As our trip nears its end, and as we return to the heat, our legs are starting to get a little tired. It was 11am before we managed to leave the house, even though we picked up our somewhat comical packed breakfasts around 8.30am.
With the humidity not too bad we took a direct walking route through a shopping district to teach the museum of contemporary art.
This is a unique giant circular building that has a series of nested rectangles hidden inside, many of which can be configured in different ways through movable walls.
The video art show from Alex Da Corte was notable mostly for the sculptural forms in which he showed his work. The black oval Amish Kapoor was fun to see and so was some of the more local Japanese Art.
After walking around the inside galleries, photographing the famous swimming pool installation and riding the glass box column elevator, we took a tour of the gardens and then went off in search of lunch.
The excellent burger place Acer found required a 30minute wait, so we snacked on ice cream from the neighboring gelato shop (peach, mango, oolong tea, black tea and passion fruit flavors)
Rolling out at 4.30pm after burgers and IPA, we found ourselves in the old Samurai district. Nagamachi Bukeyashiki is a series of small streets with running water canals and very traditional houses with gardens. We paid the small entry fee to visit one of the oldest and grandest houses belonging to the Nomura family and then slowly wandered back to our hotel to rest.
Hotel Folkloro (avis) - L'hôtel pratique de la gare de Kakunodate
L'hôtel Folkloro est un établissement classé 3 étoiles situé à côté de la gare JR de Kakunodate, rattaché à la ville de Semboku dans la préfecture d'Akita au Japon. Cette solution d'hébergement pratique et standard permet de visiter facilement l'ancienne cité féodale et son quartier des Bukeyashiki à l'architecture préservée.
Visited "Nagamachi Buke Yashiki" district that is the remains of SAMURAI residences in Kanazawa, Japan. 金沢の長町武家屋敷跡へ。 #kanazawa #bukeyashiki #japan #nagamachi #nagamachibukeyashiki #samurai #samurairesidence #金沢 #武家屋敷跡 #長町武家屋敷跡 #discoverjapan #triptokanazawa (長町武家屋敷跡) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3jUlzhB42f/?igshid=lfxwvujol4un