Geisha Quarters – Kanazawa’s Higashi Chayagai (金沢 東茶屋街)
Kanazawa's famous street of tea houses
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Kanazawa’s Asanogawa Ohashi (浅野川大橋)
Beautiful sky over the Asano River in Kanazawa, Japan
I took this photo in Kanazawa last summer because the sky was so interesting. I didn’t realize until much later that this is a rather famous bridge (Asanogawa Ohashi). Originally built in 1594, the current structure is from 1922. In 2000 this bridge was classified as a tangible cultural property (登録有形文化財) which I’m guessing is something similar to the USA’s National Registry of Historical Places.
On the left side of the bridge is Kanazawa’s famous Geisha Tea House District (東茶屋街).
Kanazawa Geisha Town
Kanazawa's Higashi Chayagai (Geisha District)
Outside of Gion in Kyoto, perhaps the most famous place in Japan for geisha is in Kanazawa (金沢 東茶屋街). We saw a geisha hop out of a taxi cab and scurry into a tea house just a minute or so after I took this photo.
Kanazawa’s (金沢) Kenrokuen’s (兼六園) Karasaki (唐崎) Pine Tree (松)
Japan has some amazing pine trees, and this is one of the better ones. The seed for this Karasaki Matsu (Pine Tree) is said to have come from the famous pine tree depicted in the ukiyo-e pictured below (Night Rain at Karasaki) by Hiroshige. The statue to the left is Yamato Takeru and is the oldest bronze statue in Japan, dating back to 1880.
Wedded rocks (meotoiwa or 夫婦岩)
Today we have another picture that Ryan took when he visited Kanazawa. I’m not sure the exact location of these rocks in the Sea of Japan, but Ryan says they were between Kanazawa (金沢) and Wajima (輪島).
Update: We just got back from visiting Ishikawa Prefecture. During the trip I found out the name of these rocks is Hatagoiwa (機具岩) in Shikamachi (志賀町).