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* [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) | ||
* [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. | * 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 adventure 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] | ||
Revision as of 02:47, 26 December 2011
Things to definitely do
Day 1 (1/3?)
- ? Kobe
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
January 12
- 10:25 -> 12:15: Flight from Sapporo to Tokyo (Haneda)
- Afternoon: 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
Return to Boston!
- Kanazawa
- Jigokudani (snow monkey onsen): http://wikitravel.or/en/Jigokudani_Monkey_Park
- Aomori
- Hokkaido (1/12)
Potential things to do
- Kobe
- Mizunuma Station (a train station with a hot spring) 11AM-8PM: http://www.mizunuma-sb.com/facilities.shtml
- Jigokudani (snow monkey onsen): http://wikitravel.org/en/Jigokudani_Monkey_Park
- ]http://wikitravel.org/en/Yagen_Valley Yagen Valley] in Aomori which seems pretty rural
- Notoya Ryokan (an awesome inn) in Obanazawa, Yamagata which is a town the highest snowfall in the entire world
- Nyuto Onsen (a secret onsen village) and Kakunodate (the site of some samurai training houses) in Akita
- Hirosaki which is has a big float museum and a decent looking hostel
- Itayanagi A very apple themed village with apple street lights and more
- Yurihonjo which is comprehensively covered on wikitravel and is an hour south of Akita (city)
- Sado Island
- In Tokomachi, Niigata there are two cool art hotels. House of Light by James Turrel and Yume no Ie by Maria Abramovic (an art hotel where you get uniforms and sleep in boxes). Both seem reasonably priced. (Snowshowing adventure is also available for a good price. We'd leave sometime in the early evening on the second day.) [1]
