Tsuruko
Takaokamachi, Japan
Tsuruko combines the intimacy of a small inn with unusually generous suites in central Kanazawa. Each has separate sleeping, living and dining spaces, plus an open-air hot-spring bath. Dinner comes from the adjoining Chishinan kitchen and can be served in your own dining room, making an evening here feel pleasantly unhurried. Choose this for privacy, bathing and serious Japanese cooking. Families with younger children should enquire specifically about the detached Chihaku suite.