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<\/a><\/p>\nNext stop was Kanazawa Castle, rebuilt in the 20th<\/sup> century from 18th<\/sup> century plans. These wooden Japanese buildings don\u2019t cope well with fire or lightning strikes.<\/p>\n Across the road from the castle was Kenroku-en Garden, one of the top 3 gardens in Japan. Wow. The wander through the garden was so peaceful, and so many photo opportunities. I had an apprentice photographer today. Lach had my phone camera and took some great shots. Actually, he took the majority of today\u2019s photos. <\/p>\n Continuing on, we visited the Naga-machi Buke Yashiki district, an old Samurai district. We toured Nomura-ke, a samurai house. The house was similar to others we have seen, but the garden was unbelievable. So many features packed into a tiny area.<\/p>\n Last stop for the day was the Omi-cho market area, where we bought some fresh fruit (we haven\u2019t seen much fresh fruit) and looked around at the fish, seafood and seaweed markets stalls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Another busy day, this time assisted by a 500 yen jump-on-jump-off bus pass. Pretty good value compared to the open top buses of Europe. First stop was the Higashi Chaya district, an old Geisha House area. We toured Shima Geisha … Continue reading <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n