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Cherry blossoms are fully in bloom!

In the Kanazawa castle, 1mins on foot from Guest house Shiro

In front of guest house Shiro

Male Dorm, faced in the street

Moat of Kanazawa castle, 10secs on Foot from Shiro

Now is a best timing to come to Kanazawa for Sakura.

Our Room Availability and Inquiry for Booking.

FD = Female Dorm
MD = Male Dorm
Kumo = Private Room (4 tatami mats size)
Tsuchi = Private Room (6.5 tatami mats size)
CLOSED = day off (can not make a reservation)

Please inquire from a following link after checking room availability.

INQUIRY for BOOKING

Please check details for staying and room rates from a foiling link.

Shiro – Check-in/out Hours and Room Rates

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. It is also possible to book from below email.

Email: ” info@guesthouse-shiro.com ”

Staying at The Guest House Shiro – Check-in/out Hours and Room Rates

The room types and rates are below:

Private Room “Tsuchi”: 6.5 Tatami mats（Maximum 3 persons）

1 person 5,000 yen/ 2 persons 9,000 yen/ 3 persons 10,500 yen – per night

Private Room “Kumo”: 4 Tatami mats (Maximum 2 persons)

1 person 4,500 yen/ 2 persons 8,000 yen – per night

Male Dormitory (Max 6 persons)

1 person 3,500 yen per night

Female Dormitory（Max 4 persons）

1 person 3,500 yen per night.

Please refer to this article for photos of each room.

Check-in and Check-out Hours

Check-in　14:00〜20:30

Check-out　〜11:30

Cleaning and maintenance hours（Closed hours） 12:00〜14:00

※ Our lights out time is 23:00. Please keep quiet for other visitors and neighbors.

※ We close the guest house between 0PM and 2PM. No one can go in and out between 0PM and 2PM. If you want to drop off your luggage before check-in, please come here between 9:00AM and 11:50AM. After 0PM, please use following transfer service if you want to drop your luggage before you check-in.

Delivery Service For The Luggage

Cancellation Policy

If you want to cancel, let us know up to 6 days before you stay. If you cancel after that, we will charge you a cancellation fee ( 5〜3days before: 30%, 2〜1days before: 50%, on the day: 100% ).

Other Information

We offer our visitors to use the shared kitchen and lounge.

We serve free drip coffees and tea at our lounge.

At the shared bathrooms and shower rooms, we have shampoo, conditioner, and body shampoo. We rental bath towels for 100 yen. We do not rent any pajamas.

We have three types of pillows – please choose your favorite one of the right softness.

You may use our washing machine and dryer at our laundry (500 yen).

There are sushi restaurant, cafes, Japanese eateries, bakeries and many other restaurants around the area. There are convenience store and post office nearby as well. Public bath house (Sento) is only 10 min walk away.

Located in a tourism friendly spot, from the Shiro Guest House, you could get to Kanazawa Jyoshi Park (Kanazawa Castle Park) in 10 seconds, Kenroku-en (Park) in 8 mins, Oomicho Fish Market in 3 mins, 21st Century Museum in 12 mins, Higashi Tea House Town (Higashi Cha-ya gai) in 10 mins by walk. Kanazawa Castle Park and the surrounding streets are perfect spots to stroll around in mornings. It is a free admission to enter Kuromon-mae ryokuchi (Kuromon-mae greenery) located right opposite side of us.

Please spend a relaxing yet unordinary days at the heart of Kanazawa city. Though we are located in the middle of the city, you will be surprised how green, tranquil and beautiful our town is.

For reservations, please contact us at following link.

For reservations

We are waiting for your arrival!

Grand Opening: Guest House Shiro’s Journey has Now Begun!

Finally this special day has come. On August 28th, 2014, Guest House Shiro has opened its doors.

Since the completion of the renovation, we didn’t have a chance to share the interior of Shiro, so here is a sneak peak.

Stepping inside, you will be greeted by a breezy entrance hall.

There are large cross beams, a skylight that brings in warm daylight, and rustic mud walls that remind us of the long history of 115 years.

This is our beautiful patio next to our kitchen.

Let us show you our guest rooms as well.

This is the male dormitory room facing the main street.

We have six beds and our rate is 3500 yen (Approx 32 dollars) per night. Each bed has curtains, socket, reading light, luggage space and safe deposit box.

And here is our female dormitory room facing our patio.

Fits four people and the rate is also 3500 yen per night. Each bed has bed curtains, a socket, reading light, luggage space and safe deposit box.

Then, we have two private rooms. The one below is 4 tatami room facing the main street. This room’s name is “Kumo”

We have a double-size futon mattress and is suitable for 1-2 persons. The rate is 4500 yen (approx US$42) for one person, and 8000 yen (US$75) for two persons. It is a nice quiet hidden gem. The interior, the framed shoji window, blue wall color, etc were decorated using traditional methods.

Our second 6.5 tatami room is facing our patio. This room’s name is “Tsuchi”.

If using the single size futon mattress, this room can host up to 3 persons. Similarly, 4500 yen for 1 person, 9000 yen for 2 persons, and 10500 yen for 3 persons. Opening the shoji window, you will see the cross beams at the entrance hall. It is nice and cozy just like a Japanese traditional tea room.

We will shortly introduce our living room, kitchen and shared lounges.

Our check in time is 14:00~20:30 and check out time is until 11:30.

For reservation, contact us:

Tel: ＋81(0)70-5062-0030

E-mail: info@guesthouse-shiro.com

Just two steps away from the beautiful Kanazawa castle, we will be waiting for your arrival at Shiro Guest House.

Annual Night Festival at Kenroku Park and Kanazawa Castle

In mid April, Kenroku-Garden and Kanazawa Castle were lit-up on a special occasion.
The two sites are located right next to each other and are connected by a bridge. So you can enter from either premises.

From Shiro, our guesthouse, Kanawaza Castle Park is only ten minutes walk away. A perfect location to enjoy the scenery is accessibly day and night.

Usually, we cannot see these premises in the dark.

The fully-blossomed sakura trees were glowing in the dark on a chilly night of an early spring.

Not only sakura, palm trees were also lit-up, revealing their majestic torso.

Overall, the trees were dimly lit but that created a surprising effect – it looked like trees were floating in the dark.

The parks were bustling with many street food stalls out that night.

However, unlike chaotic festivals in big cities, there weren’t too many people and hence we were able to keep our own space and enjoy the beautiful light-ups in a relaxed environment. This must be a charm of quiet Kanazawa.