Editing Travel Plans/Winter 2023 Asia (section)

=== old rough plan === 

* [2023-12-21 Thu] to [2024-01-07 Sun] in tokyo
* [DONE] plan/buy: [2024-01-07 Sun] to [2024-01-12 Fri] rusutsu and sapporo
* [DONE] ticket: [2024-01-12 Fri]: travel, be back in tokyo (harajuku) by 3pm so mika can see her mom before 4:30pm
* [DONE] ticket: either [2024-01-12 Fri] late evening tokyo or [2024-01-13 Sat] from toyo to thailand
* [DONE] ticket: return to tokyo from bangkok ideally on [2024-01-21 Sun] but could be anytime until [2024-01-18 Thu]; latest could be the [2024-01-22 Mon] with the same 4pm cutoff
* [DONE] ticket: mako will return to princeton for talk by [2024-01-30 Tue]; possibly w/ a stop in seattle (if possible, via philly)
* ticket: mika will return to hopkins by the 2nd of february
* possible: plan hakuba valley trip on [2024-01-27 Sat] and [2024-01-28 Sun] or on either the weekends of [2024-01-13 Sat] or [2024-01-20 Sat] if we get stuck in japan for those weekend
  
other notes:

* luggage shipping is about $150 from philly to seattle (with lugless)and about $700 from tokyo to https://app.luggageforward.com/trips/new?orig=105&dest=228&cpn=&orig_loc=&dest_loc=&dest_city=Seattle&dest_state=WA
* since it's a work trip, mika will get reimbursed for at least the RT from japan to thailand (so this should be bought w/ money)
* if possible, mika will get reimbursed for the ticket back hopkins

rail pass prices:

* https://japanrailpass.net/en/purchase/price/ ¥50k for 7 days, ¥100k for 21, ¥80k for 14
* https://japanrailpass.net/en/area/04.html (m would need to pick up hers in honolulu)