Travel Plans/December 2021 Japan Trip

Overview

• [2021-11-29 Mon] Arrival
• [2021-11-30 Tue] through [2021-12-09 Thu] 10 days)
• [2021-12-10 Tue] Freedom (in Tokyo)
• [2021-12-11 Sat] Tokyo Fly in the evening to Ishigaki
• [2021-12-11 Sat] through [2021-12-16 Thu] Stay in Ishigaki
  • [2021-12-12 Sun] through [2021-12-15 Wed] 3 days diving, maybe a dive on [2021-12-15 Wed] depending on flight
• [2021-12-16 Thu] Flying to Hokaido
• [2021-12-16 Thu] through [2021-12-22 Wed] Stay in Hokkaido
  • a. Skiing days [2021-12-17 Fri] through [2021-12-21 Tue]
• [2021-12-22 Wed] Fly back to Tokyo
• [2021-12-22 Wed] through [2022-01-06 Thu] Tokyo
  • [2022-01-04 Tue] Mako Leaves
  • [2022-01-06 Tue] Mika Leaves

Things we still need to do

things to do in the order in where they will fall in our trip:

• [DONE] reserve stay in Metroresidences through 2021-12-11
• [DONE] reserve transit to Metroresidences via car service
• [TODO] cancel the metroresidences stay and car service [mako]
• [TODO] register a new car service for trip from NRT to Kujikuri [mika]
• [DONE] book flight to Ishigaki on 2021-12-11
• [TODO] book place to stay in Ishigaki
• [TODO] book/reserve three days of diving with a local dive shop ([2021-12-12 Sun] through [2021-12-15 Wed]) [mika]
• [DONE] flight from hokkaido back to tokyo on the 22nd
• [DONE] book flight to Hokkaido [mako]
• [DONE] reserve place in Rutsutsu [mako]
• [TODO] find/reserve place to stay in Tokyo from 2021-12-22 through 2021-01-06
• [TODO] book bus from CTS→Rutsutsu
• [TODO] book bus from Rutsutsu→Sapporo
• [TODO] decide if there will be any other traveling?
• [TODO] decide if we're doing do we want to get a rail pass?
• [TODO] mika decides on a trip to nagasaki? when? [mika]
• [TODO] book a place at swrl in Shibuya (they book/reserve only 1 month out) [mako]

General things to keep in mind

• Try to plan no meetings on THURSDAY or FRIDAY 16-17 (or anything after that through the 22nd). Those will be in Rutsutsu.

Useful links

• Quarantine Japan with a useful calendar for counting days of quarantine
• US Embassy in Japan COVID information
• MofA Pages
  • Border enforcement measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Phased Measures for Resuming Cross-Border Travel
• MHLW Page about Entering Japan
• Entering Japan Questionnaire from MHLW

Things to schedule/plan

• Go to swrl in Shibuya (they book/reserve only 1 month out)

Schedule

[2021-11-29 Mon through [2021-12-11 Sat] Quarantine in Kujikuri

We'll be staying in Kujūkuri Beach for our quarantine period.

Address

1016-5 Fujishita, Kujukuri, Sambu District, Chiba 283-0112, Japan

Lat/long

35°30'50.4"N 140°26'05.0"E

Check-in Mon, Nov 29, 2021 4

00 PM

Checkout

Sat, Dec 11, 2021 11:00 AM

Nearest supermarket

????

Bike rental

RideTown bike rental in Kujikuri (bad English version of website)

COVID Test on 10th day

List of places to get COVID tests to get out of quarantine:

• Official list of places (bilingual search) from MHLW

The closest physical place is Chosei Clinic, 2777 Honno, Mobara, Chiba 299-4192, Japan. There are details on their test here (it seems to cost ¥20,000) but will be done as you wait. To do this, we would likely need to get bikes and/or run 20k one way and probably walk most of the way back.

The alternative is to do one a the mail-in test which should be quick but might mean that we are stuck for an extra day (and very likely for at least part of the day until we get our result). These can extremely cheap (¥3,000, plus shipping):

• https://covid-kensa.com/

[2021-12-11 Sat] through [2021-12-16 Thu] Stay in Ishigaki

• Charlie's general exams @ 2:00:00 am JST, Thursday, December 16, 2021
• Special faculty meeting @ 8:30:00 am JST, Thursday, December 16, 2021

[2021-12-16 Thu] through [2021-12-22 Wed] Stay in Rutsutsu

Skiing days [2021-12-17 Fri] through [2021-12-21 Tue]

Flight in

Arrive on JL

Staying

Rusutsu Lodges Pension Lilla Huset, Cancellation by November 15, Near the Westin (reserved through booking.com and in Tripit)

Options for bus travel:

• Powderhounds seems to rebrand the Hokkaido Resort Liner bus and has a bus at 18:15 from CTS Domestic to Rutsutsu that should work [reservation link]
• Overview article on bus transfer from LiveJapan
• Other options seem to be Chuo Bus, Donan bus, BigRuns (only for resort folks?), and Niseko ski bus (that stops at Rutsutsu along the way)

Alternate options

Option #2

Ohisama House, Ohisama House ($143/night), 32-18 Izumikawa, Rusutsu, Abuta District, Hokkaido 048-1711

Things to do

ルスツ温泉 (Onsen)

156-2 Rusutsu, Abuta District, Hokkaido 048-1731, Japan (about 1.5km from the place we're staying in the main part of town)

[2021-12-22 Wed] through [2022-01-06 Thu] Tokyo

Departures:

• [2022-01-04 Tue] Mako Leaves
• [2022-01-06 Tue] Mika Leaves