27.08.2018
If you go to Higashi Chaya District, in Kanazawa, you may see dried ears of corn hanging near shop entrances, a symbol of blessing made only once a year.
25.08.2018
White Road is the winding mountain drive that runs through the Japanese Alps between Hakusan City just south of Kanazawa all the way to Shirakawago. It's only open from June to October, as the heavy Japanese snows keep it closed in winter …
20.08.2018
Hiyoko has only one item on its menu, wagyu steak with grilled vegetables. They haven't changed their style in over 50 years. With only eight counter seats, you'll need to make a reservation before you go.
18.08.2018
Japan has very strict provisions on sake brewing. If you want to make nihon-shu, the drink referred to in English as sake, you have to register and establish a brewery under particular guidelines. Moonshine sake is forbidden. Except in Shi…
13.08.2018
Peppered throughout Kanazawa are an array of strikingly specific museums that celebrate creative processes above all else. Each is highly focused without feeling daunting, and the result is something memorable every time.
11.08.2018
Built within a renovated machiya Yasaburo expertly balances the traditional and the contemporary that even comes through its traditional Japanese cuisine, the dinnerware and the selection of sake. The best seats are at the counter close…
06.08.2018
Few know to look for this house that belonged to a banished samurai. Kurando Terashima, a warrior first of the people, was exiled for speaking out harshly against feudal government policies. Additionally a prolific painter, his entire hous…
04.08.2018
Hundreds of women in uniform kimono dance through the night, ghost-like, faces hidden under folded straw hats, in a prayer to the wind to spare them this year during Toyama's Festival of the Dead.
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