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Kanazawa hodgepodge

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Ella

Claw games are a big deal. We stepped into a claw game arcade to check it out. Each try costs 100 yen (US 70 cents). You can grab anything from a big stuffed animal to a package of cookies to a transformer car. Yeah, I was tempted to try but..oh well I have no excuse. Some were set up as two player games. Maybe the one who gets their prize first wins something?

Claw arcade

Below. This looked like an old theater (it wasn’t )And nextdoor, maybe karaoke.

Karaoke

The weather turned nice yesterday. We finally made it up to the rooftop terrace. Got a nice (distant) view of the Japanese alps.

View of the Alps
View of Kanazawa

In case you need recycling instructions.

Recycling is serious

Another sign. I won’t keep you guessing. it’s a campaign for using your car’s high beams.

High beam campaign
No dumping

Another stop since but attached to a sign without a cartoon character. But with a bowler hat?

Stop sign guy with bowler?

Whatever kind of knife you need or just want.

Seriously? Who’s that skinny?

Skinny pedestrians?

The roofing is fabulous

Mail delivery by motorcycle. Wish I’d caught a pic of the postman. These guys don’t stroll. They rush, they jog.

Motorcycle mail

Japanese donut from Mister Donut. That’s matcha icing. It’s closer to a pastry than an American donut.

Matcha iced Japanese donut

A sweet wrapped in a leaf. Unwrap…it’s a doughy blob (gluten I think) with red bean paste filling. 

A rice cooker comes with every apartment.

Rice cooker amenity

3 thoughts on “Kanazawa hodgepodge”

  1. David says:
    April 26, 2025 at 6:04 pm

    The guy in the blue sign isn’t wearing a bowler. More like a pork pie or Heisenberg hat from B Bad. Great pics from Kanazawa.

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    1. Ella says:
      April 27, 2025 at 1:16 am

      I clearly don’t know one hat from another. My hat know,edge is top hat or bowler.

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      1. Grubb says:
        April 28, 2025 at 4:14 am

        Seeing as how pork pie hats were sort of phased out in the forties, I’d expect something more recent for this sign. I was going to say, “backwards baseball cap”.

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