Travel Plans/Winter 2009-2010
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Tokyo (12/29-1/3)
We'll stay in Meguro-ku with Mika's family. Meguro is close to Shibuya, one of the largest transit centers in Tokyo.
Things to do in Tokyo:
- Kabuki-za (get tickets?)
- Jimbocho (book town)
- Osechi
- Roppongi Hills (view)
- Shibuya (easy) + Harajuku
- Meiji jingu or maybe a temple to ring the bell
- Asakusa
Train trip
Summary:
- Day 1: Travel to Hiroshima; spend day there; travel the rest of the way to Fukuoka at night
- Day 2: Stay in Fukuoka for the day; travel to Beppu do onsen in the afternoon;
- Day 3: See Beppu and its Hells; travel to and stay in Okayama;
- Day 4: Take boat to Naoshima and see the art island; Take boat to Takamatsu; Have udon. Go to Kansai;
- Day 5: Stay in Osaka; See Kyoto
- Day 6: see more kansai. go to aomori at night
- Day 7: see aomori. return at night to tokyo
Wikitravel pages to the city's we will be going through (in order):
- Hiroshima (Day 1)
- Fukuoka (Day 1-2)
- Beppu (Day 2-3)
- Okayama (Day 3-4)
- Naoshima (Day 4)
- Takamatsu (Day 4)
- Osaka (Day 4-6)
- Kyoto (Day 5-6)
- Hida (Day 6-7)
The JR East bullet train stops.
Railpass Day 1 (1/4)
- Summary: Travel to Fukuoka with a stop in Hiroshima
Tentative travel plans:
- Train from Tokyo early on first train possible (6AM or 7AM?) to Hiroshima (~5-6h)
- Train from Hiroshima' to Fukuoka on one of the later evening shinkansens (~2.5h)
Place to stay in Fukuoka:
Things to do in Hiroshima:
- Eat Hiroshima-yaki in Hiroshima
- Explore the Peace Park and atomic bomb memorial
- Dome
- Transportation to Hiroshima Park
- We could possibly walk and pass by Hiroshima Castle. Will be about 5km.
- Go to Itsukushima Shrine directly by a ferry or via Hiroshima station/Miyashimakou and then a ferry. Miyashima? (ferry details to the Shrine)