ok. Washing machine and dryer has to be queue up for long and take turn many time since they only provide 3units only the highest floor and some more the dryer is not functioning well. The balcony area at the highest floor is relaxing. We might stay here during our next trip.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2024

Elena

Japan trip

Great hotel. Perfect location within easy waking distance of the train station and all attractions. Very clean and comfortable. Spacious rooms

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

29 May 2024

CAROLINE

n/a

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Apr 2024

Verified traveler

Great stay great people

While the room and hotel were terrific, the stars of this place are the staff. I interacted with the front desk numerous times and every time they were incredibly helpful and thoughtful

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Mar 2024

Adam

Beautiful hotel in a great location. Only stayed here one night and the whole family wished we could have stayed longer. We travel a lot and this was one of the best hotels we have stayed at.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Dec 2023

SHIANG JAAN

Hotel should provide complimentary parking.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

31 Oct 2023

Margot

The location of the hotel is very convenient to all transport. The bed is probably the hardest I have ever experienced in a hotel. The room was however spacious & very comfortable. You need to be early for breakfast as we found that the selection is minimal & not topped up if eating later than 7.30! All else with the hotel was good.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2023

Tricia

Loved this hotel! The rooms were clean and the layout of the room was great. The space was also spacious enough to layout 2 big luggages on the floor. They even had a public onsen that we could use upstairs which was really nice to use after a long day out. The hotel is also situated right next to Omicho market, and was in walkable distance between the Kanazawa castle and Higasjichaya district.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

25 Sep 2023

Maria

Hotel was at a convenient location, walkable to many attractions. Facility was clean and amenities were great. I just had an issue when I used the public bath. After using the public bath and went to get my belongings in the locker, the locker was opened and my stuff were gone. One of the guests accidentally opened my locker with her key and have taken my things. She came back apologizing to have taken my things accidentally and returned my belongings. It seemed like some of the keys can open other lockers because she was able to obtain my things while they were locked. This issue needs to be fixed because if it was not Japan, I'm pretty sure my things would not be returned.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jul 2023

Yimel

Staff were very helpful with booking us transportation and reservations without hesitation. The rooms were very clean and spacious. The Onsen on the property was relaxing and not crowded. The free rental bikes on the property made a joyful experience for my family and I to ride along Kanazawa!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jun 2023

King Hang Ian

Good location, 5-10 mins walk to several popular tourist spots

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2023

Holly

Beautiful stay

The hotel is clean and quiet The room is spacious and has a nice bathroom. The area is convenient to transportation and restaurants They also have a restaurant in the hotel

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

22 Jun 2023

Rebecca

Great location and facilities

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

22 May 2023

Barry

Breakfast was boring

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 May 2023

wee ping

Well located hotel to all sights n value for mone.

Convenient hotel n value for money

Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 May 2023

Regina Teng Soo

Nice clean hotel

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 May 2023

Richard

Nice rooms. Easy to get around the city from this location. Friendly staff.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Apr 2023

Patricia

Right next to Omicho market and easy to access with the bus.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Apr 2023

Tanus

Good choice!

Good hotel, good location! Staff is super helpful as everyone in Japan. Breakfast was good and the rooms are very new and spacious. Nice Onsen

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2023

Hitomi

We really enjoyed the stay at Square Hotel. A clean spacious room, excellent location next to Omi-machi Market. We love the large open bath on the top floor.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Apr 2023

Katrina

Comfortable stay in a great location near all the sights. Very hard to find a king bed in Japan but they have it!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Mar 2023

Lee

Great location. Very clean. Very chaotic check in due to large tour group checking in.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Mar 2023

James

Property very modern, separate bath and toilet in room. iPad to operate electronics in room. Onsen and gym on top floor. Next door to fish market. With walking distance of many things to do.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jan 2023

Christine

The staff were courteous and polite. The position is central to different shops, markets and places to visit.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Dec 2022

Jack

Cool & clean room, great location, and good price

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2022

amirudin

Efficient and friendly

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Apr 2022

Ben

We liked the cleanliness, comfortable bed, very quiet, very convenient.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

Excellent hotel. Onsen is very good. compact but everything you could wish for in the room. Comfortable bed too.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

One of the nicest most modern hotels we’ve ever stayed at for a single night, with exceptionally friendly and helpful staff.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Feb 2020

Lisa

Impeccably clean, very western accommodations with Japanese touch. surprised with a Nice indoor/outdoor onsen that I did not see advertised.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2019

Andrew

Modern Clean Hotel

Modern hotel in the Main Street of town. Staff were friendly and helpful and hotel was clean and comfortable. Bed was a little hard for my liking but this was in a twin room.
Station about a 19 minute walk and loop buses stop 200 m away so very convieniant

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Modern and unique concept. Enjoyed my stay with quick and easy check in/out

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

The hotel is very nice and well maintained with very good design, very modern.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

The room was a great size and the design of the room was super cool. Loved all of the details including the bathroom, lamps, etc. Only issue we had was how hard the bed was. Other than that, everything was perfect.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

I never leave reviews - but this hotel was amazing!!! I may have got lucky with a sale on Orbitz, but at $76/night the value was outstanding. I didn’t know it came with the spa included, so our expectations were greatly surpassed. Boyfriend thought the bed was a little too firm, but DUH, this is Japan. Highly recommend this place. Quiet, clean, and the laundry facility for only 500y was really useful.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Excellent hotel which was clean and conveniently located. We especially loved the Japanese indoor and outdoor baths on the top floor and used then each morning and evening. The gym could have used a few more machines as it was pretty bare.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2019

Eleanor

the Square Kanazawa was an absolute delight place to stay with great value! What we loved most about the hotel was the great attention to detail - from the use of smart tech that allows you to control lights, aircon, tv from an ipad, to the

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Nov 2019

Nancy

Very helpful staff. We were looking for a vegetarian restaurant and the concierge had helpful suggestions.

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Nov 2019

Winnie

Best hotel in Kanazawa👍👍👍

I had been to,Kanazawa many times, the square hotel Kanazawa Is the best I had ever stayed at. I stayed at the grand twin room, it’s very spacious, especially the bathroom with a double sink. It would be perfect if the gym has a larger area with more equipments. I will definitely come back to this hotel next time when I visit Kanazawa.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

24 Oct 2019

K

Good location, nice breakfast. Pleasant staff though English wasn’t great when doing anything more than checking in or out. Good rooms except for the blinds letting in masses of light as soon as the sun was up - no curtains. Very clean

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Staff went above and beyond to help with all questions etc. room had free phone to take out during the day/night, as well as some awesome technology to control tv/air con etc

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Conveniant location and about 15 min walk to the gardens.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2019

Delma

Nice hotel, good restaurant on the ground floor. Central location for places to see.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2019

Barbara

We have stayed in numerous hotels during our month and half stay in Japan, and Square proved to be one of the nicest. Very hip and clean design. It wasn’t perfect but the pluses far outweighed the negatives. The staff doesn’t speak much English, which continues to befuddle us as Japan is pushing for tourism, but even though the staff had little English( still admittedly more than we speak Japanese), they were very helpful and willing. Our room was the largest yet, we had a double which even had a small couch! Lots of shelf space for placing your items, even a luggage rack( the first). Beds were comfy and quite big twins. The toilet was separated from the bath, and the sink was out in the room. Very convenient. The negatives, hot water kettle but no coffee, window looked out on the busy street and opposite building so curtains needed to stay closed. Really hardly negatives.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2019

Mika

Good location business hotel and designer touch. Can purchase bus day pass from reception if you stay here. Comes with bath house facility and gym.
The only downside is only one small bin in room and not available in toilet, no complimentary tea and coffee in room.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jun 2019

Yu-Ting

The hotel was really new and in the very great location. It was literally two minutes from the local fish and vegetable market! I especially liked the public bathing rooms and the spacious rooms. There was even a gym (ok...justvine treadmill, one bike station and a yoga ball, but still it is hard to find in Japan).

One downside was that the staff's english capability was not proficient, and it took us some time to communicate. Otherwise this hotel is a 10!

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2019

SMcC

The location is in the center of town close to the fish market, the castle and the beautiful garden. The room is standard Japanese hotel room, which is small. You can only open one suitcase in it. All the same, the room is very pleasant. The best part is the breakfast. It is one big buffet of healthy and delicious food: vegetables, fruit, soup, Japanese dishes,cereals, breads,....

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Jun 2019

Philip

Brand new and very clean.

Brand new place, Interesting design. Recommend you include the breakfast in your room price - the breakfast is wonderful. Had a great view from an upper floor. The Onsen was very nice. Had a little bit of noise in the room

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2019

Verified traveler

Situated next to the city's major market and within walking distance of the castle and garden (20 mins) and samurai area, the hotel provides a good base for getting to the major sites. It's a major bus interchange too for those who don't want to walk or take the tourist bus. This is a new hotel which provides a free mobile device which internet access to help you get around or stay in touch. We had 3 twin rooms booked on a run of the house basis which were spacious and included a small seating area that enabled our group of 4 to take breakfast (purchased from the local convenience store) together in the room. They were happy to store our luggage for the day. A lovely hotel.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

09 May 2019

Momg

Liked room, hotel location, staff. First time staying at a smart-hotel.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 May 2019

Verified traveler

Really loved this quirky hotel. The staff were friendly and very helpful, great check in service and had our room ready early. The room we compact but well designed and had great attention to detail to make our stay comfortable. The hotel is linked with a fabulous cafe which served all variety of drinks with breakfast and lunch menu. It also offered tapas which were delicious. The hotel is in a great location for main attractions such as the castle and Kokoen gardens which are approx 15 min walk and the Omicho fish market which is 5 min walk. It is on the route for the loop buses which take you all around Kanazawa including the train station which is handy.

Leisure