At 6:30 we had a buffet styled breakfast in the hotel.
The tables are limited so if the tables are occupied, we have to wait. So watch out.
You can use this Italian restaurant in lunch time and dinner time, too. Excluded the hotel charge.
Before breakfast, we asked the hotel clerk how to get to Kenrokuen. And he searched the timetable of the bus for us. I was really glad.
From the bus stop in front of the hotel it takes about 8 minutes. Get off at 兼六園下(Kenrokuen shita)
That is 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.
We went up the slope. The water came from the road on the pavement, too. Not to slip.
Kanazawa Castle (in the morning)
The same place on the day before. But the entrance is around the corner. The gate was closed before opening time from 8 am. There is a ticket center on the left.
You can take a walk in the garden early in the morning for free. From 6am to 7:45. At 7:45, you have to get out of the garden. Then, if you want to go inside again, you should buy the ticket. 300 yen for adult.
Here is the ticket center.
You can drink and eat in some restaurants in the garden. Outside the garden, we couldn't find a cafe and a restaurant.
After about an hour, it was so cold and we moved to a museum. On the way, we might find a cafe or a restaurant.
But nothing around here. So watch out.
Here is an entrance and exit of 真弓坂口（mayumisaka guchi)
On the right side of the slope and next to the temple, you can find the stairs. Go up the stairs so you can get to Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art.
This building is an annex of the museum. It opens from 9am. We asked the lady to come inside but she said at that time there was no exhibition. But she took us to a warm room and served green tea. And we had a chat there.
Thank you very much for her kindness. She saved our cold bodies lol
Here is Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art.
If you show ONE DAY TICKET, you can get the discounted charge. (350 yen -> 280 yen : Only 2nd floor) It opens from 9:30.
It is forbidden to take photos. They have coin lockers.
It was warm inside. So you can put your coat in the locker.
1st floor and 2nd floor are different exhibitions.
Here is a sweet shop and cafe that a famous patisserie owns. His name is 辻口博啓（Hironobu Tsujiguchi)
http://www.h-tsujiguchi.jp/profile/index.html
http://www.kagaya.co.jp/le_musee_de_h/contents/kanazawaCafe.html
It opens from 10 am. So we had to look the art works in only 30 minutes.
Inside the cafe.
I ordered three pieces of cake and hot cocoa.
These cakes are delicious. They are a little expensive though. One problem in this cafe is that sitting at the table and choosing cake is mixed so we had to wait for a long time.
Actually we would like to drink and eat in the cafe. Before I ordered the cake, it took about 12 minutes. They took us to a table. We ordered drinks. Before serving drinks and cake, it took about 15 minutes. Checking took about 6 minutes. We lost precious time to visit next museum.
So please watch out.
Next we went to 21Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.
http://www.kanazawa21.jp/ Official Website
It has an English website, too.
When you buy tickets, the staffs will ask you to put them in the locker. You can't take photos except a pool exhibition.
On that day, the weather was bad so we couldn't go near the pool.
First you have to buy tickets. In museum there are two exhibitions divided in half. You can buy tickets for two exhibitions or a ticket for one exhibition.
Don't forget your ONE DAY PASS. This discount is bigger than other museums.
We bought a ticket for one exhibition because we have only about an hour.
(But if you look through, you can see two exhibitions in about an hour. It takes an hour to an hour and a half to look around the two exhibitions.)
There were some art works famous artists made.
I could see art works of 奈良美智（Yoshitomo Nara), 村上隆（Takashi Murakami) and Francisco Jose de Goya.
Do not forget to go to the toilet inside the museum.
If you do, you will find why I recommend you to do that.
In the end of the exhibitions, you can go downstairs.
You walk through a corridor then...
You can see a blue light in front of you.
I recommend you to see this in your eyes. This is amazing. Underwater world.
We left the museum and walked to Oumicho fisher's market.
On the way, there was a food festival in a big park near the museum. There were a lot of regional food around Japan.
But we would like to eat something related with Kanazawa.
We tried to look for something interesting but nothing...
It took about 15 minutes walk from the museum to the fisher's market. It is located near the hotel, too.
There are roofs in the market but it was cold here.
We walked around and chose this sushi restaurant.
Another Japanese arts.（food samples)
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