Ohayou! Today I've been feeling much better, which was great, because we've done a lot and I'd have hated to have missed it all! So first off, we headed to Kanazawa Castle and Park. The castle has been burnt down by natural and manmade fires several times, so only a few parts of it are left standing; the people here are currently in the process of restoring it to its former glory. Despite this, the park has survived and was quite nice to stroll through; there w...

Ohayou! Today we left Osaka and caught a train to Kanazawa. This place seems really beautiful - there's a mix of ultra-modern and old-fashioned that goes really well together. Even the train station has an attraction - a huge, torii-gate like structure at its Eastern exit! We also went to visit another open air food-market, filled with fish and fruit. Unfortunately I've had a bad stomach today, so most of the afternoon has been spent at our guesthouse. The plac...