Japan

Golden Storehouse

Just to refuge from the rain we went into a gold leaf craft shop called Hakuza  in Kanazawa, Japan. Here they have a golden storehouse in their courtyard. They sell a lot of…

Japan

Rainy Higashi Chaya District

When we visited Kanazawa, a Japanese old town, unfortunately, meteorological “bomb” was attacking the area, so we got completely soaked. This is a picture taken when the rain was not too bad. The wet…

Japan

Enjoy Kaga Yuzen

I wanted to see how they make Kaga Yuzen, a traditional dyeing craft in Kanazawa, Japan, so went to the Chamber of Traditional Industry of Kaga Yuzen . But because it was lunch…

Kanazawa

This is another bliss

We visited Yuwaku Onsen, about 50 min.bus ride from Kanazawa, Japan. The ryokan (Japanese style inn) we stayed was called Kanaya and our room was in an annex. I was very surprised to…

England

Go to the theatre

We went to Cottesloe Theatre within the National Theatre in London to see a play. It is a small theatre and most of the audience are those who obviously love theatre. The play…

Genoa

Carlo Felice Theatre

 The main purpose for revisiting Genoa was to see the ballet at this theatre.Last time I found they would show Romeo & Juliet here, but until I bought the programme, I did not know…

Italy

Three Crows

This is a ravioli dish I had in a restaurant facing the port in Genoa. Inside is sea-bass and the sauce was made of crab. Excellent! The name of the restaurant is Tre…

Genoa

Counterfeit vendors

 Last time when I came to Genoa, it was the coldest time and not very many people were around, but this time the weather was excellent.A lot of families were enjoying the sun at…

Genoa

Fishing port

 As I wrote before, in 1992, 500 years since Columbus found the Americas the port of Genoa was totally  reconstructed, but apparently still a part of it is working as a fishing port.When the…