Kanazawa Tripping - Part 2

Kanazawa Castle park

Kanazawa Castle at the background

One of the tower of Kanazawa Castle....they are doing some renovation works at the main tower while we were there

The gravel path and the guard tower

The pathway to the main tower....did you see those high crane.....that is where the renovation is being carried out

The new lamp tower

The castle park in front of the main pathway

My sis with the main tower at the background

The wooden bridge to enter the main tower....but it was closed

The side pathway leading to the inner area of the castle

Another snap at the closed gate of the main tower

Nice view of the side castle wall

It was raining in 2008 but on this trip, the weather was nice and we got lots of nice pictures as well

The side tower

A lone tree with blue sky

The castle side view

My sis with her acting pose hahahaha

The wooden bridge under a tree with sunlight coming thru the leaves

The castle storage area from the inner castle park

The benches for tourist to sit and idle around

While my sis sightseeing inside the castle, I sat on one of the benches and have a look at the souvenir that I bought at Sakuda....this one is the necklace

It's nice hehehehe

flower origami given by the information booth people..........it was soo sweet

The other side view of the castle

This is the new renovated area....it wasn't there in 2008.  Now there's a pond and another information place which shows all the renovation project made to the Castle

This is the newly created pond....niasss

The main tower from a hole

Another new renovated area

The side open park

The castle between trees

A buddy travellers  from New York.....we actually met them while in Matsumoto....but they went to Takayama while our group went for the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route..............and what do you know...we met up again in Kanazawa............hehehehe

The entrance to the Castle Garden where you can see all sort of bonzai trees..............from the biggest to the smallest

Kanazawa Tripping - Part 1

Our nice Japanese breakfast at Hinodeya

Filled up our stomach before going off for a day of sightseeing .....TQ Mama San for the nice hearty breakfast

First thing first...off to Kanazawa Station to buy the bus ticket to Shirakawago (for the next day trip) and our day pass of 500 Yen for the day....tanoshimi hehehehe

People waiting for their schedule train...sooo discipline....all waiting patiently

1st stop.....the Geisha district.  We were here during our 2008 trip but it was already dark that time so we didn't managed to get a good snap....but this time around, it was early morning and we got the whole area to ourselves.  The down side...all the souvenir shops have yet to open...so no souvenir for me : (

If you want to be beautiful, do visit this place

The  pathway

I think this is a tea shop but it's still closed

A nice angle to snap a picture

One of the early opened shop but it looks too classy for us hehehehe

Just opposite the Geisha District, right after the bridge....is our 2nd destination.  The Samurai Street.

A view from the road

The signage

The wooden famous bridge

On the way back to the main road, we saw this public bath place....hehehehe....ofuro

Saw this nice shop......unfortunately, it was still closed....zannen

Yeah, the place that I most wanted to go this time around.............the Sakuda Gold Leaf shop.  Actually it was much more easier to get here from the Geisha District instead of the main road....but thanks to this local tourist information guy, we managed to get here quite easy hehehehehe

For the 1st time in my life, I felt like an "okane mochi hito" - rich man.............even the toilet was filled with gold leaf....so for those going to this shop, don't forget to try the toilet hehehehe

Niass isn't ???

Ahhhh....I wished I can buy the lamp and the vase....they are soo niass

The wall of the toilet

Some of the display and they cost a boom.....ohhhhh by the way, we got to watch how they made the gold leaf...will post a video on this in the next entry.  This is one of the must see place if you are ever in Kanazawa............I bought a pair of earring, a necklace and a handphone strap....I wished I could buy more hmmmm