Travel plans/Winter 2025

Friday 2025/02/14

Ideas for Kawaguchiko:

• Onsen guide

• Hotel Mifujien: [1] "This aging hotel is the only one of the ryokan and hotels along Lake Kawaguchiko's northeastern shore which opens its baths to non-staying guests during the day. Its gender separated bathing facilities have seen better days, but the views of Mount Fuji are quite nice." Seems it's open to non-guests at 1pm but [TODO] we should call to confirm.
  • ~2k walk (should be <30m) or we can take the tourist bus which comes ever 15m and costs ¥230
• Onsen "This new facility is run by and located next to Fuji Q Highland. Its baths are a modern take on traditional wooden bathhouses with both indoor and outdoor baths for each gender. Unfortunately, the baths do not face Mount Fuji, but there is a good view of the mountain from the restaurant."
  • access page
  • Get there with free shuttle bus that comes every hour or so at :52 from Kawaguchiko station or go to Fuji-Q-Highlands stop and walk from there. It's not so bad from there.
  • Maybe take direct bus back? This page has description: https://www.fujiyamaonsen.jp/en/access.html#sect02 [2] [3] Seems like the likely options are ~13:30, ~15:30 (every two hours) direct from Highlights.

Dinner in Tokyo:

• Kome Kome maybe for drinks early? Template:DONE call for reservations
• Then maybe the curry place? [TODO] call for reservations

Saturday 2025/02/15

• Okada Garlic
  • Template:DONE get reservations?

Sunday 2025/02/16

• train to Yokohama Kahala
• run before dinner
• Chinese restaurant: reservation at 17:30
• [TODO] let Jewelry Rive Tour people know which hotel we're staying

Monday 2025/02/17

• train to Tokyo
• run
• ? JR pass for Mako?
• ? JR pass for Mika?
• ? Dinner

Hokkaido trip

Tuesday 2025/02/18

Mika class at 7AM

• travel: fly to Hokkaido. Depart at 15:30 (HND) and arrive at 17:00 (CTS)
• stay (Sapporo): Sapporo Hotel Gracery Sapporo (RESERVED)
• eat:
• fun:

Wednesday 2025/02/19

• travel: train from Sapporo to Obihiro
  • Tokachi line: Sapporo station to Obihiro station 167 mins (no transfer)

• stay (Obihiro): [TODO] hotel

• eat:

• fun:

Thusday 2025/02/20

• 4:30-11:00AM: do jewlery ice (samauraiproduce https://digjapan.travel/en/blog/id=11862) (RESERVED)
• travel:

Option 1: Obihiro （帯広）to Shiretokoshari (知床斜里）station by Ozora line (おおぞら線）to Kushiro + Senmou honsen (釧網本線). Total time including a transfer is 4:43.

Option 2: Obihiro （帯広）to Abashiri （網走）by Ozora line (おおぞら線）to Kushiro + Senmou honsen (釧網本線). Total time including a transfer is 5:32.

• stay (Shiretokoshari or somewhere neaby): [TODO] hotel

if Shiretokoshari

Hotel Both

Yumotokan

if Abashiri

Friday 2025/02/21

• travel: Shiretokoshair to Abashiri (unless we skipped Shiretoko the day before)
• stay (Abashiri): [TODO] hotel: need good wifi and late checkout
• eat:
• fun:

Shiretoko tour

maybe do drift ice walking

• overnight plans 2/21-22

Mika Academic retreat zoom call from 23:00-02:45.

Mako 2/22 4-10:30AM work

Saturday 2025/02/22

Mako work until 10:30AM.

• do: day in abashiri
• travel: Abashiri to Asahikawa (5 hours, leaving at 9:30pm)
• stay (Asahikawa): [TODO] hotel
• eat:
• fun:

Sunday 2025/02/23

• do: day in Asahikawa
• travel: Asahikawa to Sapporo
• stay (Sapporo): Air Terminal Hotel (reserved?)

Monday 2025/02/24

• flight back at 7:45AM-9:25AM CTS-HND
• M to Seattle at 8:25PM departure HND-SEA