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**** It is - flying to Kagoshima is substantially cheaper - but do bear in mind the price of the ferry otherwise. I think it'd be better to have a solid block of time in Tokyo at the end rather than a few days at the start and a few at the end, but shrug. And you're right about us being short of time - having sketched out the day-by-day below. --lmm

***** The flight + jetfoil option turns out to be more than the flight (11,290JPY + 8,300JPY) so I take back what I said earlier. The flight to Kagoshima, the Yakushima may be the cheapest option. I discount the ferry because it only runs twice a day and seems like it takes far too long. - YYY

***** Are you sure you're considering the cheapest options for flights? Hyperdia generally gives overpriced flights. The Jetstar flight to Kagoshima is only ¥4300 if we book now.

* Yakushima - stay 3 nights? (1-2 full days, plus arrival and departure days)

** Flight from Kagoshima or some form of aquatic transport?

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** Skytree- again, I've done it before, but fantastic view. - MP

** Ueno Park- over one thousand cherry trees so likely great at this season. Features museums and a zoo. - MP

** Pop concerts if there are any at the right time? --Lmm

*** I always find Shinjuku Park more spectacular than Ueno. You have to pay 200 yen or so to get in, but it's more grassy and much bigger so you don't have to wade through drunk Japanese people & big American tourists - JN

*** Basically impossible to book from outside with the possible exception of entering the AKB48 lotteries.

* Pop concerts if there are any at the right time? --Lmm

** Basically impossible to book from outside with the possible exception of entering the AKB48 lotteries.

** I can help with booking via ePlus if there's anything major - JN

** If you're fine with going to see a group you've never heard of, there's almost certainly something, but it's too early to book: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=jhqrtl9na3gev1vihqnpt3qvgo@group.calendar.google.com - JN

* The last remaining sleeper train, Tokyo - Okoyama: http://jprail.com/trains/sort-by-type/limited-express/sunrise-izumo.html

* <s>Shinkansen to Hokkaido?</s> We almost definitely don't have enough days for it to be worth it.

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 **** It is - flying to Kagoshima is substantially cheaper - but do bear in mind the price of the ferry otherwise. I think it'd be better to have a solid block of time in Tokyo at the end rather than a few days at the start and a few at the end, but shrug. And you're right about us being short of time - having sketched out the day-by-day below. --lmm
 ***** The flight + jetfoil option turns out to be more than the flight (11,290JPY + 8,300JPY) so I take back what I said earlier. The flight to Kagoshima, the Yakushima may be the cheapest option. I discount the ferry because it only runs twice a day and seems like it takes far too long. - YYY
+***** Are you sure you're considering the cheapest options for flights? Hyperdia generally gives overpriced flights. The Jetstar flight to Kagoshima is only ¥4300 if we book now.
 * Yakushima - stay 3 nights? (1-2 full days, plus arrival and departure days)
 ** Flight from Kagoshima or some form of aquatic transport?
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 ** Skytree- again, I've done it before, but fantastic view. - MP
 ** Ueno Park- over one thousand cherry trees so likely great at this season. Features museums and a zoo. - MP
-** Pop concerts if there are any at the right time? --Lmm
+*** I always find Shinjuku Park more spectacular than Ueno. You have to pay 200 yen or so to get in, but it's more grassy and much bigger so you don't have to wade through drunk Japanese people & big American tourists - JN
-*** Basically impossible to book from outside with the possible exception of entering the AKB48 lotteries.
+* Pop concerts if there are any at the right time? --Lmm
+** Basically impossible to book from outside with the possible exception of entering the AKB48 lotteries.
+** I can help with booking via ePlus if there's anything major - JN
+** If you're fine with going to see a group you've never heard of, there's almost certainly something, but it's too early to book: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=jhqrtl9na3gev1vihqnpt3qvgo@group.calendar.google.com - JN
 * The last remaining sleeper train, Tokyo - Okoyama: http://jprail.com/trains/sort-by-type/limited-express/sunrise-izumo.html
 * <s>Shinkansen to Hokkaido?</s> We almost definitely don't have enough days for it to be worth it.