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
- 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
