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*? Stop in Hiroshima/Itsukushima for sakura/okonomiyaki?
* 3/31 afternoon: take a train to Hiroshima; eat okonomiyaki; take a train to Mitoyo-shi; Yozakura at Asahi Sanrin Koen
 
* 4/1: Hike up Shiudeyama; picnic; take a train to Kotohira; onsen
* 3/31-4/2
* 4/2: Hike up Kotohira shrine; picnic; head out (see below)
 
* To stay: TBD (weekend, so book early)
* Mitoyo-shi in Kagawa for [https://hanami.walkerplus.com/detail/ar0937e26306/ Shiudeyama]?
* Mitoyo-shi in Kagawa for [https://hanami.walkerplus.com/detail/ar0937e26306/ Shiudeyama]: best spot in Shikuko, it seems.
* Near Mityo-shi in Kagawa for [http://www.rurubu.com/season/spring/sakura/detail.aspx?SozaiNo=370001 Kotohiragu]: famous shrine for having many stairs. Also, [http://www.jalan.net/yad322060/ good onsen]
* Near Mityo-shi in Kagawa for [http://www.rurubu.com/season/spring/sakura/detail.aspx?SozaiNo=370001 Kotohiragu]: famous shrine for having many stairs. Also, [http://www.jalan.net/yad322060/ good onsen]
* Mitoyo-shi in Kagawa for [https://hanami.walkerplus.com/detail/ar0937e26302/ a park]
* Mitoyo-shi in Kagawa for [https://hanami.walkerplus.com/detail/ar0937e26302/ Asahi Sanrin Park]
* Takamatsu-shi in Kagawa for [https://hanami.walkerplus.com/detail/ar0937e26294/ Ritsurin Park]: we've been there. More udon time?
* Takamatsu-shi in Kagawa for [https://hanami.walkerplus.com/detail/ar0937e26294/ Ritsurin Park]: we've been there. More udon time?



Revision as of 03:41, 23 March 2017

This is for the ohanami trip.

Schedule

3/25-30: Tokyo (started blooming 3/21)
3/30-31: Fukuoka (start blooming 3/22)
3/31-4/2: Shikoku (start blooming 3/25)
4/2-4/4: Kyoto/Nara (start blooming 3/30)
4/4-4/5: Gifu? TBD -> Tokyo
4/6: Home

Tokyo

Fukuoka

  • 3/30: Leave early in AM; go to Fukuoka-shi for our first ohanami at Maitsuru Koen; take a shinkansen back to Kitakyusyuu to check in; Yozakura at castle (~21:00); get food and maybe onsen
  • 3/31: walk around Mojiko if we have time; TOTO Museum (opens at 10AM); head out (see below)
  • To stay: TBD
  • To do:
picnic at Ogura Castle in Kitakyusyu
visit TOTO Museum
visit Mojiko "retro": maybe skip if we want to go somewhere else on 3/31 like Itsukushima.
visit Maitsuru koen: note this is in Fukuoka-shi while the others above are in Kitakyuusyuu

Shikoku

  • 3/31 afternoon: take a train to Hiroshima; eat okonomiyaki; take a train to Mitoyo-shi; Yozakura at Asahi Sanrin Koen
  • 4/1: Hike up Shiudeyama; picnic; take a train to Kotohira; onsen
  • 4/2: Hike up Kotohira shrine; picnic; head out (see below)
  • To stay: TBD (weekend, so book early)
  • Mitoyo-shi in Kagawa for Shiudeyama: best spot in Shikuko, it seems.
  • Near Mityo-shi in Kagawa for Kotohiragu: famous shrine for having many stairs. Also, good onsen
  • Mitoyo-shi in Kagawa for Asahi Sanrin Park
  • Takamatsu-shi in Kagawa for Ritsurin Park: we've been there. More udon time?

Kyoto/Osaka/Nara

  • 4/2-4/4
  • Maybe stay in Kyoto or Osaka and make day trips?
  • Kyoto
Maruyama koen
  • Osaka
Osaka Castle
Banpaku Park
  • Nara
Yoshinoyama
1000 year old tree?
Hasedera? 1000 sakura trees.

Gifu or Yamanashi?

  • 4/4-4/5
  • Those two trees are regarded as one of the oldest and best sakura trees in Japan:
  • Neodani Usuzumi Sakura: in Gifu.
  • Yamataka-Jindai Sakura: in Yamanashi; a bit out of the way but doable. Lots of onsen in a nearby town.