Tag: Kanazawa

Japan & Food III: Market vs. Supermarket

No way can I list all of the dozens of vending machine drinks I’ve had over the past 5 days, so I’ll just mention a few notable Potent Potables: 1. Aquarius Sports Drink (Coca-Cola product): Kind of like Pocari Sweat, but in a different PET bottle and with an odd, chemical aftertaste. Meh. Not recommended. […]

Getting to Kanazawa: Lost without translation

On Tuesday, at Skye’s suggestion, I made my way to one of the “overlooked jewels” of Japan: Kanazawa. The reason Kanazawa isn’t terribly popular as a destination is: a) it’s located on the West Japan Railway’s Hokuriku Line, off the Shinkansen train line, so depending where you’re coming from, you might have to take some […]