Kanazawa

Before leaving for Japan I spent a few days hanging out with the some of the other new JETS departing from Houston. I have grown to love my fellow Texomians, Texas/Oklahoma and plan to visit many of them in their various placements around Japan. One of them was conveniently placed for visiting, Carolyn. She lives only a few train stops away from Kanazawa.

Kanazawa is the capital city of Ishikawa prefecture directly north of Fukui. Because Awara is on the northern border of Fukui, I am conveniently located almost directly between the two largest cities in the area, Fukui City and Kanazawa. Kanazawa is significantly larger than Fukui City. For Example in all of Fukui prefecture there are 1 and half starbucks but there are at least 3 in Kanazawa alone. (Yes, I measure the size of the city by how many foreign food items are available).

Before school started and schedules became busy, Carolyn and I made a plan to meet up in the Kanazawa and hang out for a few days. We had a blast. There are some amazingly beautiful gardens in Kanazawa, a castle, fantastic art museums, and some great shopping.

Here are some pictures from the trip into the city.

Below is a tea ceremony where we had two random people snap candid photo’s of us on their phones. Awkward…

Hopefully when school settles down into more of a routine we can meet up again. We talked about traveling to Kyoto, Nagano, going back to Kanazawa, and even chilling in Fukui. Either way, it’s nice to have a Houstonian friend nearby.