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:Day 6: Hokkaido (floating ice tour)
:Day 6: Hokkaido (floating ice tour)
:Day 7: Back to Tokyo
:Day 7: Back to Tokyo
==Interests==
* Onsen (hot spring)
* Artsy villages
* Maybe extreme snow


==Ideas of places to go==
==Ideas of places to go==
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* [http://japan-attractions.jp/illumination/uesugi-yukitourou2014/ Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival] (Yamagata February 7-9)
* [http://japan-attractions.jp/illumination/uesugi-yukitourou2014/ Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival] (Yamagata February 7-9)


2) Yokai town (Tottori Sakaiminato)
2) Yokai town (Sakaiminato, Tottori prefecture) 
 
* http://www.sakaiminato.net/
 
3) God's conference town (Izumo, Shimane prefecture)
 
* https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Izumo
* The conference is in October, so gods won't be around when we go.
 
Note: The government of Japan maintains this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Important_Intangible_Folk_Cultural_Properties list of important intangible folk cultural properties]. Several refer to events that occur during our window:
::Rokugō Kamakura (六郷のカマクラ行事) in Akita on February 11-15.
::the Mona Satoimo Festival (茂名の里芋祭) which is a kind of potato festival in Chiba on February 19-22.
:: if you like oni, there is the Oni Festival of Toyohashi Shinmei Shrine (豊橋神明社の鬼祭) on February 10-11
:: the Spring Hoe Festival of Higoshi Shinmei Shrine (樋越神明宮の春鍬祭) on February 11.
 


The government of Japan maintains this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Important_Intangible_Folk_Cultural_Properties list of important intangible folk cultural properties]. Several refer to events that occur during our window. One is the Rokugō Kamakura (六郷のカマクラ行事) in Akita on February 11-15. Another is the Mona Satoimo Festival (茂名の里芋祭) which is a kind of potato festival in Chiba on February 19-22. Also, if you like oni, there is the Oni Festival of Toyohashi Shinmei Shrine (豊橋神明社の鬼祭) on February 10-11 and the Spring Hoe Festival of Higoshi Shinmei Shrine (樋越神明宮の春鍬祭) on February 11.


==To do ==
==To do ==

Revision as of 22:34, 22 January 2014

Itinerary

  • Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Day 3
  • Day 4
  • Day 5
  • Day 6
  • Day 7


Suggested routes

Idea 1 (Mika)

Day 1: Kagoshima/Yakushima
Day 2: Nagasaki
Day 3: Beppu or Fukuoka
Day 4: Sanuki/Izumo
Day 5: Akita
Day 6: Hokkaido (floating ice tour)
Day 7: Back to Tokyo

Interests

  • Onsen (hot spring)
  • Artsy villages
  • Maybe extreme snow

Ideas of places to go

1) Here is a list of winter festivals in Japan during the time we will be there including:

2) Yokai town (Sakaiminato, Tottori prefecture) 

3) God's conference town (Izumo, Shimane prefecture)

Note: The government of Japan maintains this list of important intangible folk cultural properties. Several refer to events that occur during our window:

Rokugō Kamakura (六郷のカマクラ行事) in Akita on February 11-15.
the Mona Satoimo Festival (茂名の里芋祭) which is a kind of potato festival in Chiba on February 19-22.
if you like oni, there is the Oni Festival of Toyohashi Shinmei Shrine (豊橋神明社の鬼祭) on February 10-11
the Spring Hoe Festival of Higoshi Shinmei Shrine (樋越神明宮の春鍬祭) on February 11.


To do

  • Watch kabuki
  • Watch sumo
  • Onsen (hot spring)