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* Kobe | * Kobe | ||
* Nagano | |||
** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Jigokudani_Monkey_ParkJigokudani (snow monkey onsen)] | |||
* Niigata | |||
** [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] | |||
* Yamagata | |||
** [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 | |||
* Akita | |||
** [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 | |||
** [http://wikitravel.org/en/Yurihonjo Yurihonjo] which is comprehensively covered on wikitravel and is an hour south of Akita (city) | |||
* 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/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 | |||
* Sapporo | |||
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 | ||
Revision as of 03:06, 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
- Nagano
- Niigata
- 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 is also available for a good price. We'd leave sometime in the early evening on the second day.) [1]
- Yamagata
- Notoya Ryokan (an awesome inn) in Obanazawa, Yamagata which is a town the highest snowfall in the entire world
- Akita
- Nyuto Onsen (a secret onsen village) and Kakunodate (the site of some samurai training houses) in Akita
- Yurihonjo which is comprehensively covered on wikitravel and is an hour south of Akita (city)
- Aomori
- Hirosaki which is has a big float museum and a decent looking hostel
- Yagen Valley in Aomori which seems pretty rural
- Itayanagi A very apple themed village with apple street lights and more
- Sapporo
Near Tokyo:
- Mizunuma Station (a train station with a hot spring) 11AM-8PM: http://www.mizunuma-sb.com/facilities.shtml
