Well, another fascinating, busy and tiring day. We set off first thing to go to the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, just on the edge of the fabulous gardens, the Kenroku – en….one of the 3 best gardens in Japan. So sayeth LPG. The Museum is a fabulous building surrounded by glass. It is free except for exhibitions. There was what looked like a fantastic exhibition by IKEDA Manabu: The Pen. It looked fantastic and we would have loved to have seen it but it is Sunday and the queue was formidable. Tomorrow being Monday it is closed so we’ve missed it. Anyway we wandered around the building, saw what we could see which was also great. We then found a lovely place to have a coffee (best coffee so far in Japan) and then headed off for the garden, the Kenroku – en. They truly were beautiful. Full of azaleas and hydrangeas, running water and little bridges. So beautiful. We wandered around there for ages and then took ourselves off to the Kanazawa Castle and park. That was also interesting and great insight into feudal Japan. Its mainly been rebuilt but using all the traditional methods of interlocking wood and stone carving.
Now it was time for lunch and Rose had her eye on an Italian Restaurant on the other side of town. So we decided to hop in a taxi. He found it after much deliberation but then we discovered it was closed on Sunday. Shit!!! So we walked and walked to find another Rest recommended by LPG…couldn’t find it and ended up in an Indian/Nepalese restaurant ( Aashirwad) where we really did have a delicious lunch. We were near the old Samurai district at this point so after lunch we spent the afternoon wandering around among the Samurai houses. It was a gorgeous area and we had a very enjoyable afternoon. We walked back to the hotel and at least my feet were then happy to have an afternoon rest…which they did!!
We have our supply of wine and beer bought at our local Family Mart…we have come to feel very affectionate towards the Family Mart which can usually meet our needs in whatever city we are in.
Then we set off and walked to another part of town tonight for a great meal at a place called Kanazawa Todoroki – tie. Here I had my massive oven baked oyster which was to die for, white asparagus with egg and parmesan and a beautifully prepared sardine. Rose had delicious wild boar….back on track in the food department. We walked home well satisfied and are having a night cap before bed.
Goodnight darlings. We miss you hugely but we are enjoying this world of new surprises around every corner.