Things to definitely do
Day 1 (1/3?)
- ? Kobe
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
January 12
- 10:25 -> 12:15: Flight from Sapporo to Tokyo (Haneda)
- Afternoon: Sumo Tournament - The cheapest tickets should be around ¥3600 but it is often possible to move up. We should buy tickets at the gate to avoid a ¥1000 extra fee for booking online.
January 13
Return to Boston!
Potential things to do
- Kobe
- Kanazawa; Ryokan Shibaya at ~ 4100 yen for two people w/ onsen bath in basement
- Takayama, Hida
- Nagano
- Jigokudani (snow monkey onsen); Yudanaka station (about 265min from Kanazawa; 357 from Takayama)
- Niigata
- Sado Island
- In Tokomachi, Niigata there are two cool art hotels. House of Light by James Turrel and Yume no Ie by Maria Abramovic (an art hotel where you get uniforms and sleep in boxes). Both seem reasonably priced. (Snowshowing is also available for a good price. We'd leave sometime in the early evening on the second day.) [1]
YamagataNotoya Ryokan (an awesome inn) in Obanazawa, Yamagata which is a town the highest snowfall in the entire world(looks like the cheapest places are too expensive and it's a 1 hour bus ride from the nearest JR station)
- Akita
- Nyuto Onsen (a secret onsen village) and Kakunodate (the site of some samurai training houses) in Akita; we can stay in [2]
- Yurihonjo which is comprehensively covered on wikitravel and is an hour south of Akita (city)
- Aomori
- Hirosaki which is has a big float museum and a decent looking hostel
- Yagen Valley in Aomori which seems pretty rural
- Itayanagi A very apple themed village with apple street lights and more
- Sapporo
Near Tokyo:
- Mizunuma Station (a train station with a hot spring) 11AM-8PM: http://www.mizunuma-sb.com/facilities.shtml
