To get to our next destination, Kanazawa, we got to ride the bullet train for the first time. It is fast and very reliable, but I suppose when you're used to British Rail, anything is an improvement. Our first stop here was the Contemporary Art Museum (Dad was always going to get at least one art gallery in!) We were spending Christmas in Kanazawa and on Christmas day we visited the town's castle and gardens, the old part of the city which still has the traditional style houses and a samurai house. It had snowed which was an added bonus but getting used to these temperatures after Sydney was not easy and it wasn't long before the thermals were making a reappearance. That evening we headed out for quite a different Christmas dinner, it comprised of
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