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JATA Comes to Ishikawa
While I’m working out some complex thoughts about Tsunayoshi, check out the Japan Association of Travel Agents‘ promotional video with World Order as they travel to my home prefecture of Ishikawa! Uh,...
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Kazuemachi in the Snow
January 2012, Kanazawa. I don’t miss failing at biking in the snow or the cold that seeped into the bones, but I miss the way Kanazawa looked in the snow. This photo was taken in Kazuemachi (主計町), one...
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Cloudy Sakura at the Former Takamine Residence
While we did get a few spectacularly sunny days in Kanazawa for hanami, two cold fronts and storms rolled through during the two weeks of blooming. Kanazawa, moody as always. I took these photos...
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Utatsuyama Plum Grove
Utatsuyama (卯辰山) is a small mountain in Kanazawa that stands taller than even the castle, and the Utatsuyama Park (卯辰山公演) area, accessible from Higashi Chaya-gai (tea district), is home to a number of...
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Petals on a Wet, Black Bough
“In a Station of the Metro” The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. — Ezra Pound To me, this poem is the epitome of English-language Imagist poems, perfectly...
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Kanazawa no Ame (Kanazawa Rain)
Photos take at Kenrokuen, Kanazawa, 17 Nov. 2012. Text: selections from「金沢の雨」(Kanazawa no Ame) by Miyuki Kawanaka (川中美幸) (my translation) 東京言葉と 加賀なまり I love Tokyo words with a Kaga accent 愛するこころに...
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Lovely Halloween
Would you ever wish someone a “lovely Halloween”? I kept seeing this phrase pop up in Halloween goods this year along with the more standard “Happy Halloween.” I think “lovely Halloween” may go the way...
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The Moonlit Road: Kanazawa Tsukimi Koro Light-Up 2011
On Sept. 22-23, Kanazawa’s Higashi Betsuin and Nishi Betsuin Temples are hosting a light-up with votive lanterns and hikari no objet (光のオブジェ), light-up objets d’art, some of which were displayed in...
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In Search of Kanazawa’s Hydrangeas: Utatsuyama Iris Garden
After my ajisai adventures in Kamakura, I decided to try my luck in Kanazawa. Kenrokuen, our most famous garden, shockingly has no hydrangeas! I didn’t go until late June, so I was a little late for...
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Sakura Conversion
Plum blossoms in Kenrokuen. 6 April 2012. I admire plum blossoms more than sakura on principle. Plum blossoms bloom in the last throes of winter, often surviving Ishikawa’s final snow storm. They smell...
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Let’s Merry!: Kanazawa’s Lights
The area around Kanazawa Station（金沢駅) and the shopping districts of Kohrinbo (香林坊) and Tatemachi （竪町) are all aglow this month. It’s funny how some pretty LEDs can cheer you up about the typical...
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Hidden Kanazawa
Happy 100th post to me! There’s a lot of Kanazawa that visitors don’t see. This is probably because the main roads, which are the bus routes, are easier to stick to when walking, particularly those...
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