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==Things to definitely do== | ==Things to definitely do== | ||
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*? Kobe | |||
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=== January 12 === | |||
=== January 12 | |||
* 10:25 -> 12:15: Flight from Sapporo to Tokyo (Haneda) | * 10:25 -> 12:15: Flight from Sapporo to Tokyo (Haneda) | ||
* Afternoon: [http://sumo.pia.jp/en/sumo01.jsp Sumo Tournament] - The cheapest tickets should be around ¥3600 but it is often possible to move up. We should buy tickets at the gate to avoid a ¥1000 extra fee for booking online. | * Afternoon: [http://sumo.pia.jp/en/sumo01.jsp Sumo Tournament] - The cheapest tickets should be around ¥3600 but it is often possible to move up. We should buy tickets at the gate to avoid a ¥1000 extra fee for booking online. | ||
=== January 13 | === January 13 === | ||
Return to Boston! | Return to Boston! | ||
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* Kobe | * Kobe | ||
* | * '''*''' Kanazawa; [http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Ryokan-Shibaya/Kanazawa/37747 Ryokan Shibaya] at ~ 4100 yen for two people w/ onsen bath in basement | ||
* Takayama, Hida | * Takayama, Hida | ||
* Nagano | * Nagano | ||
** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Jigokudani_Monkey_Park Jigokudani] (snow monkey onsen); Yudanaka station (about 265min from Kanazawa; 357 from Takayama) | ** '''*''' [http://wikitravel.org/en/Jigokudani_Monkey_Park Jigokudani] (snow monkey onsen); Yudanaka station (about 265min from Kanazawa; 357 from Takayama) | ||
* Niigata | * Niigata | ||
** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Sado_Island Sado Island] | ** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Sado_Island Sado Island] | ||
** In [http://wikitravel.org/en/Tokamachi Tokomachi, Niigata] there are two cool art hotels. [http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~jthikari/ House of Light] by James Turrel and [http://japaneselandscapes.blogspot.com/2009/11/yume-no-ie-dream-house-1.html Yume no Ie] by Maria Abramovic (an art hotel where you get uniforms and sleep in boxes). Both seem reasonably priced. (Snowshowing is also available for a good price. We'd leave sometime in the early evening on the second day.) [http://www.echigo-tsumari.jp/calendar/event_20111224_03] | ** '''*''' In [http://wikitravel.org/en/Tokamachi Tokomachi, Niigata] there are two cool art hotels. [http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~jthikari/ House of Light] by James Turrel and [http://japaneselandscapes.blogspot.com/2009/11/yume-no-ie-dream-house-1.html Yume no Ie] by Maria Abramovic (an art hotel where you get uniforms and sleep in boxes). Both seem reasonably priced. (Snowshowing is also available for a good price. We'd leave sometime in the early evening on the second day.) [http://www.echigo-tsumari.jp/calendar/event_20111224_03] | ||
* <strike>Yamagata</strike> | * <strike>Yamagata</strike> | ||
** <strike>[http://www.notoyaryokan.com/ Notoya Ryokan] (an awesome inn) in [http://wikitravel.org/en/Obanazawa Obanazawa, Yamagata] which is a town the highest snowfall in the entire world</strike> (looks like the cheapest places are too expensive and it's a 1 hour bus ride from the nearest JR station) | ** <strike>[http://www.notoyaryokan.com/ Notoya Ryokan] (an awesome inn) in [http://wikitravel.org/en/Obanazawa Obanazawa, Yamagata] which is a town the highest snowfall in the entire world</strike> (looks like the cheapest places are too expensive and it's a 1 hour bus ride from the nearest JR station) | ||
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Akita Akita] | * [http://wikitravel.org/en/Akita Akita] | ||
** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Nyuto_Onsen Nyuto Onsen] (a secret onsen village) | ** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Nyuto_Onsen Nyuto Onsen] (a secret onsen village) and [http://wikitravel.org/en/Kakunodate Kakunodate] (the site of some samurai training houses) in Akita; we can stay in [http://www.onsenexpress.com/site/display/displayonsen.php?displayonsen=115&onsenregion=3] | ||
** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Yurihonjo Yurihonjo] which is comprehensively covered on wikitravel and is an hour south of Akita (city) | ** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Yurihonjo Yurihonjo] which is comprehensively covered on wikitravel and is an hour south of Akita (city) | ||
* Aomori | * Aomori | ||
** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Hirosaki Hirosaki] which is has a big float museum and a [http://www.jyh.or.jp/english/touhoku/hirosaki/index.html decent looking hostel] | ** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Hirosaki Hirosaki] which is has a big float museum and a [http://www.jyh.or.jp/english/touhoku/hirosaki/index.html decent looking hostel] | ||
** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Yagen_Valley Yagen Valley] in Aomori which seems pretty rural | ** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Yagen_Valley Yagen Valley] in Aomori which seems pretty rural | ||
** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Itayanagi Itayanagi A very apple themed village] with apple street lights and more | ** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Itayanagi Itayanagi A very apple themed village] with apple street lights and more | ||
* | * '''*''' Sapporo | ||
Near Tokyo: | Near Tokyo: | ||
* Mizunuma Station (a train station with a hot spring) 11AM-8PM: http://www.mizunuma-sb.com/facilities.shtml | * Mizunuma Station (a train station with a hot spring) 11AM-8PM: http://www.mizunuma-sb.com/facilities.shtml | ||