photo dump #1;

My room! They put all the exchange students in the dorms called
Nishikawa Heights. Unlike RIT, the dorms here have two bedrooms, a kitchen, a shower room, and a bathroom.

Each of the bedrooms are very nice! They provided us with
a futon, a desk, and a dresser of some sort. We also have a nice
balcony! Unfortunately the morning sun (4am rising time)
is a little unruly, but it's an awesome view otherwise~

My first meal after arriving in Kanazawa!

There's a Katsu shop close to our dorms that serves really great shrimp,
pork, and chicken. The shrimp is my favorite, but in need to try
the katsu pork and egg bowl the next time I go.

Everything is served over a bowl of rice with some mayo and a small
bed of cabbage. I have yet to figure out the Japanese's
fascination with cabbage, since it's nearly served
with every meal that I have eaten!

I plan on taking photos of all the meals I eat...idk where it will go though xD

Our third day here we took the bus to a shopping center. Unfortunately
the shopping center didn't have much to offer, so we ended up walking around the country
side. I'm not really sure where we were, but the area we were in had
an interesting mix of both modern and traditional Japanese architecture.
I think the area was a bit more high end than most, considering some of the housing was
pretty spectacular!

Cool looking moss. Macro was not used~

Saturday we went on a "field trip" with the SGE students to Kenrokuen Gardens, Kanazawa Castle,
and the Fish Market. Photos above are just various shots from the gardens. Kenrokuen
is known as one of the prettiest gardens in all of Japan, and ironically enough,
it's located in downtown Kanazawa. When we were there, it was
hard to believe that we were located in the city!

Photo of the fish market! They had tons of different food vendors, shops,
restaurants, and pastry shops. A lot of us want to go back, since we didn't have
a ton of time to wander around and look at everything. Pretty sure
it was like, 4-5 stories high!

But the downtown area is amazing overall. They even have a 109 store!

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Okay, so that's photo dump number 1. I hope to post more later!
I really don't have a ton of time to sit around and edit photos ;A;