Kanazawa is a greta place to see pre-WWII Japanese architecture. I love architesture, but was worried that the friend I dragged along with me would be bored. We both fell in love with this city. Kenrokuen Garden was amazing. We could have wandered in there all day.

We stayed up on a hill in a hostel. Wandering down the hill we kept coming scross little temples and statues and other art.

We went to Seisonkaku Villa which is am old mansion. The walls have gold leaf designs. The upstairs rooms have vibrant color schemes.

Near the end of our day there, we went to a gold leaf shop. They gave us tea with gold leaf in it. Then we were shown the back area where they were making gold leaf by hand.

I never made it to the preserved samurai residences. I will definitly spend more tim ein this city when I get back to Japan.