Kanazawa
June 2, 2014 After our short stay in Matsumoto, we were on our way to Kanazawa, close to the Sea of Japan and well know for sushi and sashimi. The train along the eastern edge of the Northern Japanese Alps was a beautiful ride. At one point, we were on a small one car train going through the countryside and into tunnels of foliage. Once we arrived in Kanazawa, it was hot and humid. Quite the change from the lovely mountain air we were in mere days before. It was a quick walk to the hostel where we dropped our things, got some tips from the hostel owner, and were on our way for some food and sights. The first stop was the Omichi market, a well known fish market. The market was in a covered shopping area, as many shopping areas are in Japan, with stalls of just about every piece of seafood you can imagine. Cuts of colorful fish, live shrimp, dead shrimp, large sea snails, eel, clams, and more. There were other vendors with veggies, other meats, pickles (a staple of japane
