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Tabemono Itinerary – Kanazawa Part 1 – Castle and Kenroku-En Garden

After Karuizawa, our next stop along the Hokuriku Shinkansen was Kanazawa. Kanazawa is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture, and one of Japan’s richest and affluent areas during the Edo Period. It is often an overlooked designation by foreign travelers, but not by the Japanese themselves. In many sense, Kanazawa reminded me of the rich heritage that Kyoto has, such as ancient buildings, temples, and Geisha districts, but with fewer tourist and smaller crowds, creating a more relaxing destination.

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Tabemono Vacation June 2017 Itinerary – 3 weeks in Japan and through the Japan Alps Loop

I have not updated my blog in a long while since I have been planning, preparing, and finally going on our fourth trip to Japan in June 2017.  Like last year’s summer vacation in Hokkaido, we wanted somewhere in Japan relatively cooler as it can get hot and humid in the summers of Japan.  This time we decided to focus our trip on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route and decided to do a loop, which consists of:

Kanazawa -> Toyama-> Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route -> Matsumoto-> Kamikochi -> Takayama -> Shirakawgo -> Kanazawa

In fact, we did a bigger loop the whole trip as we started in Tokyo, travelled to Karuizawa, then did our loop mentioned above,  and then wrapped up the trip with visits to Kaga Onsen, Nagayo, and back to Tokyo.

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