After the brief detour to Shiragawa, we headed to Kanazawa on the coast. Kanazawa is the capital of the Ishikawa prefecture and I had been looking forward to all the eats in this segment of the trip!
Our hotel was across the street from the Omicho Market. We made a reservation at an izakaya a block away in a quiet alleyway called Fuwari. Their reservation was hard to come by and we had to eat super early (for an izakaya meal) but its well worth it.
Fuwari made it easy to order for the gaijins- they translated their entire menu into English, with all their recommendations, not just the portion that interested the gaijins.
We just ended up ordering a bunch of stuff that was recommended on the menu:
Signature pressed sushi. Its good.
Grilled chicken neck and potato with soy butter sauce.
An assortment of yakitoris:
Grilled rice ball in fish broth. Yum.
Lotus root tempura:
Fried chicken with vinegar broth, onion, shiso leaf, scallion. Well done.
Grilled octopus with green onion:
I don’t remember exactly what this was but it might be grilled garlic:
Shrimp croquette:
Breaded horse mackerel:
Deepfried eggplant and mochi in tempura sauce:
Grilled zucchini:
And the last dish- local oysters. I always try local oysters where available. This one was a total disappointment after a whole meal of good food. 
Completely bland. Oh well, can’t have it all.
Overall, Fuwari was an izakaya doing creative, delicious food all around. A welcomed introduction to Kanazawa.
Even the bus was cute in Japan:
