Kanazawa pics

Front gate at Kanazawa station

View from the hotel

Fish dogpile at Omicho Market

Whale blubber for sale in Omicho market. Sure, Japan, your whaling is only for research purposes...

The master of Owase. Coolest...dude...ever.

This was very cool...it's raw squid in some sort of salty sauce...tastes fine on its own, but then you can cook it on this hot stone that is on a flame and it changes the taste and texture tenfold.

OK, so unfortunately before the meal started I vowed that I would eat every last bite of what was put in front of me (it's a set menu). To my horrific surprise, the middle of the course featured a bowl full of fresh sacs of raw cod sperm (in Japanese, sperm is shirako...translates as 'white children'). Yes, I ate all of it. Let the jokes begin.


Master being masterful with fresh crab (we ate EVERY part of the crab, including eggs)

In Owase

Our new friends

The best fatty tuna money can buy...I didn't know fish could actually be juicy like fresh fruit

in Kenrokuen garden


Garden's main pond

Yuko and Tree-san

Cobblestone streets and earthen walls and gates of the samurai district


Side alley















Old style wooden architecture in the pleasure quarters
















Some Kanazawa Kouyou (autumn foliage)