Kanazawa

After Sendai I travelled to Kanazawa on the north-coast of Japans main island. By bullettrain it took me just a couple of hours. It was a great trip to see some of the countryside... wanted to jump out and do some more hikes... hope I have time for that at the end of my trip... after having seen Kyto and all of that...

Kanazawa is quite a small city, and not much there except one of Japans best gardens, a beautifull villa- where taking photos was out of the question, and a very new museum of contemporary art. I checked into a small guesthouse... and this turned out to be amazing again!! Runned by a friendly older woman, it was just great! Clean tatami room again for me, and quite a few interesting travelers- some americans and an australian botanist woman... very nice conversations again.. and some tips for my trip in Australia. Unfortunately I have not taken any pictures of that guesthouse.... it was as if time had stood still for 40years. The telephones for the rooms were still distributed from the reception with one of these antique swithboards! And all the painting and furniture was old, but very well maintained and clean.. amazing.. all organized around a small patio garden.

The museum and the gardeb were just a couple of mintues walking. In the museum there was quite an interesting exhibition of Ron Mueck, who makes hyper realist sculptures... really amazing! I added some pictures I googled just to give you an impression. Forget about Duane Hanson of the sixties.. this guy makes madamme Toussods looks like amateurs!

Anyway, the museum is quite an interesting building aswell, but I dont want this to become an architecture blog- so, just google it if you want more, or check the pictures in my picasa album.

The garden was really amazing- I can understand it is one of Japans best. It was again very hot and humid and cloudy, and however it might have spoiled the pictures a bit, the sights were stunning! Enjoy the pictures at:

pictures at picasa