Four-star One MICHELIN Key Notojima, Nanao, well north of Kanazawa, Kanazawa
Hitotsu Notojima
A sushi inn on the island of Notojima, with a counter fed by the morning's catch and tall windows on the bay in every room.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.
- MICHELIN
- One Key, 2026
- Opened
- 2023
- Dinner
- Sushi at the counter, Aidokoro
- From the airport
- About 50 minutes from Noto Satoyama
The hotel
Sushi on an island in Nanao Bay.
Notojima is an island in Nanao Bay, off the Noto Peninsula and a long way north of Kanazawa. Hitotsu opened on its coast in 2023 and calls itself a sushi auberge: a handful of rooms, one counter, and a menu set each day by the local catch. There is no room service; guests eat together at Aidokoro. The MICHELIN Guide gave the inn a Key in 2026.
The rooms, each named after a place on Noto, mix tatami floors with pale Scandinavian-style beds, and the glass runs from floor to ceiling. Bathrooms are tiled dark, with deep tubs looking out at the water. Some rooms add their own terrace and sauna, and every guest can use the spa, with scented outdoor baths and a wood-fired sauna. The inn takes guests aged 13 and over.
- The counter Dinner is sushi at Aidokoro, built on seasonal Noto seafood, and the resident sushi chef cooks breakfast too.
- Water from every room Floor-to-ceiling windows face the sea or the bay, and the tubs are placed to look out over it.
- Heat and steam Outdoor baths and a wood-fired sauna for all guests, and private saunas in the two suites.
Rooms & suites
Tatami, pale wood and the bay.
Each room is named after a place on Noto. Two are suites, Suso and Koda, each with a sauna and a private terrace.
- Room Twin Room with Sea View About 51 square metres, with two beds and a soaking tub facing the water.
- Larger room Deluxe Room with Ocean View About 65 square metres, with a king bed, a terrace and a steam sauna.
- Suite Suso A corner suite with views two ways, a sauna and a terrace; a little larger than its twin, Koda.
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by 11 am.
- Closed days The inn closes on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
- Children Guests aged 13 and over only.
- Pets Not accepted. Meals are taken at the counter, with no room service.
Getting there
Flying to Kanazawa.
Noto Satoyama Airport, about an hour's flight from Haneda, is roughly 50 minutes away by car. Komatsu, which takes international flights and private jets by arrangement, is about an hour and a half by road. Kanazawa lies well to the south, on the way.
- Seoul 1 h 30
- Shanghai 2 h 20
- Taipei 2 h 50
- Hong Kong 3 h 50
- Singapore 7 h 05 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does Hitotsu Notojima have?
- One, in the 2026 Japan selection.
- Which airport is nearest to Hitotsu Notojima?
- Noto Satoyama Airport, about 50 minutes by car, with flights from Tokyo Haneda. Komatsu is about an hour and a half away.
- Is Hitotsu Notojima open every day?
- No. It closes on Wednesdays and Thursdays, so plan arrival on another day.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Kanazawa?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Kanazawa, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Kanazawa
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Tsuruko Four rooms with their own living rooms and open-air baths, about five minutes from Kanazawa Station, new to the MICHELIN Keys in 2026.
- Beniya Mukayu Sixteen rooms in modernist buildings, every one with a private outdoor hot-spring bath.
- Araya Totoan A ryokan of seventeen rooms with spring-fed cypress baths, where the calligrapher Rosanjin once spent a year.
Staying at Hitotsu Notojima?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Kanazawa, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.