21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

On the last day of our trip to Ishikawa Prefecture. Under the cold shower, it was just the right day to visit a museum. Recommendation from a good friend who lives in Kaga Hot Spring, just 1h journey from Kanazawa towards the mountaneous inland area.

Kaga-Onsen (Kaga Hotspring) in Ishikawa Pref.

Journey to Ishikawa was what I was longing for for many years. The main object was to see a good friend of mine who used to hang out together in Saigon.

Nata-dera (temple), was famous for its autmn leaves.
And of course, the trip was full of seduce for our tummy....

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After a teppanyaki lunch together with gorgeous mountain-river view onsen,
we had Kaga-bocha tea set...

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At my friend's mother's Chinese restaurant, Ku-nyan, Yamanaka Onsen.Gyoza (fried dumplings), Ramen (noodle in soup) and Kara-age (deep-fried chicken) were deliciooouuuus! Forget about fat!



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For our dinner on last day, we had a farewell meal at Ichiriki, where my friend's husband works.
Seafood was so fresh and everything was so exquisite... especially when they were shared with good friends!!

Thank you again for your host!

Vive le Mt. Fuji!

When few days ago, a friend who came from Mt. Fuji lake district (Yamanashi Prefecture) for lunch in Tokyo, I knew at once that I should go and visit her as soon as possible. Then, arranged a bus trip for that weekend.

Although the weather wasn't clear those days (according to her), that day was beautiful. It was even hot and sweaty. The cosmos field shined in multi-colours and was to bright to admire.

After a gorgeous French lunch course, with a huge view of Mt. Fuji just in front of us, she drove me to a very nice and cosy cottage style cafe, which stood in the middle of the wood. All I could see was gold sunlight penetrating between the greenery.

The hot spring was one of the main projects. It was so pleasant to feel the natural spring at the end of the day...

No, it wasn't the end yet. We decided to have dinner beside the bus stop so that I could stay till the very last minute, and off! I jumped in with a little gift box from her family, filled with Yamanashi speciality: of course, grapes!

Many thanks to my dear friend!