August holiday

Well August saw us with another week off. One of our goals was to see the Sea of Japan. So we headed up to Kanazawa in Ishikawa prefecture. In Kanazawa we went to one of the most famous gardens in Japan. One of the top three. Kenroku-en is near Kanazawa castle.

Ana in Kenroku-en garden

Also in Kanazawa we went to the old Geisha district. Apparently there are still some in Kanazawa but we didn't see any like we did in Kyoto. It was an interesting area and we got to go into an old tea house where Geisha would have performed for their clients.

The view from one of the tea rooms

To see the sea of Japan Ana and I took a train to Hakui, north of Kanazawa on the Noto peninsular. It is famous as the Japanese UFO capital, although we couldn't figure out if it was because UFO's have been seen there or if it is just marketing. It was a typical small beach town and we enjoyed lunch and a beer at a beach bar.

Ana at the beach bar in Hakui

This trip was the same as the last with me wearing my trusty one dollar rubber thongs. They're still going strong.