Ishikawa - Hype in Tokyo

Kanazawa’s kitchen Omicho market

by josephbautista | Nov 18, 2018 | Food, Ishikawa, Japan | 0 Comments

Kanazawa's kitchen omicho market On our trip to Ishikawa prefecture, our first stop at Kanazawa couldn’t be other than a morning visit to Kanazawa’s kitchen, the central market of Omicho. Established during the Edo period in the 18th century, it has been the main...

Things to do in Kanazawa, my Golden week trip

by josephbautista | Jun 14, 2015 | Ishikawa, Japan, Things to do | 0 Comments

It’s been a little more than 2 years of my trip to Kanazawa, but I would like to share some tips and my experience of my weekend in Kanazawa for Golden Week. At the time, I wasn’t good enough with japanese reading so my friend Yurina helped me a lot with...

Kanazawa samurai district

by josephbautista | May 27, 2015 | Ishikawa, Japan | 0 Comments

To step literally in history is an amazing feeling, like the time I walked around the Nagamachi district in Kanazawa. Also known for being the samurai district of the city, many residences, shops and streets remain there, most of them restaured to their origins. The...

Kanazawa gold streets

by josephbautista | May 20, 2015 | Ishikawa, Japan | 0 Comments

On my visit to Kanazawa, my friend Yurina guided me to the gold streets in Kanazawa. I didn’t know at the moment what she was talking about but I was soon to discover. We walked to Higashi Chaya district, a tourist spot of the city, where you can buy souvenirs,...

Kenrokuen 兼六園

by josephbautista | Apr 29, 2015 | Ishikawa, Japan | 0 Comments

Kenrokuen garden, located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kairakuen and Korakuen. The name Kenrokuen comes from the concept of combining the six attributes of a perfect garden. It is required to pay an entrance...

Oyama shrine 尾山神社

by josephbautista | Apr 16, 2015 | Ishikawa, Japan | 0 Comments

The Oyama shrine, in Kanazawa, shooked me at first glance. It seemed somehow out of place and disturbed my senses. The main gate is a mix of japanese, chinese and european architecture, that once was part of the entrance to Kanazawa castle. The shrine was constructed...

Kanazawa station 金沢駅

by josephbautista | Apr 4, 2015 | Ishikawa, Japan | 0 Comments

I was invitied by a friend to come over to Kanazawa, in Ishikawa prefecture for Golden week on 2013. I didn’t think about it twice and was an easy decision to make, I had the time and the chance to explore a bit more of other prefectures. By night bus from...

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Travel photographer and journalist. Degree in Tourism management and master's degree in Travel Journalism. Lived and studied in Tokyo for more than 2 years, where I started my blog Hype in Tokyo. I kept the name from that period in Tokyo for my travel projects as a memento of where it all started.