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May 11, 2004
Kanazawa Castle & Art Museum
I wish I had remembered to take my camera! Kanazawa castle was such an interesting place; mostly intact, we were allowed to walk through its towers and halls in our socks. The place was beautiful inside and out. Very strategically designed as well, of course. Leo's website has a lot of photos so I suggest you visit there to see them.
One of the most amazing things about the castle is that it was created without any nails! All the joints were incredibly complex interlocking designs. I also learned the difference between the worse oshiro and oshiri. One means castle, the other means butt. :-)
On the way home from the castle, we visited a local crafts museum. Lots of amazing things are made in Ishikawa (including fireworks, instruments, and lacquerware). I did a few sketches which you can see in my sketchbook scans (since we couldn't take photos).
The walk home was also fun, as we finally began to overcome our shyness, and it was pretty much this afternoon that we formed the main group that we'd stick with for most of the trip: Leo, Frances, Joy, Leslie, Simon, Seul, and myself. We all talked and joked on that way home, and we really felt like a familiar group even though we had only known eachother's names for about 24 hours.
Posted by dminky at May 11, 2004 05:00 PM
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