David Stanley has authored numerous travel guidebooks for Lonely Planet and Moon Handbooks. He has seen every country in the world and visited all but one.
The 11 red tomuro stones of Gankoubashi (Flying Geese Bridge) in Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, are laid out to resemble a formation flying geese.
This stone lantern is on Seven Fortune Gods Hill in Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Begun in the late 17th century, Kenrokuen was the private outer garden of the adjacent castle.
The Gyokuseninmaru Garden in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, was created in 1634 by Toshitsune Maeda, the third lord of the Kaga domain. Destroyed in the late 19th century, it was only reconstructed in 2015.
Kanazawa Castle in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, was first built in 1631 but suffered devastating fires in 1759, 1808, and 1881. In recent years the complex has been fully restored based on ancient documents, drawings, and old photographs.
The Ishikawabashi Bridge connects Kenrokuen Garden to Kanazawa Castle Park in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Cherry blossoms obscure the Ishikawamon Gate (1788) just across the bridge.
The Onoshin Bridge at Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, leads to Ohno, a soy sauce producing town with many historic townhouses. The Yamato Soy Sauce and Miso Company, founded in 1911, can be visited.