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Gold-leafed ice cream, a samurai neighborhood, and a legendary garden lit up at night

Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture Worth the trip for this alone! Everybody thinks that the best time to visit this ultra-famous Japanese garden is during cherry blossom season, but if you go in the spring with the crowdy crowds, you’ll miss one of the most spectacular sights in Japan: Kenroku-en Garden lit up at night in theContinueContinue reading “Gold-leafed ice cream, a samurai neighborhood, and a legendary garden lit up at night”

The weird world of bonsai chrysanthemums

The first time I saw these, I laughed out loud, because the idea of someone lavishing the kind of loving care necessary to train a bonsai seemed so ludicrous when applied to ghetto chrysanthemums Venerable bonsai pines, move over for…bonsai chrysanthemums! Yes, bonsai chrysanthemums are A Thing. And it happens in Japan every year inContinueContinue reading “The weird world of bonsai chrysanthemums”