Kocho
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Day 9: Kanazawa - Higashi Chaya and Kenrokuen
... to say this but it was because I was honestly freaked out. Ya ya laugh all you want but let me share my tale before you judge me or start calling me a baby. So the lights in the hallway are controlled by sensors so they only come on when someone is out there. During the middle of the night, about 1 am, I saw the lights come on. I figure someone had a bit too much to drink for dinner and are heading out to relieve themselves. So I went back to bed but before I could fall back into ...
Day 8: Shirakawa-go - Koemon Farmhouse
... laughed out loud at her embarrassing showing and felt relieved that she had set the bar pretty low. I pampered my fish with a nice deep tissue massage and proceeded to remove it's head and hopefully spine at the same time. With one swift pull i snapped the fish head clean off with not even a single shred of the spine. Man was i the laughing stock of the room. I decided to change the subject of conversation from my fish failure to my new found forte sake drinking. ...
Gardens, Castles & Ninja Temples
... I've been to swings heavily between interesting and pretentious. The best exhibition was a swimmng pool in which you could stand both above and below the surface of the water which created quite a cool effect. We are the only foreigners we really see which gives the vibe that we are off the beaten track. However the stuff we see is getting more interesting which certainly bodes well for the rest of the ...
Kanazawa
... out an alternate. We ended up in a really small (8 seats!) diner place where he cooks the food on the bar in front of you. It had a very salaryman feel about it. Either we ordered something the locals usually don't or he just wasn't expecting the business as he had to pop out to pick up more stuff. It was good and cheap though and I imagine the Japanese equivalent of a kebab shop. We finished the night off with some more beers on the top floor ...
Last day in the Beautiful city
... the levels and layers however the ones we did were simple phenomenal! The trap doors, hidden staircases and every other feature made it a house that was nearly impossible to survive in if you were an enemy. After that we tried to walk back to the location where we were familiar but caught in the moment we were too busy stalking Japanese year 6 students we took the wrong turn and ended up ages away from the destination. Eventually we ended up at the motel ...