A lovely unique hotel located on the river, with great views from the room and cafe area. Opening sliding door in the room was lovely! Rooms beautiful and clean. Bathroom a bit poky and small (specially if you're chunky like me!). No elevator but staff happily carried bags up and hotel only has only 2 floors. Transport in this part of town is minimal but it is a lovely easy (flat) 15-20min walk along the river to tons of restaurants and the main town centre. A good loop bus route is also about 15mins away in the same direction, and stops at all the major sites (Omicho, Kenroku-en, Kanazawa Castle, Samurai district, geisha districts etc). Hotel has bikes for hire. The staff were fabulous and very helpful.