Japan Trip 2017 - Kanazawa (Conveyor belt sushi, Kenroku-en Gardens & shiba dog)
19Kanazawa was one of those cities where I had no expectations at all. I went completely blind in exploring it. They say these kind of experiences are usually the best ones, and I completely agree with that statement after visiting Kanazawa!
It is a more cultural and artistic city. The first thing you notice when you enter the city is the variety of sculptures, statues and interesting looking buildings. It is a very rich looking city. With that said though, some locals told me the city has some dead areas, and that can be explained by the fact that they're putting most of their money towards the reconstruction of Kanazawa castle, which I do visit and cover in the video.
The first thing I did was go to Soku's guest house. He has a very cute shiba japanese dog called Gao! It was probably the best place I've stayed at yet! He also had a Super Famicom game system with many Japanese games I've never seen before! Who needs a SNES Classic when you get the real deal?
For diner, after looking at the prices of one of the best sushi restaurants in the city (and saying "heck nooo!" to myself), I went to eat at another conveyor belt restaurant, Mori Mori sushi. While I was waiting in line to actually enter the restaurant, I talked to a mother with her two children and she told me it was one of the best and cheapest places to eat sushi. According to her, there aren't a lot of conveyor belt restaurants in Japan, believe it or not! This is why there are always lineups. She also said that the delicious season for sushi is usually in winter, but it was still delicious and fresh anyways!
When I visited, it was a national holiday, so almost nobody was out! In the many districts I've visited, barely anyone was there. The first district was Higashiyama Higashi Chaya district. It is known for its geisha tea ceremonies that only happen at night. The second was Nishi Chaya district. For the same reason, you need to reserve and I obviously didn't do that!
The third and final district is Nagamachi Chaya district, also known as the old ninja district. Remains of houses of old lords can be found there. It is also in this district that you can find the Ninja Temple! No photos inside! Trust me when I say this though, they show you all the secret and hidden paths that you could find in the temple and more! They were so sneaky!
Speaking of art, I visited the beautiful Kenroku-en gardens close to Kanazawa castle. Kanazawa castle was huge! The castle parks were also huge, but so empty. It's crazy to think emperors lived in these things at the time! The castle itself is very different from Matsumoto's. It has a lot of length, and its purpose was to be able to see invaders from afar and move from one gate to the other to escape faster if needed. You could seal off invaders on one side!
Finally, there is the Omi-cho market close to Takayama station. It's kind of like Nakano Broadway, but with a speciality in selling food!
Overall, I enjoyed my visit to Kanazawa. The people seemed a lot nicer than other places and the food was very good.
Enjoy!
As always, photos can be found here: https://goo.gl/N2YFmT
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