I got up, checked out and walked around in Toyama. I walked around in the park of Toyama Castle, enjoying its beautiful appearance. The lake at the park had a small waterfall. Everything looked so beautiful and well-kept. The Japanese people take care of everything! Except for the vending machine, where I wanted to buy a fruit/vegetable drink. The machine didn’t accept my coins or bills, and I’ve never seen that drink again at a vending machine.
But I got soon astonished again at a construction site, where a bagger lifted earth and another guy pushed the overlap back in the hole. I passed by another park, looking at the fountain and a big clock. I walked through the train station and walked around in a second park, where a bridge with two towers crossed a lake. I went up and saw a device which I knew from my childhood: a telephone built from two cups and a long thread. One could use it to communicate with a person at the other tower. Unfortunately I traveled on my own. I continued and had a look at a bird from a bird observation station.
I found a place to eat inside a small department store. I asked the waitress whether they had anything vegetarian. The cook made me fried noodles with vegetables. I talked a little bit with the cook in Japanese and some English words in between. He lived since 20 years in Toyama. After the lunch I hurried and caught the next train to Kanazawa at 14h18.
Kanazawa astonished me with the architecture of their train station. It had a huge entry gate of metal, glass and wood. Two boys asked me where I come from, and some other questions. Apparently they had to do it for their English class. It took me a while to reach the hostel, and I took a rest. Soon afterwards some girls arrived in the room.
I talked with them and discovered that they travel as a group of 9 people, but they hadn’t known each other before. I asked whether I could join them for dinner. The first restaurant said they couldn’t serve all of us before they close. After a while we found a little bit more expensive one. We had dinner, and the Japanese people put wasabi into the sushi. No problem if always breath in through your nose, and out through your mouth.