Friday 2025/02/14
Ideas for Kawaguchiko:
- 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
- Azur:Fancy French restaurant in Yokohama w/ vegan dinner menu (¥12000): https://www.icyokohama-grand.com/data/restaurant/en/2/restaurant_menu08.pdf?20250102075538
Ideas:
- Yokohama Bay Brewing
- Doria
- Chinese food?
Monday 2025/02/17
- train to Tokyo
- run
- ? JR pass for Mako?
- ? JR pass for Mika?
- ? Dinner
Hokkaido trip
Tuesday 2025/02/18 Sapporo
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)
- Done
- SoupCurry King
Wednesday 2025/02/19 Kushiro
- travel: train from Sapporo to Obihiro
Tokachi line: Sapporo station to Obihiro station 167 mins (no transfer)- train: 2025/2/19 14:17 - 18:39: OZO7 sapporo -> kushiro (reservation [TODO])
stay (Obihiro): APA hotel Obihiro Ekimae- stay (Kushiro): [DONE] Hotel Crown Hills Kushiro (ホテル クラウンヒルズ 釧路) booked through Yahoo travel by Mika
- eat:
- fun:
Thusday 2025/02/20 Kushiro
- travel:
- tourist bus from Kushiro to Kushiro at 20250219005131-00000034611.
- stay (Kushiro): [DONE] Hotel Crown Hills Kushiro (ホテル クラウンヒルズ 釧路) booked through Yahoo travel by Mika
- fun: アトサヌプリ Atosanupuri - hike up to the mouth of the volcano. Get off at Kawayuonsen Stataion. It's a 25 minute walk from the station.
- extra info
- Obihiro （帯広）at 9:19AM Ozora Line to Kushiro (釧路) at 10:56AM;
- Bus from Kushiro 1:15PM to the cranes at 2:30 PM; 4:10PM from the cranes to Kushiro at 5:13PM
- Leave Kushiro 5:54PM to Kawayu-onsen 8:33PM
- Akan International Crane Center in Kushiro this map leaves at 12:13 from Ohibiro and gets to the crane center by bus at 4pm which is an hour before closing
CANCELLED: Samurai Produce will pick us up at 4:30AM (2/20). We'll be back around 11:30AM, so we should check out at 4:30AM. Bring cash. CANCELLED: 4:30-11:00AM: do jewlery ice (samauraiproduce https://digjapan.travel/en/blog/id=11862) (RESERVED)- Kayanuma station, where we may be able to see tancho cranes. It's a tiny town with an unattended station. Oji Coffee in town seems nice, so if we don't see cranes, we can wait for the next train there. It's 1:51 to Shiretoko Shari. There's also a cottage.
- (For future reference, there's an SL train that runs from Kushiro to Shibecha on weekends but it's all booked for our travel dates.)
- Tancho Crane at Kayanuma station
- Drift ice walk seems less likely
Friday 2025/02/21 Abashiri
- travel: 2025/02/21 8:52-11:59: Kushiro to Abashiri
- stay (Abashiri): [DONE] Dormy Inn Abashiri Natural Hot Spring (ドーミーイン網走): late checkout at noon
- eat:
- fun:
- RESERVED Abarshiri Aurora Ship at 16:45 (bring cash; arrive early because we need to sign some forms) Reservation number: 250221166524 Ship# 006便 16:45
- 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 Takikawa
Mako work until 10:30AM.
- do: day in abashiri
- travel: 2025/2/22 12:35 - 17:02: 2 trains: TST4 + LLC34: abashiro -> asahikawa -> takikawa? (ideally should arive by 5pm or near that if possible) (reservation [DONE])
- stay (Asahikawa): [TODO] hotel (suggestion is Hotel Suehiro shared w/ Mika on IRC)
- eat:
- fun: Takikawa latern festival in a town that's halfway between asahikawa and sapporo on that saturday night
Sunday 2025/02/23
- do: day in Asahikawa or maybe in Sapporo?
- travel: Asahikawa to Sapporo
- stay (Sapporo): Air Terminal Hotel [DONE]
- fun: Sapporo Art Park or maybe the Shiroi Kobito park? both are kind of out of the city
Monday 2025/02/24
- flight back at 7:45AM-9:25AM CTS-HND
- M to Seattle at 8:25PM departure HND-SEA
