PHONETOGRAPHY: KANAZAWA & SHIRAKAWA-GO
I had an evening flight with MAS and then a transit with JAL. It was my first time on JAL and oh my my. The seats were comfortable, so much leg space, good food (best BEST MISO SOUP EVER), in-flight entertainment stuff! I wouldn't mind flying with JAL again.
Kanazawa Castle Park. This place was bigger than I expected it to be, it was huge. It was raining that day so it was kind of gloomy. It's a really nice place and worth going for some photos since it's free as well!
Just a few fishes that responded to my "Hello fishies!!"
Kanazawa - I recommend taking some time out to travel all the way to Kanazawa although it's really far, but it's pretty fast with the Shinkansen. Kanazawa is really quiet and less busy compared to places like Tokyo.
A quick on-the-go breakfast at the Kanazawa Sta. waiting room.
Okay, I am really sorry but I don't really know how I got to Shirakawa-go because I just followed wherever our group was going, looking at the pictures I really can't wrap my head around how we got to Shirakawa-go. Originally we were supposed to take the most popular way recommended by tourists who've been there which is the Nohi Bus.* If I were to look back at the photos taken, we took the Shinkansen to Takaoka Sta. then we waited outside at bus stop 9 if not mistaken, and with our JR Pass we could take the bus "for free", and we just used that bus which took us all the way to the Shirakawa-go main information centre. After calculating the price between the Nohi Bus and the bus we took from Takaoka Sta., the one we took was cheaper because the Nohi Bus goes direct from Kanazawa Sta. to Shirakawa-go.
A quick on-the-go breakfast at the Kanazawa Sta. waiting room.
When we arrived it was raining, therefore everyone crowded in the tiny main information centre. The rain made it even colder and windy (I think my shoes got wet, well, luckily we have heaters right). We found a shop to have brunch, and cozy is the best word to describe it. I enjoyed my food there, really. I ordered curry rice and gurl lemme tell you. It was so good I didn't leave a single drop of curry on that bowl. The rice was drenched in the banjir-ed curry.
Sadly, there was no snow in late December. We saw traces of melted snow from the day before or earlier that morning, but it didn't snow when we were there. It rained and it was so cold we couldn't bear it any longer but we were hoping it'd get colder so we could've snow instead! (But that didn't happen, don't always trust the weather forecast on your phone kids).
:( because it snowed!! Right when we left. Do you know how that feels?
Ended our evening with in a warm fast food shop, Yoshinoya at the Kanazawa Sta.
Shirakawa-go - I suggest going to Shirakawa-go in February or at least January when there's actually snow on the Gassho houses which would make your trip more worth it! I also recommend staying a night there because we didn't have much time to go to every place, I really want to go to the viewpoint but we had to catch our bus back to Kanazawa, so it was a huge time squeeze. If you stay a night there (in January/February) there will be a light up which would be photo worthy I'm pretty sure, and maybe even stargaze.
Going in December was okay I would say, just that it was raining which made going outdoors annoying, and because it's a World UNESCO Heritage a lot of tourists go there, so do make your reservations & bookings for the buses *(yes you need to make a reservation for the Nohi Bus or you won't get a seat because a lot people visit Shirakawa-go lately) & your stay at the Gassho houses.
Going in December was okay I would say, just that it was raining which made going outdoors annoying, and because it's a World UNESCO Heritage a lot of tourists go there, so do make your reservations & bookings for the buses *(yes you need to make a reservation for the Nohi Bus or you won't get a seat because a lot people visit Shirakawa-go lately) & your stay at the Gassho houses.
Taken with Honor 4X with an additonal wide-angle lens.
Editing apps: Snapseed and VSCO.
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