MAR 15, Japan Visit: Kanazawa

on the bullet train, northwest of Nagano ...

     

the Omaya shrine, just down the hill from Castle Park

garden of the Omaya shrine

Kenrokuen, a famous garden

 

for the ceremonial tea
in the Garden Teahouse

 

sakura, cherry trees blooming on the hill
leading to the Castle

peak sakura at Kanazawa Castle

view from inside the Castle (shoeless)

the Castle has its own magnificent garden

later, at the Omichi market 

TODAY'S POEM (senryu *) 

inter-urban rail --

the "bullet train", shinkansen,

supports city life.

Giorgio Coniglio

* learn more HERE about senryu, a lesser-known Japanese short poem that shares many physical characteristics of haiku (nominally 17 'on' / syllables in three non-rhyming lines), but deals in a satiric or humorous way with human foibles rather than with Nature. 

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