Bit of a late start today as we were recovering from Toyama, so it was going to be a Kanazawa day.
We decided to go to the Higashi Chaya district. This is the historic entertainment district where Geisha perform and traditional tea houses still exist. There would be no chance of seeing any Geisha during the day, but some of the old houses have been turned into shops.
Kanazawa is famous for gold leaf and everything is covered in some kind of gold from jewellery, cups, bowls, cosmetics and ice cream! I wandered into one shop and came out with gold leaf lip balm and a tester set of face wash, moisturiser, cleansing gel…. All with gold leaf. I’ll be shimmering like gold when I get home …..
We had a lovely walk round the whole district popping in and out the shops. As it’s one of Kanazawa's main attractions, it was really busy…. And it as packed with Schools kids …. Are they ever in school? But we managed to get round and see all we wanted to ….
After a couple of hours , we made our way back home as we had tickets booked for the teamLab event tonight at the castle ….
Quick stop at the 7-11 on the way home first for a top up of snacks…. And a Smoothie! This is where you buy a pot filled with various frozen fruits and a yoghurt and after paying for it, you stick the pot in the machine and it whisks it into the perfect Smoothie - absolutely delicious ….. I’ve lost count of how many I’ve had so far ….. 😬. The steamed cheesecake was to die for ….. yum 😋
So now time for teamLab. This is an outdoor digitised lighting exhibition which is shown against the castle walls. The artworks change as people walk past and changes depending on how quickly they walk-by it. It’s also affected by the elements and changes every time each night - There are no duplicates.
It’s on every night over October but the weekends are booked out, so we had to go for it now before the weekdays sold out. We got there just after 6 and it was already packed. You follow the path round the castle in the pitch dark and there are different exhibits on each wall . . . . Now, Scott and I are not exactly known for our artistic sides, so a lot of this was lost on us…. But it was very pretty.
Animals made from petals
The interactive eggs
This parade changes depending on the people and elements …..
Half way round, we found a whole field full of lit up eggs! We could play with these …. The colours changed as you touched them and if you pushed them they made a noise.
At the end, there was a tent where people were colouring in printed pictures …. Not one for missing out (I always have a bit FOMO), I jumped in to find out what was going on. All I had to do, was colour in the picture and give it to the girl who would project it on a screen. The screen showed a scene of all the different colourings interacting with each other.
Yes yes, mine looks a tad scary (Scott did the nose and made her look … well… weird … or something Stephen King would make up) . . . But you try to colour in using crayons that have been well battered by the time you get to them…. They were like stumps… my excuse and I’m sticking to it.
There she is … chatting away!
I took some video of her moving around and chatting to the other pictures …. She hung around for about 10 minutes, then scurried off to let others on the screen…..
The whole event was really good fun and I’m pleased we managed to get tickets …. Like I said, some of the concepts were lost on us, but the other bits like the eggs…. Watching the kids go wild pushing the eggs at each other was funny and the party pictures were interesting and fun. Would absolutely recommend it ….
So I’m done for now …. Despite not doing too much, we have walked a lot and we are are both ready for home for food and planning tomorrows day out …..
So until tomorrow xxx
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