No outdoor onsen

Stayed in April 2024

Perfect slow down stop after a week travelling Japan! Traditional Japanese hospitality at its best, lovely ryonkan not far from Kanazawa. We were travelling with ouf 8 months son and the staff did a fantastic job trying to accomodate our needs. Thank you very much!

Stayed in April 2024

The staff is amazing! Very helpful and kind! The food was delicious. The onsen is authentic and a must! It was a unique Japanese experience!

Stayed in April 2024

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I really liked the dinner. It was super delicious and a really unique experience. The meal had like 10 different courses and we were offered different drink selections as well. It really felt like the full authentic Japanese meal experience that we were looking for. We also really enjoyed the onsen, it was awesome to be able to have that experience. They were really accommodating to me as well since I have tattoos. I thought that I wouldn't be allowed to go in, but they told us it was no problem.

Stayed in April 2024

All good

Amazing experience living a traditional Japanese house. Onsen was fun to experience and traditional architecture.

Stayed in April 2024

Traditional japanese style - ryokan! Hot spring! Breakfast and dinners are serving in very nice style! Personal is very helpful! You can take bus every morning to the Kanazawa at 9:19 or ask personal to arrange the taxi.

Stayed in April 2024

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This place was awesome. We were looking for a place that looked traditional and this one definitely exceeded our expectations. The facility itself looks like a museum, with exhibitions of old weapons and tools in the aisles and windows on the beautiful gardens in the back. The booking included dinner and breakfast and both were amazing. The staff was also super kind and helpful, in the morning they even escorted us to the bus stop in front of the hotel and greeted us when leaving.

Stayed in April 2024

They warn you they dont accommodate vegetarian, but still it wasn't the best in that aspect.

They were super nice and friendly and gave a great experience

Stayed in April 2024

Would add more open air space to the onsen

A traditional spot a few minutes by car from Kanazawa historical center. A fabulous stay with a kind and great staff, not to mention the amazing dinner we had. Also great value for money, couldn’t recommend it more

Stayed in March 2024

Onsen was wonderful. Staff went above and beyond to make even us silly foreigners feel welcome and appreciated. Truly exceptional service.

Stayed in March 2024

My only feedback would be that there is no fireplace, and everywhere but our room was quite cold to wander around and relax in the evening. The breakfast Kaiseki meals were too much for us, but still lovely.

The onsens were gorgeous and clean. Water was so lovely, and I loved the cold plunge pool. The staff were amazing, just so kind and helpful! Kaiseki meals were meticulously prepared and presented and just delicious! Highly recommend

Stayed in February 2024

Great location, excellent stuff, perfect kaiseki food, authentic architecture, relaxing onsen. It`s been the best experience in Japan.

Stayed in November 2023

It's a little out of town and the buses aren't too frequent, so you need to be organised with when you want to go out exploring, or take taxis (which are quite cheap).

The meals were fantastic and the service was exceptional. The onsen was lovely and clean and very relaxing. Dining in front of a Noh stage was particularly special.

Stayed in January 2024

Kind staff and patient illustration for the Noh. Try their best to serve us although we didn't speak Japanese.

Stayed in January 2024

The location can be hard to get to.

The ambience and architecture were lovely. The amenities were well kept up and clean.

Stayed in January 2024

The only recommendation is to add drinking water in the onsen area. There are vending machines outside of the onsen, but you need to dress up, go back to the room to get money to just buy water. This is not only inconvenient, but kind of dangerous because people can get dehydrated and dizzy from the very hot bath. Please take a water bottle with you. And as a note for the hotel owners, consider providing a cooler with free water inside the onsen area. Otherwise, you are impeccable!

This is an incredible experience! Authentic 230 years old ryokan owned for 9 generation of this family. I've never seen more polite, attentive and helpful staff than this. They would take care of your luggages from the taxi and will load it back to the taxi when you leave, clean the wheels, anticipate your needs. The dinner is a fantastic 10+ Japanese dining experience, where you can try a variety of local traditional dishes. You can purchase alcohol too if you like. The 100-year old Noh theater stage is unique, and the owner can give you a tour if you request it. The garden is well kept and beautiful. The ryokan has many little pockets and areas to relax, read a book, enjoy the views on the garden. Quiet and relaxing. You can reach it by taxi, or by train/bus + a short taxi from the local station; trust me it's worth a ride. The ryokan is filled with little details, like ceramics and art pieces, antique artifacts like from a museum. The onsen water has many healing properties (there is a certificate by the entrance with the water evaluation summary). It's coffee colored and considered to be 'beauty spa'. Men and women are separate; no access to the outdoors, but you can see the view on the forest during the day time. There are little massaging machines for feet and back available to the guests for free. The room is traditional style, with all the essentials, amazing green tea. Very impressive experience overall.

Stayed in January 2024

Loved everything!!

Amazing location, such friendly stuff, great traditional experience!! Very interesting dinner and breakfast - it was such a great Japanese experience! Would def come again and would totally recommend! They also had a shuttle bus in the morning to the train station.

Stayed in December 2023

This ryokan is an authentic, traditionally Japanese establishment, typically catering to Japanese tourists but this is a positive not a negative! - However, western or non-Japanese visitors may find the sparse use of English throughout making navigating around the premises tricky. You will be shown your room, the location of the onsen and where dinner/breakfast is served but may struggle to remember as the layout can be confusing! A few signs in English and an English translation of the menu would be welcome additions for most!

A delightful stay from beginning to end. As a first time visitor to a ryokan, this stay was exactly what they are famous for. The staff were incredibly welcoming and friendly, some staff spoke English more than others but learning a few phrases of Japanese is most appreciated by the staff and the best way to enjoy your stay. The keiseki dinner was incredible, one of the best meals of our stay in Japan - try everything even if you don't know what it is (or just ask!). The onsen was also delightful - a genuine hot spring, with comfortably hot, dark, mineral-rich water and no unpleasant smells. Everything was was clean and tidy throughout. The room itself was very traditionally Japanese but very spacious and comfortable. I can completely recommend Motoyu Ishiya for a relaxed stay, away from the bustle of the city.

Stayed in October 2023

Beautiful secluded autumn views on the garden. Even out of season all facilities are kept up and a very welcoming place.

Stayed in November 2023

Public bath is a bit small with limited number of pools and no external pools. Dinner meal is good but not exceptional, room for improvement especially the rice which were not fresh enough- not really hot and a bit dried out

Special themed vintage house. Big room, tidy and clean

Stayed in November 2023

The only thing we didn't like was that we didn't have time to stay more than one night.

What a wonderful place for our first ryokan onsen experience! The staff was so welcoming and very accommodating for our lack of speaking Japanese (the woman helping us carried a translator tool). The included kaiseki meals (dinner and breakfast) were outstanding! Our room was quite large. The yukata and futon bedding were neat to experience and very comfortable. Easy access if you are traveling by public transport. The local bus from Kanazawa (can use your JR pass) stops right outside their driveway--they came out to greet us upon arrival and walked us out to see us off.

Stayed in October 2023

Everything was superb, the staff is incredibly polite, the structure itself was very beautiful and interesting to walk around, the water of the onsen is a blessing for your skin and dinner and breakfast were both delicious, would definitely come again to see a different room!

Stayed in October 2023

The location from Kanazawa meant taxis were necessary. Also, although our family thoroughly enjoyed the food, it features quality, traditional ingredients prepared in authentic Japanese styles. Many western guests will find these dishes are not the kind of Japanese cuisine they’re familiar with. You’ll be rewarded if you eat here with an open mind and sense of adventure.

This ryokan is an historic treasure. You can see and sense the tradition in the common areas and rooms. Incredibly kind and helpful staff. The breakfasts and dinners were incredible.

Stayed in October 2023

Some of the facilities were dated, the room had a strange smell which I think was an air freshener product from the toilet. The kettle was strange and took a long time to boil. Our power cables kept falling out of the outlets. None of these things would make us not book again but could be addressed if the ryokan were to undergo an update.

The beautiful service was the stand-out at this property. It was a memorable experience for our family to stay in a traditional ryokan, experience the onsen with our children, and the meals were exceptional. We had a spacious quadruple room.

Stayed in October 2023