Morning in Kanazawa

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Ah.. Back in Kanazawa, first full day and we managed to find a little spot for breakfast with delightful coffee called Curio Esspresso & Vintage.  Their signature coffee is a mocha with zest of orange, and Kym also enjoyed the cappuccino.  

We paired it a breakfast sandwich which hit the mark.

The owner is American from Seattle and provides great advice for English speaking tourists.  From here we wandered down the street to a little umbrella shop, where the owner obviously had a love of cats and kokeshi dolls.  
We decided to buy a couple of umbrellas – very solidly made, and great designs!

A little early…

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Pleased to report the flight was uneventful…. Apart from a little turbulence (mum you would of enjoyed it) at the time of serving food.  We were able to watch the Japanese movie “An”, which is only screening twice  in Adelaide (lovely film, which may make you cry).  Kym managed to sleep for about 5 hours…and I think I was asleep for 4.  The flight we were on reached Tokyo at 5am, great for that business meeting, but for holiday makers a little less useful.  After a couple of transfers, walking in circles, loosing a suitcase down an escalator to an inspecting tourists we finally got to Tokyo station found suitcase lockers and decided to walk around  – it was around 7:30.
Coffee in a can

Ginza is a great shopping street… even for window shopping. There were not many people on the streets – unusual to see it so quiet.

We were able to navigate ourselves around given previous visits… and eventually back to the train station.