Afternoon in Kanazawa

Arriving at Kanazawa station, we found a helpful man at the information centre and armed with maps, found our JR bus, then walked to our destination. Guesthouse Dorumiru was unrated when I booked but I took a punt on it for location above a shop not far from Kenrokuen garden. We were an hour or so ahead of checkin time but were able to leave our cases and start exploring. the garden had an admission fee and we wanted to go next morning so we walked on toward the castle. Cherry blossom was in full swing with preparations in the park and picnic tarps already in action. We had a nice walk around the base of the castle and back to our place, checked in and later walked into town for a meal, getting an icecream on the way home.