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== Tokyo == | == Tokyo == | ||
Staying in an | Staying in an AirBnB place in Shinagawa. | ||
Try to go visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Area_Outer_Underground_Discharge_Channel Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel] ([http://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/edogawa/gaikaku/ official link]). | Try to go visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Area_Outer_Underground_Discharge_Channel Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel] ([http://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/edogawa/gaikaku/ official link]). | ||
Also go visit the Mori Tower in Roppongi hills to view the city and the [http://www.mori.art.museum/eng/info/access.html Mori Art Museum] (open until 22h every day except Tuesdays and 17h then) and showing Gabriel Acevedo Velarde and Andy Warhol at the moment. | Also go visit the Mori Tower in Roppongi hills to view the city and the [http://www.mori.art.museum/eng/info/access.html Mori Art Museum] (open until 22h every day except Tuesdays and 17h then) and showing Gabriel Acevedo Velarde and Andy Warhol at the moment. | ||
Visit Shibuya to see people splitting apart and coming together. | Visit Shibuya to see people splitting apart and coming together. | ||
== 2/11 Tokyo → Tsuyazaki == | == 2/11 Tokyo → Tsuyazaki == | ||
* Travel: Tokyo → Tsuyazaki which includes: JR Tokaido / Sanyo Shinkansen from Tokyo to Hakata; JR Train to Futuma Station (the 鹿児島本線 train); Then | * Travel: Tokyo → Tsuyazaki which includes: JR Tokaido / Sanyo Shinkansen from Tokyo to Hakata; JR Train to Futuma Station (the 鹿児島本線 train); Then #5 Bus to Tsuyazaki-bashi (14 mins, 13 stops)run by Nishitetsu Bus. The bus and trains run until midnight. | ||
* Day: Travel mostly but maybe stop for food/activity on the way? | * Day: Travel mostly but maybe stop for food/activity on the way? | ||
* Evening: Stay in Tsuyazaki | * Evening: Stay in Tsuyazaki | ||
If we leave on a 6am train on the fastest train, we can be in Tsuyazaki before 1pm. We should try to leave on an early train and then try to spend a big chunk of the day in a stop along the way. Hiroshima for some bomb tourism and okonomiyaki? | |||
Proposed trip: 7:40-12:36 [http://www.hyperdia.com/en/cgi/en/search.html?dep_node=SHINAGAWA&arv_node=HIROSHIMA&via_node01=&via_node02=&via_node03=&year=2014&month=02&day=11&hour=07&minute=00&search_type=0&search_way=&transtime=undefined&sort=0&max_route=5&airplane=off&ship=off&sprnozomi=off&lmlimit=null&search_target=route&facility=reserved&sum_target=7 Shinagawa → Hiroshima], 15:31-17:11 [http://www.hyperdia.com/en/cgi/en/search.html?dep_node=HIROSHIMA&arv_node=FUKUMA&via_node01=&via_node02=&via_node03=&year=2014&month=02&day=11&hour=17&minute=40&search_type=1&search_way=&transtime=undefined&sort=0&max_route=5&airplane=off&ship=off&sprnozomi=off&lmlimit=null&search_target=route&facility=reserved&sum_target=7 Hiroshima → Fukuma] | Proposed trip: 7:40-12:36 [http://www.hyperdia.com/en/cgi/en/search.html?dep_node=SHINAGAWA&arv_node=HIROSHIMA&via_node01=&via_node02=&via_node03=&year=2014&month=02&day=11&hour=07&minute=00&search_type=0&search_way=&transtime=undefined&sort=0&max_route=5&airplane=off&ship=off&sprnozomi=off&lmlimit=null&search_target=route&facility=reserved&sum_target=7 Shinagawa → Hiroshima], 15:31-17:11 [http://www.hyperdia.com/en/cgi/en/search.html?dep_node=HIROSHIMA&arv_node=FUKUMA&via_node01=&via_node02=&via_node03=&year=2014&month=02&day=11&hour=17&minute=40&search_type=1&search_way=&transtime=undefined&sort=0&max_route=5&airplane=off&ship=off&sprnozomi=off&lmlimit=null&search_target=route&facility=reserved&sum_target=7 Hiroshima → Fukuma] | ||
In Tsuyazaki, we'll stay in [http://1000gen.com/kawanotei/ an amazing guest house run by friends of Mika's college friend Takara] who now lives in the US and won't be there | In Tsuyazaki, we'll stay in [http://1000gen.com/kawanotei/ an amazing guest house run by friends of Mika's college friend Takara] who now lives in the US and won't be there. | ||
Vaughn will leave Tokyo around noon and should be able to arrive in Tsuyazaki by 7. | Vaughn will leave Tokyo around noon and should be able to arrive in Tsuyazaki by 7. | ||
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In order to make the last bus, we'll need to leave a little early. Bus from Aso to Kurokawa onsen leaves Aso: 10:28, 11:28, 12:28, 14:40, 17:12. We must leave Tsuyazaki by 12:50 to arrive in Aso at 16:35 to make the last bus. | In order to make the last bus, we'll need to leave a little early. Bus from Aso to Kurokawa onsen leaves Aso: 10:28, 11:28, 12:28, 14:40, 17:12. We must leave Tsuyazaki by 12:50 to arrive in Aso at 16:35 to make the last bus. | ||
* Stay in | * Stay in [http://rurubu.travel/A11/43/4303/430307/4342403/8125A01/list.html?ref=regular&featcode=RyokanSudomari this ryokan?] | ||
== 2/13 Kurokawa Onsen → Naoshima == | == 2/13 Kurokawa Onsen → Naoshima == | ||
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We'll plan to stay in the [http://kawloon.gozaru.jp/contents/seven.html Seven Beach Inn] [http://sevenbeach.gozaru.jp/] or maybe in the '''Dormitory in Kowloon (ドミトリーin九龍)''' right in front of Miyanoura port, behind a 'snack' bar, ☎ +81 87-892-2424. Both are owned by the same people. | We'll plan to stay in the [http://kawloon.gozaru.jp/contents/seven.html Seven Beach Inn] [http://sevenbeach.gozaru.jp/] or maybe in the '''Dormitory in Kowloon (ドミトリーin九龍)''' right in front of Miyanoura port, behind a 'snack' bar, ☎ +81 87-892-2424. Both are owned by the same people. | ||
Useful links for the day: | Useful links for the day: | ||
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* [http://www1a.biglobe.ne.jp/shikoku/ Naoshima ferry schedule] | * [http://www1a.biglobe.ne.jp/shikoku/ Naoshima ferry schedule] | ||
* [http://www.town.naoshima.lg.jp/pdf/bus_jikokuhyo_130120kaitei.pdf Naoshima bus schedule] | * [http://www.town.naoshima.lg.jp/pdf/bus_jikokuhyo_130120kaitei.pdf Naoshima bus schedule] | ||
== 2/14 Naoshima → Takamatsu == | == 2/14 Naoshima → Takamatsu == | ||
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* '''Ichidai''' (12-3 Nishinomaru-cho, Takamatsu), a bright, bustling lunch spot near the main train station | * '''Ichidai''' (12-3 Nishinomaru-cho, Takamatsu), a bright, bustling lunch spot near the main train station | ||
Maybe stay at '''Castle Hotel''' (see WV) which has double Japanese style rooms for ¥3500 and is right by the train station or [http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Takamatsu-Century-Hotel/Kagawa-Pref-Takamatsu/76755 Takamatsu Century Hotel] (¥2200/night)? | |||
== 2/15 Takamatsu → Hakone/Ito == | |||
== 2/15 Takamatsu → Hakone == | |||
* Travel: Takamatsu → Hakone: Train Takamatsu to Shin-Osaka (3h); Shin-Osaka → Hakone (~3.5h) | * Travel: Takamatsu → Hakone: Train Takamatsu to Shin-Osaka (3h); Shin-Osaka → Hakone (~3.5h) | ||
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:2-1-8, Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi 530-0041 | :2-1-8, Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi 530-0041 | ||
Places to stay include: [http://kshouse.jp/ito-j/ This Ryokan] | |||
== 2/16 Hakone → Yokote == | == 2/16 Hakone → Yokote == | ||
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In the morning, lets visit one of onsen resorts in Hakone. Particularly attractive seems [http://www.yunessun.com/english/yunessun.html Yunessun] for a wine, sake, coffee, and green tea onsen. It costs extra to enter the naked zone. | In the morning, lets visit one of onsen resorts in Hakone. Particularly attractive seems [http://www.yunessun.com/english/yunessun.html Yunessun] for a wine, sake, coffee, and green tea onsen. It costs extra to enter the naked zone. | ||
According to the [http://www.yokotekamakura.com/01_event/04_winter/kamakura_kaisai_h26.html official festival website], the igloos are in action 18:00 to 21:00 so we should plan to be there before the igloos are shut down. | According to the [http://www.yokotekamakura.com/01_event/04_winter/kamakura_kaisai_h26.html official festival website], the igloos are in action 18:00 to 21:00 so we should plan to be there before the igloos are shut down. | ||
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* A potential place to stay [http://rurubu.travel/A02/05/0508/050801/0520301/2216008/list.html?ref=regular Business Hotel] | * A potential place to stay [http://rurubu.travel/A02/05/0508/050801/0520301/2216008/list.html?ref=regular Business Hotel] | ||
== 2/17 Day 7: Travel: Yokote → Tokyo == | == 2/17 Day 7: Travel: Yokote → Tokyo == | ||
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* the Mona Satoimo Festival (茂名の里芋祭) which is a kind of potato festival in Chiba on February 19-22 | * the Mona Satoimo Festival (茂名の里芋祭) which is a kind of potato festival in Chiba on February 19-22 | ||
==Regions in Japan== | ==Regions in Japan== | ||
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==Accounting== | ==Accounting== | ||
* Mika: 166GBP for Tokyo Airbnb Feb 8-12. | |||
* Mika: 480GBP for 3 JR pass. | |||
* Mika: | |||
* Mika: 480GBP for | |||