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** [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://www.jyh.or.jp/ohmagari/e-index.htm ohmagari hostel] or couchsurfer in Daisen.
** [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://www.jyh.or.jp/ohmagari/e-index.htm ohmagari hostel] or couchsurfer in Daisen.
** [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/Odate Odate]; perhaps for a quite stop to eat some kiritampo on the way to somewhere else
* 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]

Revision as of 03:36, 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!

Potential things to do

  • Kobe
  • Kanazawa; Ryokan Shibaya at ~ 4100 yen for two people w/ onsen bath in basement
  • Takayama, Hida
  • Nagano
    • Jigokudani (snow monkey onsen); Yudanaka station (about 265min from Kanazawa; 357 from Takayama)
  • 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 (looks like the cheapest places are too expensive and it's a 1 hour bus ride from the nearest JR station)
  • Akita
    • Nyuto Onsen (a secret onsen village) and Kakunodate (the site of some samurai training houses) in Akita; we can stay in [2];ohmagari hostel or couchsurfer in Daisen.
    • Yurihonjo which is comprehensively covered on wikitravel and is an hour south of Akita (city)
    • Odate; perhaps for a quite stop to eat some kiritampo on the way to somewhere else
  • Aomori
  • Sapporo

Near Tokyo: