24 Days to go

Yikes!

24 days to go, in that time we will: get married, hold several parties, plan and organize the details of a wedding and get ready for our trip!

This is the first post, where I will divulge our itinerary.

Itinerary!

For Sirina's wedding gift ( we are horrible at keeping secrets) I bought her 3 more days in Japan! So this is the break down so far!

• July 4 - Arrive in Tokyo at 2.10PM Check into the Hotel Sunroute Asakusa


• July 5 - Tour Starts "Arrival Day" meet the tour leader and other tour group members


• July 6 - Morning Orientation tour of Tokyo and rail pass validation with a free afternoon


• July 7 - Tokyo - Takayama first Bullet train ride.


• July 8 - Full day in Takayama to explore with optional bike ride!


• July 9 - Early travel to Kyoto (2 hours or so) and a tour of the city


• July 10 - A full free day in Kyoto


• July 11 - Travel to Castle Himeji and then onto Nagasaki


• July 12 - A full free day in Nagasaki


• July 13 - Travel to the Kyushu hot springs with available Japanese mountain climbing!


• JUly 14 - Still in Kyushu


• July 15 - Travel to Hiroshima and then on to a beautiful Japanese island Miyajima


• July 16 - Travel from Miyajima to Fuji city at the base of Mt. Fuji! Ready for an ascent


• July 17 - Start the climb of Mt. Fuji, we spend the night on the mountain


• July 18 - SUNRISE ON MT. FUJI! Then back to the Tokyo


• July 19 - Tour ends
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• July 20 - Our first free day! TO THE ZOO!


• July 21 - The zoo is closed so if we need a second day it will have to be later - Travel to Osaka (3 hours) - Universal Studios


• July 22 - Free Day -


• July 23- Another Free Day - Goto Nara (1 hour) see Todaiji Temple walk through Nara Park, go see Horyuji Temple oldest wooden building


• July 24 - A 4th free day! - Travel to Tokyo (3 hours) finish up zoo if need be get awesome hotel and relax


• July 25 - Leave for Home :(

What we Have

Right now we have Plane tickets, a tour booked through Imaginative Traveler, travel insurance and reservations for hotels after the tour is over.





We also have 2 large backpacks which may very well be a pain, but will certainly be better than suitcases of the same size.

I think that will be all for now. Check out my flickr page for more photos of our preparations and for photos when we are in Japan!

-Shaun