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
- 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
- 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
