{"id":1689,"date":"2014-04-21T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perzun.se\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2026-10-11T13:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:26:46","slug":"ishikawa-kanazawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perzun.se\/en\/2014\/04\/21\/ishikawa-kanazawa\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Ishikawa \u2013 Kanazawa"},"content":{"rendered":"

2014, April 14<\/strong>. The journey begins with a train ride from Tokyo to Toyama. From there, a rental car takes you north to the Noto Peninsula and then straight south to Kanazawa, the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture. A text accompanying the photos is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shinkansen to Toyama, then by car<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"sn\u00f6t\u00e4ckta
Towards the coast, after tunnels through the Japanese Alps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japan,
At Noto peninsula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Noto | A manufacturer of concrete lanterns presumably lives here<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Senmaida,
Senmaida on the Noto Peninsula | Sen<\/em> means 1,000, mai<\/em> is a counter for plots of land, and da<\/em> means rice field. In other words: a thousand rice fields<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japansk
Senmaida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Landsv\u00e4g
Noto peninsula | Landslide protection. In Japan 70% of the land consists of uninhabitable mountainous terrain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"P\u00e5
Hotel view in Nanao<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japansk
Nanao breakfast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japan,
By the Sea of \u200b\u200bJapan, heading south towards Kanazawa along the Chirihama coastal road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Staden
Kanazawa | As Gothenburg in terms of population<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Paraplyer
A rainy day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Staden
The city is famous for these porcelain figurines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Utanf\u00f6r
Kanazawa | At the entrance to Kenroku-en \u2013 one of the three most famous parks in Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Entr\u00e9n
Entrance fee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japansk
Kenroku-en<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japansk
Kenroku-en <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japansk
Prince Yamato Take. A mythical hero. The statue was erected in memory of the samurai who died in the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japansk
Kenroku-en<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japansk
Trees in need of support<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Liten
Kenroku-en<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japan,
Nagamachi – the city’s old samurai district<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japan,
Nagamachi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japan,
The samurai Takada and his family lived here at the end of the feudal era. He was certainly shorter than me (1.91 m).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japan,
Takada’s courtyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japan,
Japanese feudal samurai-style garden <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Kanazawas
The master of the samurai Takada-san\u2014a daimyo (feudal lord)\u2014lived not far away in the Maeda family\u2019s castle. The second most powerful lord after the shogun Tokugawa in Tokyo during the Edo period<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Kanazawas
The main entrance to the Maeda clan’s fortress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Huvudporten
Gate built to withstand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Kanazawas
Feudal, with a moat and masonry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Kanazawas
Maeda’s fortress is large, difficult to get hold of. Hard to attack, one might suppose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japan,
Not far from Oyama Shrine in Nagamachi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japan,
The symbol above the gates indicates that it is a Kitano shrine, associated with a love for plum blossoms, poetry, and songs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japan,
Above the main gate are symbols indicating the shrine belongs to Shinto\u2014Japan\u2019s nature-oriented religion, which is associated with the nation’s origins. The white, lightning-like streamers, known as shide<\/em>, represent, among other things, the infinite power of the gods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Japan,
The Oyama shrine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Samuraj
At the Oyama Shrine stands this statue, depicting a samurai with his gear. It may well be a daimyo\u2014one of the feudal lords of the Maeda clan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The characters (kanji) represent the name of the Maeda clan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Kanazawa
Finally our hotel in central Kanazawa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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