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The best 4 star hotels in Kanazawa

Fiona Gallagher

Fiona Gallagher Australia and New Zealand

Updated 1 September 2026 · 54 Kanazawa hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Kanazawa, out of the 54 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.5.

Hotel Kanazawa-Zoushi is the one I would book myself.

Hotel Kanazawa-Zoushi

Highest rated of the five

Hotel Kanazawa-Zoushi

★★★★★4.9 from 415 reviews

Hotel Kanazawa-Zoushi comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 415 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is a 4 star property and found under city centre.

54 hotels in Kanazawa qualified for this list and five made it. INOVA Kanazawa Station Hotel Suite is the one I would book if the first is full.

Why it works for this trip

  • Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
  • Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
  • Bara drink without going back out
  • Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze

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All five, ranked

  1. Hotel Kanazawa-Zoushi1

    Hotel Kanazawa-Zoushi

    ★★★★★4.9 from 415 reviews

    • Restaurant
    • Bar
    • Kid friendly
    • Air conditioning

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  2. INOVA Kanazawa Station Hotel Suite2

    INOVA Kanazawa Station Hotel Suite

    ★★★★★4.8 from 258 reviews

    • Restaurant
    • Parking
    • Kid friendly
    • Air conditioning
    • Accessible

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  3. Kanazawa Sainoniwa Hotel3

    Kanazawa Sainoniwa Hotel

    ★★★★★4.6 from 995 reviews

    • Spa
    • Gym
    • Restaurant
    • Parking
    • Kid friendly
    • Air conditioning

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  4. Mitsui Garden Hotel Kanazawa4

    Mitsui Garden Hotel Kanazawa

    ★★★★★4.5 from 1,476 reviews

    • Restaurant
    • Parking
    • Kid friendly
    • Air conditioning
    • Accessible

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  5. Hotel Forza Kanazawa5

    Hotel Forza Kanazawa

    ★★★★★4.5 from 1,296 reviews

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    How this list was put together

    54 Kanazawa hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.

    Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

    The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

    What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

    Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

    Fiona Gallagher

    Fiona Gallagher Australia and New Zealand

    Half her year is already on research boats, so holidays are deliberately dry land. Long-distance hiking routes in the off season, alone, with nothing being measured.

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