Day 6: Kanazawa - 9 Dec 2017

We made a stop at Kanazawa for a day. This was covered by our 5-day JR pass starting from Osaka. After breakfast in the morning, we quickly made our way to the train station.

On our way, we saw snow!

This is the best hotel in our trip. Triple room, with toilet separated from the bathroom and a wash basin right outside the bathroom which can be used when another person is showering at the same time. Such a well-thought design.

After checking in, we headed back to Kanazawa station for lunch at Forus Shopping mall. On level 6, there were a lot of choices for food. The boys wanted pasta for lunch and we had to stick with them.. while Winnie and Brian went for their own choices of food!

love the company of these boys!

The pasta were surprisingly nice..

We took a Kanazawa Loop Bus from the station, planning to visit Kenrokuen (garden). Brian's family decided to rent bicycles instead to cycle around the town. As the bicycles were too large for Ethan, we went separate ways. By the time we reached Kenrokuen, it started to rain (we were wondering how Brian's family ended). We decided to take shelter at a nearby art museum - the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art. https://www.kanazawa21.jp/en/

The stuff they sell there were so interesting! And Ethan bagged home a set of unique poker cards into his collection.

Finally, Kenrokuen Garden opened at 5pm (which was already pitch dark). It was very cold after the rain, I think probably 2-3 degrees. We followed the crowd and walked around the garden.

Apart from these beautiful structures, we witnessed one epic episode... a lady fell into the pond for whatever reason.. and the guards manning the garden had to get into the pond and helped her out. She then searched for her phone frantically.. and the surprise which we found out later in the night was that Brian's family was just behind her! (and we were in the garden at the same time despite using different transport modes)

After the park, we waited in the cold for the shuttle bus back to the station. We spotted some humor in the bus we took: 

"LOL"

Back at Kanazawa station, we went back to Forus shopping mall level 6 and ate this for our dinner. This bowl of Chirashi don is superb!

I love the shopping at this Forus mall which carries many local japanese labels. If I had another day in Kanazawa, I would love to explore the other parts of the city.