Kanazawa

The guidebooks say: do not skip Kanazawa.

What is here? Well, another fabulous train station (wait till you see Kyoto though - that takes the price).

And a fabulous museum - the Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art. If you click on the link you will see one of the exhibits which can make an art museum fun to visit!

And a (another) famous japanese garden - Kenrokuen. But this one is one of the three most famous and beautiful, they say.

And living geisha in geisha city quarters - and memories of samurai in samurai city quarters.

And many small bars and restaurants that seem as they have looked the same for 300 years.

Again I have this very strong feeling of the future and the past living concurrently in Japan.