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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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Snack Bar or Stand, Whatever It Is, It’s Fun
#31 Hiroko
Tucked in Kanazawa’s Shintenchi alley, Hiroko is a decades-old wafu stando where 500-yen shochu and karaoke bring strangers together every night.
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Wine Bar Tucked Away in a Back Alley
#30 Petit²
Wandering a hidden food alley in Kanazawa’s Katamachi, I found Petit² — a tiny French wine bar with cheap Gascony wine, onion gratin soup, and jamón serrano.
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Strolling the Old Streets at Dusk
#29 Higashi Chaya District
Higashi Chaya, Kanazawa’s old teahouse district, after dark — quiet streets, kimusuko lattices, and Kaga roof tiles that set it apart from Kyoto’s Gion.
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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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