Travel plans/Winter 2014

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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

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 (Tottori Sakaiminato)

The government of Japan maintains this 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

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