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Day 9: Kanazawa - Higashi Chaya and Kenrokuen
... front of the door and slid it open for us and as we walked through, she hung her head low in a long sincere bow. Speechless, Bon and I thanked her and put on our shoes and exited the restaurant. As we looked back, we saw the waitress outside, in the rain and cold in just her kimono, bowing to us repeatedly as we walked down the street. This continued until we disappeared around the corner. We looked at each other and both agreed that we are really going to enjoy our time here in ...
Day 8: Shirakawa-go - Koemon Farmhouse
... floors and eating several of the dishes. In particular, the pan fried whole fish we were served. They gave us a demo on how it should be eaten. With your chopsticks, you initiate a beat down on the already dead and cooked fish to soften the meat and loosen the bones. When tenderized, you twist the head and the entire spine goes with it. Or at least that's what is suppose to happen. Bon tried and only got about a third of the spine to come out with the fish ...
Shirakawa-go
We were woken by the guests on the coach leaving. They had dressed, breakfasted and checked out by 7.30 am.
We were not far behind. The Landlady and her daughter and grandchild wished us Goodbye and we realised that not a word of English had been spoken since we arrived. Joan explained in a round about way that she had once lived in Gifu-ken,
After another potato salad "Morning set", we headed towards the UNESCO heritage site at ...
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 ...
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