The Momiji Diaries – Part 11 – Kanazawa
by Jade Pavilions on 13/12/09 at 10:47 pm
17th November, Kanazawa
Kanazawa is a major provincial town in Ishikawa province on the north coast of Honshu some 2½ hours by the Thunderbird express train. On arriving we walked through the back streets to an old samurai district to visit one of the few remaining Buke Yashiki style residences of the Nomura family. The Nomura’s [...]
The Momiji Diaries – Part 10 – Kiso Valley
16th November, Kiso Valley
On a damp, mid November Sunday we travelled by train to Nakatsugawa via Nagoya and onward by local bus to Magome to experience travelling the old Nakasendo road between Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo). The old town of Magome is a ribbon development around the Nakasendo road which travels up a steep hill [...]
The Momiji Diaries – Part 9 – Okayama, Okayama-jo
15th November, Matsue to Kyoto via Okayama
We took the local express train to Okayama on the south side of the island and the tramway to Okayama-jo, the crow castle. Another of the castles built around 1600 and partially rebuilt in modern times after war time air raids. The building is complex with three different buildings, [...]
The Momiji Diaries – Part 8 – Matsue, Adachi Museum
14th November, Matsue, Shimane Province
We caught an early train to nearby Yasugi and picked up the minibus to the Adachi Museum. This was the main reason for the visit to Matue. The Adachi Museum of Art founded in recent times by Adachi Zenko is a masterpiece of paintings and ceramics on the inside and garden [...]
Who said koi don’t bite
Who said koi don’t bite
Well it all started with a tiny 200 gallon goldfish pond in the bottom left hand corner of the garden a couple years after moving into the house. After visiting local garden centres looking at koi with no pattern and I would now class as very low grade with a high [...]
Yamamatsu Koi Farm – Matsunosuke
Beautiful Nishikigoi is made possible by highly specialised skill, talent and continuous efforts over 20-30 years. Mr. Sakai is one of the representative breeders.
Some of you may be interested in breeding Nishikigoi. Some of you may even be interested in becoming professional breeders. Nishikigoi have standards that are very [...]
Full StoryThe Momiji Diaries – Part 7 – Matsue, Yuushi-en
13th November, Matsue, Shimane Province
After exploring Matsue (the water city), known for it’s rivers and canals, the night before, we took an early morning bus to Daikon-shima island to see the garden of Yuushi-en. Daikon-shima is an ancient collapsed caldera with rich soils, renowned for it’s ginseng and peonies. Here they grow many varieties, some [...]
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