Japan 2007

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I've created this page to hold my plans for a trip to Japan in July 2007. There's too much to keep in my head, so I'm putting it down here.

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[edit] Basics

  • Where: Tokyo and Sendai, Japan
  • When: July 11th-20th, 2007
  • Who: Ben and Joe. Others welcome
  • Why: To visit Aaron and Eric before they come home and generally rock it in the land of the rising sun
  • How much: Very very rough numbers say 1500-1800 for everything

[edit] Airfare

Outbound: Singapore Air flt SQ11 Depart LAX 14:35 on the 11th - Arrive NRT 18:00 on the 12th

Inbound: Singapore Air SQ12 Depart NRT 18:45 on the 20th - Arrive LAX 12:50 on the 20th

[edit] Lodging

For Tokyo, Taito Ryokan is a great little place, short on frills but long on character. It's a drafty wooden house (built shortly postwar) serving as an inn with a half-dozen rooms. Excellent location in downtown Asakusa: plenty of food and services in walking distance; five minutes to Senso-ji temple; ten minutes by subway to Ueno station and the world. 3000円 per person per night. That's about $25. Yes.

For Sendai, Toyoko Inn Nishi-Guchi Hirose-Dori. A twin room.

[edit] Meals

Will be determined on the ground. Mix of local shops and tourist-friendly restaurants. Sushi bars in malls, train-station boxed lunches (駅弁), convenience stores (コンビニ), bakeries, local eateries, noodle stands. Everything and anything. $25/day (~$275 total) is a good upper bound based on my experience in 2005.

[edit] Transportation

3-day Flexible pass for 10000円 ($82). Can be purchased inside the country, probably at the airport. One day is inbound N'EX, second day is Hayate Shinkansen up to Sendai, third day is Shinkansen back to Tokyo + N'EX.

[edit] Timeline

I'm completely messing with the formatting here, it may be temporarily broken.

July 2007
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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Depart LAX 4:35pm   		12
Arrive Narita 6pm; Check in Taito Ryokan   		13
Hang out with Eric in Tokyo   		14
Tokyo  
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Tokyo   		16
Tokyo (maybe a day trip somewhere?)   		17
Tokyo (maybe a day trip somewhere?)   		18
Check out Taito Ryokan; Shinkansen to Sendai   		19
Hang out with Aaron in Sendai   		20
Shinkansen back to Tokyo; Depart Narita 6:45pm 
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[edit] What To Do?

  • Venus Fort in Odaiba wikitravel. "An elaborately Venice-themed shopping mall, complete with marble fountains, artificial sunsets every 30 minutes and an Italian "mayor" reading out speeches from a balcony. All shops are geared for women and generally quite expensive, but it's worth visiting this just for the decoration." Ben: "I can't think of many places in the *world* we'd be more out of place. Let's do it."
  • Kaminarimon, Sensoji, that whole Asakusa temple area. Maybe.
  • Shinjuku - Metropolitan Government building
  • Akihabara
  • Ikebukuro. Ben: you suggested this one, add details :P
  • Shibuya
  • Crazy people in Harajuku?

[edit] Ava

Ava will be in Osaka, Japan from June 24th through August 26th. I will have my own apartment, and anyone who will be in Japan over summer is welcome to visit me and hang out for a few nights in my cramped one bedroom apartment. : ) I will also be traveling on a JR rail pass from August 26th through September 17th, and am possibly looking for travel companions.

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