On Sunday, we went to shio higari (clam picking) at Kanazawa Hakkei Umino Koen. It was a crowded Sunday as the Golden Week was at its peak. Children were everywhere as we looked for a place to park the car. The place we wanted to go was closed by the late morning hours so we found a different place to clam pick. It was quite an experience to clam pick for the first time. A challenge perhaps as I didn’t know if I were picking the right clams as there were all sorts of crustaceans at this shallow river.
On the way, we stopped at a baseball field where high school students were playing a fun game. Can you see the ball?
Guys waiting for their turn.
We were very lucky to find a parking spot along the river bank. Notice how low tide it was.
Luckily, there weren’t too many people here compared to the other place.
We found all sorts of shells here, not just clams.
Even oysters were here.
Boombox too. This was flipped upside down by the force of the tidal change.
The clams we caught in the morning.
Cooked asari miso shiru. Note: This was eaten the next day as we needed to get rid of the excess sands and sediments. Don’t ever cook it right away or you’ll be eating sand clams with a nice crunch to every bite.
In the afternoon, we went to this town to do some shopping.
Donuts from Mister Donuts.
STOP sign on the paved sidewalk.
A view of the residential area.
As today was the last full day, we went to a soba restaurant with the family. This was the appetizer.
Fried fish with crab meat and sauce.
Pan fried fish fillet with ikura.
I believe this was roast duck.
Hot soba.
Cold soba.
Sakura ice-cream. This was delicious!
And not to mention, one of our luggage was filled up with goodies and snacks. Yes, that’s not me who packed it. We brought 2 luggages to Japan and now we had 4 total to bring back.
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