Latitude · Rin · November
36.6°N
Kanazawa
One November day in Kanazawa, from the morning train to a wet coat hung up at the inn.
- I — Tsuzumi-mon, 08:50
- II — Omicho, 12:30
- III — Higashi Chaya, 16:10
- IV — Ryokan, 19:30
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Field notes — 36.6° N
Gold, lattice, rain
Almost all of the gold leaf made in Japan is beaten in Kanazawa, to about one ten-thousandth of a millimetre. Held up to the light, it lets a bluish glow through.
On the east bank of the Asano river, the teahouse quarter of Higashi Chaya was opened with the licence of the Kaga domain in 1820. Its fronts are lined with kimusuko, fine wooden lattices: from inside you can see the street, from the street you cannot see in.
In late November the rain here comes and goes in short, cold showers. They call it shigure.
The colours of 36.6° N
Kinpaku
#C4A058
Kobako
#BC5632
Tatami
#BEA674
Kimusuko
#60361E
Hood Olive
#766A44
Water Mirror
#3A4244
Asano Dusk
#364A68
- Kinpaku#C4A058
- Kobako#BC5632
- Tatami#BEA674
- Kimusuko#60361E
- Hood Olive#766A44
- Water Mirror#3A4244
- Asano Dusk#364A68
Notes for the trip — Kanazawa in November
- Weather
- Kanazawa in November averages 15.9°C by day and 8.1°C at night, with about 250 mm of rain (1991–2020). Late in the month it is colder, and short showers come and go.
- What she wore
- A long olive double-faced coat with a hood, over a black-and-ecru turtleneck and white barrel trousers; leopard-print square-toe ballet flats with black socks, and a large dark brown suede drawstring bag.
- Earlier or later
- In October a knit and a light jacket are enough. In December it drops to about 10°C by day and the first snow comes; wear boots.
The images in this issue were made with AI by VUAL. The places, the routes and the facts are real.
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