Welcome to the next installment of my Japan Adventure series!
Last time, I shared our experience on the ship-sponsored shore excursion. This time,
I'll share our experience exploring a Japanese city on our own for the first
time! We only had a few hours before all-aboard, but we visited two great
locations and once we were back home on the Silver Muse, we enjoyed an epic
Kanazawa farewell before settling into some shipboard activities to round out
the night as we sailed to the next port 🛳️
Tuesday 21 March 2023 - Exploring Kanazawa
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We had dinner at
Fumuroya Café
(カフェ加賀麩不室屋) which is a chain of cafés and shops that specialize
in traditional
fu (麩)
dishes and products. There was a thirty minute wait but it was worth
it!
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It's been so long now, I don't remember exactly what I ordered, but from
the photo it's clearly curry rice with fu, miso soup with fu, and a
veggie side salad 😆 All, to the best of my knowledge, vegan!
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Our next stop was just a short walk away...
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My husband and I, on the shuttle home, joyful after a successful
unguided outing!
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The dreamy view of our ship as we approached the port.
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Our Pokémon Center haul! Plushies--including regional
exclusives--postcards, a hand towel, a water bottle, and promo card
packs ✨
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We were treated to a farewell
yosakoi
performance just before departure 🤩
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I'd never seen yosakoi before; there were dancers and flag wavers,
sometimes at the same time, all timed to music. They performed several
different routines for an epic farewell!
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The game room was an excellent place to wind down with some
correspondence and crosswords 🖋️
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As always, I loved coming home to the ship's newspaper--which included
information about our next port, the weather forecast, and upcoming
shipboard activities--and some chocolates!
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That's all for our adventures in Kanazawa. Next stop, Niigata, for some of our
most epic moments yet! Thank you for reading to the end. I hope you'll look
forward to the next installment. Until then, please stay happy, healthy, and
safe ❤️
