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    Kanazawa Trip 2026: The Full List

    #0 Index

    Kanazawa Trip 2026: The Full List

    Planning a trip to Kanazawa? This is the full index of my 2026 travel series — covering Kanazawa Station, Nagamachi, Kenroku-en, Higashi Chaya-gai, Shirakawa-go, Toyama, and more. All posts in one place.


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    The Sea: Northwest Edge of Kyushu

    #7 A Walk at Hadomisaki

    The Sea: Northwest Edge of Kyushu

    After eating grilled turban shells at Hadomisaki, I took a walk around the area. There were quite a lot of photos, so I couldn’t include them in the previous post and prepared a separate one. To tell you in advance, this walk was truly wonderful. I never expected it to be this good. I had gone there simply because I wanted to eat grilled turban shells, but I ended up encountering scenery far better than I had imagined. Thanks to that, I took a lot of photos and videos. So this post will focus more on photos and videos than…


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    Grilled Turban Shells at the End of the Road

    #6 Hadomisaki Grilled Turban Shells

    Grilled Turban Shells at the End of the Road

    It was disappointing that I couldn’t take the Nanatsugama (七ツ釜) sightseeing boat, but thanks to that I was able to walk a little more through the alleys of Yobuko. I also got to see Yobuko Tenmangu (呼子 天満宮), and I felt relieved, as if I had explored Yobuko enough. Now it was time to say goodbye to Yobuko. The weather was good today, so I was heading to Hadomisaki (波戸岬). It takes about 20 minutes by bus from Yobuko. It’s not far at all. So if you come to Yobuko, I think you should definitely stop by Hadomisaki. After checking…


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    A Walk in a Small Harbor Town

    #5 Scenes of Yobuko

    A Walk in a Small Harbor Town

    After looking around the Yobuko Morning Market, I had a glass of jibiru. The next plan was to take a sightseeing boat to Nanatsugama (七ツ釜), which I had found on Google Maps. From the photos, the scenery looked very impressive. The sightseeing boats depart from Marine Pal Yobuko. It is right in front of the bus terminal and not far from the morning market. Yobuko itself is not a large town, so everything is gathered around the center of the village. There are two types of sightseeing boats you can take here. One is the JIRA (ジーラ), where you can…


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    A Morning Market in a Small Port Town

    #4 Yobuko Morning Market

    A Morning Market in a Small Port Town

    It rained quite a bit overnight, but it started to clear from early morning.Thanks to that, I was able to take a short walk around the ryokan. The weather forecast had said it would rain all day.So I was even thinking of giving up all my plans and checking into a hotel in Karatsu instead.Thankfully, the rain stopped and I could move as planned. It was truly the luckiest moment of this trip. After breakfast, I checked out of the ryokan.The first plan of the day was to visit Yobuko Morning Market (呼子朝市). If I walked from the ryokan, I…


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    Living Squid, Just as It Is

    #3 Dinner and Breakfast at Onoue Ryokan

    Living Squid, Just as It Is

    As I mentioned in the previous post, there was only one reason I booked a ryokan in Yobuko. To enjoy Yobuko ika at a relaxed pace. For that, I reserved Onoe Ryokan, which accepts solo guests in Yobuko. After transferring trains several times, I finally arrived. After check-in, unpacking, and a bath in the large public bath, it was finally time for dinner. It wasn’t an expensive luxury ryokan, so I wasn’t expecting an extravagant meal. But when I made the reservation, I made sure that “Yobuko ika” was included in the dinner. That meant I would be able to…


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    Good Value Ryokan in Yobuko

    #2 Onoue Ryokan

    Good Value Ryokan in Yobuko

    I planned an itinerary to stay one night in Yobuko (呼子). The reason was, of course, food and alcohol. The reason people stop by Yobuko is to eat Yobuko ika, right? Naturally, you should have a drink with it. And when it comes to drinking, once you start, it often becomes first round, second round… and you end up drinking more and more. So if you visit somewhere in order to eat something delicious, I think it is better to book accommodation as well and drink comfortably. Besides, when you stay one night, you can see scenery that you would…


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    This trip is to Saga.

    #1 Prologue

    This trip is to Saga.

    Including my round trip around Kyushu in 2017, I had been under the illusion that I had visited most of Kyushu. Then not long ago, I realized that I had never once been to Saga Prefecture. I had even skipped it while circling all of Kyushu. When I try to think of famous cities in Saga, nothing immediately comes to mind, so perhaps it was easy to overlook. Even the Japanese people I met during my travels reacted as if to say, “That makes sense.” When I started planning this trip, Saga came to mind. Right next to Fukuoka, yet…