Our Adventures in Japan

Sending good thoughts to the people of Ishikawa prefecture. Not only did they endure a huge earthquake at the beginning of the year, but ove...

The Noto Pennisula earthquake that happened on New Years Day was so tragic. One of the stories that was featured on the news here was of Hir...

On the last day of 2011, we awoke to a beautiful sunny day. Apparently it had snowed the night before, so there were many slick spots on t...

The next day, we awoke to snow, sleet and hail. Breakfast for me were two doughnuts from Doughnut Plant (carrot cake with cream cheese and...

The last time we visited Kanazawa was in 2010 and it was just to pass time until our train connection. From Osaka, Kanazawa (which is in ...

Another item we found in Kanazawa were sweets made from the eggs of the ukkokei (silkie bantam). This chicken's feathers are supposed to...

There was something neat that we found in Kanazawa...utsuwa chazuke. Utsuwa means bowl/dish and chazuke is cooked rice with green tea poured...

Another item we bought at the asa-ichi was called Maruyubeshi (whole citron mochi) by Nakaura-ya...1575 yen (about US$15.75) Nakaura-ya has...

One of the items we got at the Wajima asa-ichi (morning market) was a whole dried octopus...500 yen (about US$5) The guy we bought it from ...

The next morning started quite early, we had a large breakfast featuring a soft boiled egg, dried pufferfish which was heated on a wire gril...

Awhile back, when I mentioned to Satoshi that I wanted to go to Wajima, he thought that the most important thing for me to see was their Asa...

From Osaka to Wajima it takes about 6 hours. Wajima is located near the Japan Sea and is a city in Ishikawa Prefecture, near the Noto Penin...

We're back from a little adventure, it may take me some time to sort out my photos. Hopefully within a couple of days.