It was a chilly but bright day when we set off Monday morning, but by midafternoon a pretty fierce storm front came down from the North-East, with blowing snow cutting our garden visit short. Luckily, I had a fall back plan, Mr. Donut. One of the Kanazawa Mr. Donuts is spread across 3 floors, which is not something you see everyday! I mean come on, a three story donut emporium? Now that is some cool stuff.
I had to go to work after that, and I spent the rest of the day terrorizing my coworkers with my Camera. They were understanding though, which is rather generous of them! *click* flash *click*.... you get the general idea.
Here are a few of the many, many photos I took at Kenroku-en.
Actually this one is at Oyama Shrine. Yeah, I ended up back there for the second time in a week, third time overall. But hey, its free and it *is* a pretty cool place.
Near the entrance.
A Shot across the lake at the famous snow tents. I imagine they will come down soon, as the snow should be about over.
The tourist magnet lantern. It can be hard to get a photo of it unencumbered with hordes of tourists.
Close up of the tents.
Aha! No matter what the weather is, spring is here!! It's Here! I think...
Stay tuned for the next post, More hot Karaoke Action. Matt blows out his voice singing Metallica, Grant hogs the remote.. and more.
3 comments:
I've been there. Was it crowded? I had about 3.2 seconds to snap a picture of the bridge-lantern before being crowded out by other tour groups.
We still have a foot or so of snow here. No fair :P
It was jammed! Hordes of Japanese tour groups coming through. Im going to have to go a bit earlier in the day sometime.
As far as snow all I can say is... Mu ha ha ha ha! Of course we *did* get an inch or so the other day, but its long melted now. Phew.
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