Exploring western Japan - Kanazawa

Decided to take a weekend trip when I for once was home the whole weekend. Took the bullet train about 2.5 hours west of Japan to Ishikawa Prefecture to a city called Kanazawa.

Off to Kanazawa by Shinkansen! About 3 hours going 300km/h 

Breakfast in train :) 

The Kanazawa train station is so far the coolest I've seen in Japan 

Had a really nice view from our hotel room 

Some pyramid head performance dancing at the train station

Only in Japan! Take an umbrella but bring it back once you're done. For free! 

JAL with autumn clouds 

The market place had and amazing setup of fish! 

Uni

Made me think of Yubaba from Spirited Away

Fresh crab! 

Think this was one of the best sashimis I ever had. Was worth the wait

Ishiura shrine was a mix of western and Japanese style 

Kanazawa Castle was impressive 

Samurai garden by the castle. So tidy and nice 

The evening came in a gorgeous way

Went to the modern art museum. The swimming pool was pretty cool 

Some visitors were dressed up 

Windows 8 

JAL incoming for some sake!! 

Love the sign, samurais incoming

Indoor private garden was amazing althought wasn't very easy to get any good pictures of it 

Hand made balls of string

How to pack wedding gifts 

Walking around these old cool samurai houses we found something American...Of all places! 

I've seen the word KIITOS in many places around Japan, means thank you in Finnish. So random.

One of the famous sites in Kanazawa is the Kenroku-en park

Statue for a legendary god 

This tree decided to grow in all ways 

Skyline from the park with a white temple on the other side of the hills 

This could be somewhere in Finland on someones lake cottage

Got rope? 

An ice cream, snack or some beer after walking in the massive park 

City is very green to walk around in 

Higashichaya, old street of Kanazawa

Went to the oldest and most famous entertainment houses which is now converted to a restaurant. The golden room was up to it's name. It was all gold 

Enjoying some shaved ice 

Gorgeous sunsets, time to go back to Tokyo. Was a great get-away weekend!