We had breakfast at a German Bakery (called German Bakery, if I recall correctly). It wasn’t as good as the coffee shop but we wanted to give it a try. Hot dog and hash brown set. (My hot dog is not deformed, I took a bite before remembering to take a picture.)

One last meeting with the eldest “kid” at one of Japan’s most picturesque Starbucks.

And then it was off on the long ride to Kanazawa (almost 30 minutes on the Shinkansen!)

Blah blah picturesque scenery.

We went to a famous daifuku shop. I had Shine Muscat and Mariko had strawberry. I like strawberry but I got the “limited edition”.

Kanazawa isn’t as big as they think it is. Here are the famous long stairs leading from the shrine to the Higashi Chayamachi geisha district. I guess men would say they were going to the shrine before sneaking off to see the geishas.

We went to the famous shotengai where I swore I’d eat street food but we both just had Kanazawa curry. I got the traditional pork cutlet and Mariko had the grilled veggies. I also got the “medium” which was so filling that I had a hard time eating dinner.

We still had time to kill and ended up at a shrine with quite a unique gateway entrance.

For dinner we went to a restaurant floor and had rice balls. And in typical iPhone fashion, I am missing the picture of my dinner. Here’s Marikos. Mine had karaage insted of the ankake and it was a LOT of chicken.

And then it was back to the Dormy Inn where I had a horrible time sleeping. It’s the season where they like to overheat the rooms and also give you the winter futon comforter which just means it’s too hot for me to sleep. Ugh.