Geisha District Light Up

Last Friday (October 9th) some of us went to a "light-up" in one of Kanazawa's Geisha districts.  It was fairly understated, but beautiful, with laterns lighting the paths of a centuries-old neighborhood.  We managed to see two live music performances and have some tea in an old tea house.  Kanazawa is pretty amazing in that there are cultural events going on every weekend almost every day if you look for them.  Here are a few pictures of the night.

 

 This was not the famous traditional tea ceremony--it was still ceremonial, but very abbreviated.

 

 

 

Pre-violin and cello performance.

In celebration of Blogger being up and running again and having added an "Extra Large" picture option, here's a pretty stunning picture from a bridge in downtown Kanazawa from a week ago.