"David Kinny" <dnk@students.cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote in message
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> BTW, if you do go to Kanazawa (to see the Kenrokuen garden!) spend a night
> at Yamanaka onsen about 20? miles south ... book in to just about any
onsen
> hotel there and they'll collect you by car from the station .... again a
> pretty tour guide would be a real advantage here.
>
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yes, kenrokuen indeed! and the original samurai settlement just behind the
kohribo shopping centre in downtown kanazawa. :)  from kanazawa can return
to tokyo via nagano (winter olympics '98), very scenic route - sea of japan
coastline and the japanese alps in one go.

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