Kenroku-en Garden
Wow is the area around Kanazawa beautiful. At times it looks like the central California coast and then other times like New England. But right in the center of Kanazawa…
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Morning at Kikunoya
It’s a very peaceful morning at Kikunoya. Just the birds chirping out in the garden.
Kaiseki in Kanazawa
On our first night in Kanazawa, Lauren had arranged for us to enjoy a traditional Kaiseki meal at a local restaurant in old town Kanazawa. It actually turned out to…
Journey to Kanazawa
We purposely took the long way to Kanazawa so that we could see some of the countryside. So our journey was Tokyo to Nagano, then Nagano to Noetsu, then Noetsu…
NY Bar at the Park Hyatt Tokyo
We couldn’t leave this hotel without stopping into the famous NY Bar for a drink. This is the bar where Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansen met in the movie Lost…
Now for the better part of the day
Once we got down off Mount Misery, we stopped at the Shinkyo Bridge, which is set just beautifully. From here it’s a short walk up the hill to the temple…