KANAZAWA …continued
Woke up and took these pics.
Graeme had to work again, so I spent the day enjoying the city… the weather was much nicer, so adventuring was a must.
First Stop, The 21st Century Museum. A perfect Circle from above. a little panarama collage perhaps...
It actually proved as interesting and beneficial architecture.
No photos allowed inside, except an installation called Leonardo’s pool. Where an illusion exists. Seemingly you are looking into an ordinary pool… till you see someone walking around down there. It actually looked quite convincing! It seems I didn’t take a pic from the top…but here I am drowned at the bottom of the pool… at least to onlookers. I pretended to die at one point actually. Japanese love them some gaijin ham.
Overall it wasn’t that 21st Century. Not that I could tell you what 21st Century is, other than a still accruing 100 years. Though half the place was gutted an in the middle of a installation renovation. Say that ten times fast.
Headed to the much lauded “Kenrokuen Gardens,” supposedly Japans most famous, respected and loved Garden, but to be honest, I have heard people say that about 8 other places.
Some pics…
It was actually gorgeous there, and really made me miss company. Sometimes beauty is best seen solemn. Yet sometimes, you just want to explore this kind of place with a loved one, or friends in just as much awe…
So I made some friends!!
Meet Reika and Raiko! They became my guides… they spoke a little English, I spoke a little Japanese and we met somewhere in the middle. Turns out they were in Nurse School together, one was visiting the other from Osaka.
Reika, the Kanazawa native, showed us the Gardens…
…and the Castle
we had some tea and talked about the beauty and challenges of life… in very simple words. They had to get going, I needed to meet up with Graeme soon, so we walked to the bus stop. Didn’t think to exchange e-mails, which is dumb… cause those girls took like 200 pics with me.
That night Graeme, myself and a very cool guy Remmie all drank, partied on the town and forced friendship with a large group of White people. Which I was pretty against at first… I mean, I didn:t come to japan to hang out with white people. I really didn’t.
We got pretty smashed. Graeme ending up asking some blonde chick if she was Russian. Which it seems is the international way to accidentally ask if someones a prostitute.
Her expression was awesome. PRICELESS infact. She turned out to be this brash and brazen Australian chick. And had quite an earful to share.
Slept.
Got up… ate breakfast, said “adieu” and made my way back to Nakano.
Graeme’s great. Missed that guy. Hope he doesn’t wimp out and not call me in Tokyo when he picks up his bird from the airport.
Graeme had to work again, so I spent the day enjoying the city… the weather was much nicer, so adventuring was a must.
First Stop, The 21st Century Museum. A perfect Circle from above. a little panarama collage perhaps...
It actually proved as interesting and beneficial architecture.
No photos allowed inside, except an installation called Leonardo’s pool. Where an illusion exists. Seemingly you are looking into an ordinary pool… till you see someone walking around down there. It actually looked quite convincing! It seems I didn’t take a pic from the top…but here I am drowned at the bottom of the pool… at least to onlookers. I pretended to die at one point actually. Japanese love them some gaijin ham.
Overall it wasn’t that 21st Century. Not that I could tell you what 21st Century is, other than a still accruing 100 years. Though half the place was gutted an in the middle of a installation renovation. Say that ten times fast.
Headed to the much lauded “Kenrokuen Gardens,” supposedly Japans most famous, respected and loved Garden, but to be honest, I have heard people say that about 8 other places.
Some pics…
It was actually gorgeous there, and really made me miss company. Sometimes beauty is best seen solemn. Yet sometimes, you just want to explore this kind of place with a loved one, or friends in just as much awe…
So I made some friends!!
Meet Reika and Raiko! They became my guides… they spoke a little English, I spoke a little Japanese and we met somewhere in the middle. Turns out they were in Nurse School together, one was visiting the other from Osaka.
Reika, the Kanazawa native, showed us the Gardens…
…and the Castle
we had some tea and talked about the beauty and challenges of life… in very simple words. They had to get going, I needed to meet up with Graeme soon, so we walked to the bus stop. Didn’t think to exchange e-mails, which is dumb… cause those girls took like 200 pics with me.
That night Graeme, myself and a very cool guy Remmie all drank, partied on the town and forced friendship with a large group of White people. Which I was pretty against at first… I mean, I didn:t come to japan to hang out with white people. I really didn’t.
We got pretty smashed. Graeme ending up asking some blonde chick if she was Russian. Which it seems is the international way to accidentally ask if someones a prostitute.
Her expression was awesome. PRICELESS infact. She turned out to be this brash and brazen Australian chick. And had quite an earful to share.
Slept.
Got up… ate breakfast, said “adieu” and made my way back to Nakano.
Graeme’s great. Missed that guy. Hope he doesn’t wimp out and not call me in Tokyo when he picks up his bird from the airport.
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