Tag: tea ceremony

Kenroku-en: The Garden of Six Attributes

Kanazawa has lots to offer – the lovely Kenroku-en Garden (Garden of Six Attributes) is considered one of Japan’s Top 3 gardens. The castle formerly known as Kanazawa, a reconstructed showcase of traditional Japanese engineering fronted by the imposing, original Ishikawa Gate has a 400-year long history. And there are many cool museums (a candy […]

Japan & Internet: less than ubiquitous

Now, the people I spoke to before I left Canada assured me that I would be bathed in internet in Japan. The wireless would fill the air like oxygen. I could practically tune in and download terabytes of information using only my brain. This is just not true. My experience, and the experience of several […]