Editing Travel plans/Winter 2014 (section)

== 2/11 Tokyo → Tsuyazaki ==

* Travel: Tokyo → Tsuyazaki which includes: JR Tokaido / Sanyo Shinkansen from Tokyo to Hakata; JR Train to Futuma Station (the 鹿児島本線 train); Then #1-1, #1-2 (12 mins, 9 stops), or #5 Bus (14 mins, 13 stops) to Tsuyazaki-bashi run by [http://www.nishitetsu.co.jp/ Nishitetsu Bus] (¥220). The bus and trains run until about midnight.
* Day: Travel mostly but maybe stop for food/activity on the way?
* Evening: Stay in Tsuyazaki

The plan is to leave on an early train and then try to spend a big chunk of the day in a stop along the way. Either Hiroshima for some bomb tourism and okonomiyaki or Miyajima for some shrine tourism.

* Consult [http://tabelog.com Tabelog] for Hiroshima okonomiyaki spots (maybe in the station). [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hiroshima#Eat Wikivoyage] also has a few recommendations. 
* To get to Miyajima, we'd take the JR Sanyo Main Line to Miyajimaguchi Station (and then presumably transfer to a ferry). The train ride takes about 27 minutes and departs every 15 minutes.

Proposed trip: 7:40-12:36 [http://www.hyperdia.com/en/cgi/en/search.html?dep_node=SHINAGAWA&arv_node=HIROSHIMA&via_node01=&via_node02=&via_node03=&year=2014&month=02&day=11&hour=07&minute=00&search_type=0&search_way=&transtime=undefined&sort=0&max_route=5&airplane=off&ship=off&sprnozomi=off&lmlimit=null&search_target=route&facility=reserved&sum_target=7 Shinagawa → Hiroshima], 15:31-17:11 [http://www.hyperdia.com/en/cgi/en/search.html?dep_node=HIROSHIMA&arv_node=FUKUMA&via_node01=&via_node02=&via_node03=&year=2014&month=02&day=11&hour=17&minute=40&search_type=1&search_way=&transtime=undefined&sort=0&max_route=5&airplane=off&ship=off&sprnozomi=off&lmlimit=null&search_target=route&facility=reserved&sum_target=7 Hiroshima → Fukuma]

In Tsuyazaki, we'll stay in [http://1000gen.com/kawanotei/ an amazing guest house run by friends of Mika's college friend Takara] who now lives in the US and won't be there. 3000 yen/person/night. Reserved.
* [https://goo.gl/maps/HJ5tw Kono House map] 
** 〒811-3304 福岡県福津市津屋崎4丁目12－21 
** 811-3304 Fukuoka Fukutsu Tsuyazaki 4-chome 12-21 

* Review: Very nice place. The house is big and clean and even though it has been remodeled, it is still a traditional Japanese-style house. The kitchen is large and we'd have loved to cook there. We paid less than normal people because of Takara. We also walked from the station to Tsuyazaki instead of taking a bus -- about 40 minutes.

Vaughn will leave Tokyo around noon and should be able to arrive in Tsuyazaki by 7.

Dinner and an onsen or similar in Tsuyazaki?