Golden Week 2012 - Half Day In The Traditional Kanazawa 金沢

29th April 2012

Reached Komatsu Station, I took normal train to Kanazawa because it only took 38 minutes and 480 yen, while express train cost 1720 yen and took 18 minutes. For me, 20 minutes was nothing compared to the money. So, normal JR train it is. This was the first time I travel alone (although only for half a day) which was not my turf.

the express train bound for Toyama (it looks like shinkansen)

After reaching Kanazawa, I had to search for coin locker, but couldn't find one. So, I went out to buy the one day pass for the Kanazawa Loop Bus. Then, went back to the station, luckily, second time around, I found a coin locker. The loop bus was kind of cute, managed to catch 2 colours.

Golden Week 2012 - Ojima, Tojinbo & Eiheiji (雄島、東尋坊、永平寺)

28th & 29th April 2012

After Dinosaur Museum, we went to Eiheiji 永平寺, a famous temple in Fukui. What I liked the most was the ceiling of a room with a lot of paintings of flowers, none of it repeated. It were drawn by many artists for the temple. Other than that, most are almost the same with other temples. The temple also offer temple stay for people who are interested. 

Eiheiji 永平寺

Golden Week 2012 - Dinosaur Museum (Fukui 福井)

28th April 2012

Right after we reached Fukui station, went to the information center. The officer introduced us to a famous food in Fukui, 越前おろしそば and pointed out a famous shop near to the station. So, we went to find for it, however, we couldn't find it. So, we had our lunch in a franchised shop which offer 越前おろしそば. The soba was almost the same with normal soba, just the toppings were a bit different. After lunch, we rent a car and went to the Dinosaur Museum.

Saw a lot of dinosaurs along the way to the Dinosaur Museum

Golden Week 2012 - Half day in Hikone 彦根

28th April 2012

I took shikansen from Kumamoto 熊本 to Hakata 博多, then night bus to Kyoto 京都. The bus was scheduled to reach on 6.20 am, but reached on 5.00 am instead. Even the toilets were still locked in the Kyoto station. I had to make a detour to the front gate of the train station to use the toilet. Since me and my travel mate, Tee were early, we took an early train and reached Hikone before 8.00 am. It was a sleepy town.

Just Outside Hikone Station