観光ー Sightseeing!

This weekend I did some great sightseeing around Noto and met a lot of great people!

Saturday night I met up with other JET teachers and we explored the Anamizu area. We started at Senmaida, which is a place by the sea that has hundreds of rice paddies growing on it. Next we went and saw the local Daibutsu (huge Buddha statue). And we finished our night with dinner at a ramen shop and ice cream from a nearby stand. 

Today I had another awesome day of exploration mostly in the Wajima area with two girls that work for the Board of Education. We went to Asaichi, the morning market which is a long street lined with shops and vendors selling fresh fish, knick knacks, and other goods. We had lunch at a well known soba restaurant, then went to see the Sojiji temple which is one of the most famous Buddhist temples in this area. Sojiji teaches Soto-zen and are part of a network of Buddhist temples around Japan. One of the sister temples (the main one I believe) is located in Tsurumi, where I lived last year. And I visited that Sojiji temple during a festival last summer. After seeing Sojiji, we went to Gannon, a scenic viewpoint of the sea. It was a gorgeous coast area and we also took a bumpy ride on the sea around the area.

Dried squid stand at the Morning Market

Lunch!

Sojiji Temple Grand Gateway

Inside the main temple building

Gannon

Dried squid we snacked on