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
Today we’d be driving to the Noto peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture, that thin arm that sticks out of Japan and is often left off maps. But before we headed for the coast, we needed to check off one more no. 1 in Japan: its tallest waterfall. Continue reading Day Two: Toyama to Noto
Our senpais joked with us new JETs that we’d brought bad luck with us. First, a strong earthquake hit as soon as we landed in Japan, then a village nearby caught on fire, and finally our first weekend plans were thwarted by a lightning strike. Continue reading When Lightning Strikes
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