Day 3 and 4 together here. Day 3 I spent time getting to Kanazawa, pulled in early (2-ish) to spend some time around the town.
Stayed at Yamadaya (山田家), which according to my Lonely Planet used to be a Samurai House, located next to the big tourist destination of Nomura Samurai House. Wasn’t quite that spectacular inside, basically just like an old house. good enough, 4000JPY in a pretty central part of town. No meals (the lady said the food was good around there, so best to go out anyway).
Walked around looking for a bank. No 7-11s, so wasn’t sure how to get money. Eventually found one bank that I had….which was good. This meant I could eat for the night, which was nice.
KenRokuen Gardens is awesome! Definitely worth a visit. Found out later it is meant to be one of the 3 best gardens in Japan, the other two being in Mito and Okayama. The castle complex is being restored, the reconstruction looks nice though. Pleasant being up there, great city views.
Kenrokuen Gardens
Heading out the next morning early and headed toward home via Fukui-ken. Found a “modern” temple and castle…. quite a big Buddha there as well. I think others have swung by this castle before, has some fancy dragons at the base.
Echizen Daibutsu - 越前大仏
