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Orange Railway and Kagoshima 2026: All Posts
#0 Index
Eight days in Kagoshima Prefecture along the Hisatsu Orange Railway: samurai streets in Izumi, the sea at Akune, quiet Satsumasendai, and Tenmonkan nights.
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Whole Lot of Ishikawa’s Local Sake
#28 Nihonshu Makoto
Near Higashi Chaya in Kanazawa, Nihonshu Makoto carries a wide range of Ishikawa jizake, curated by a certified kikizakeshi. Nomihodai available too.
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Where the Crowds Thin Out, and the Thatched Houses Open Up
#27 Gassho-zukuri Minka-en
A quiet open-air museum in Shirakawa-go where you can step inside the gassho-zukuri farmhouses — the irori, the silkworm floors, and a break from the crowds.
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Cold Soba Made from Mountain-Village Buckwheat
#26 Teuchi Soba-dokoro Nomura
One of the few places to eat in Shirakawa-go: Nomura, a handmade soba-dokoro serving cold tororo soba from local mountain buckwheat, topped with grated yam.
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Beating the Snow with a Steep Thatched Roof
#25 Shirakawa-go
Shirakawa-go day trip from Kanazawa in spring. Gassho-zukuri roofs built to beat the snow — but they shaped a whole way of life. Silkworms, saltpeter, and Yui.
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Street Scenes: The Quieter Side of the Sai River
#24 Around the Sai River
Kanazawa beyond the tourist spots: walking the Sai River, Teramachi’s temples, Nishi Chaya District and Shintatemachi to find the city’s real everyday streets.
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Is Conveyor Belt Sushi in Kanazawa Worth It?
#23 Morimori Sushi
Gasuebi shrimp, nodoguro, kinmedai at Morimori Sushi in Kanazawa — amazing ingredients, but is conveyor belt sushi here really better than a regular sushiya?
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‘ZEN’ Experienced Through Space
#22 D.T. Suzuki Museum
The D.T. Suzuki Museum in Kanazawa puts Zen philosophy into architectural form. Yoshio Taniguchi’s Water Mirror Garden is restrained, quiet, and completely captivating.
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