Day Four & Five: Kanazawa

I’ve learnt that there’s a reason Kanazawa looks like Kyoto: it also avoided the WWII bombs. So all the Edo-era bridges, houses, temples, and Geisha districts remain, but on a more walkable scale than Kyoto. Continue reading Day Four & Five: Kanazawa

Lake Inawashiro

My childhood was spent camping on windy cliff tops and under Welsh mountains, building fires with nothing but twigs and flint and steel – no matches allowed. And yet the BBQ, with its fresh coal and easy lighter fluid, refused to start. Continue reading Lake Inawashiro