Japan 2017

Trip to Japan 2017

Dates

24/03/2017 - 10/04/2017

Who's Going

• YYY +2
• Mark P
• lmm
• Mark H
• Alasdair

Checklist

Handle	Annual Leave Taken	Plane tickets purchased	JR Pass purchased	 Passmo card	Other stuff here
YYY	(./)	(./)
Mark P
lmm	(./)	(./)		(./)
Mark H
Alasdair	(./)	(./)
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YYY's Rough Plan

• 24/03/2017: Arrive in Tokyo.
• Possibly do some stuff in Tokyo for a day or two (so that I can recover from travelling)? Meet up with James.
• Shinkansen down to Kyushu?
  • In some order: Fukuoka, Yakushima, Nagasaki?
• Shinkansen to Chugoku?
  • Hiroshima?
• Shinkansen to Kansai? Meet up with Dave?
• Shinkansen to Kanto?
  • Hakone?: fun2drive
    • Fun2Drive is the original JDM sports car entertainment company near Mount Fuji, only 2 hours from Tokyo. Conveniently located at a gateway to the greatest touges (mountain passes) in Japan, we offer the largest fleet of JDM sports cars from NISSAN: Skyline GT-R & Fairlady Z, HONDA: NSX, TOYOTA: Supra & AE86, MAZDA: RX-7, MITSUBISHI: Lancer Evolution, SUBARU: Impreza WRX, and more. Whichever JDM sports car you choose, experience it on a variety of touges in Hakone, a mecca of car enthusiasts in japan, while enjoying the stunning scenery of Mount Fuji, landscapes, lakes, oceans, etc…
    • Considering the Ultimate Hakone Drive in the GT-R R35.
    • If more people do it, then we can swap cars (for a fee).
      • Put me down as interested - I guess the RX-7 would be my first choice --lmm
      • Alasdair: I have some interest in this - if I'm reading the price list right it comes to under 50,000 JPY? I'd be happy with most cars, as long as it has power steering and manual transmission. S2000 looks suitably bling, but the Super 7 looks hilarious.
• Tokyo:
  • Rabbit and hedgehog cafe
  • ngt=TT0c773e930001ac1e4a112ceMZnqYSN_EjdcS3aCnP12g Kujiraya - Whale meat restaurant
• Shinkansen to Hokkaido? We may not have enough days left for it to be worth it.
  • I have a vague interest in taking the sleeper train and going to the underwater station. Might well not be worth it in terms of the time though. --lmm
    • No sleeper trains to Hokkaido. Underwater stations also now shut.
• Shinkansen to Kanto?
• 10/04/2017: Leave Japan.

Things people want to see or do

• Kyoto
• Nagasaki
  • Dejima --Lmm
• Mahjong in some suitably fancy way (Gemma has offered to arrange) --Lmm
• Tokyo
  • Akiharbara etc. (possibly best as a non-group activity)
• Pop concerts if there are any at the right time? --Lmm
• The last remaining sleeper train, Tokyo - Izumo: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2356.html
• Yakushima (1-2 full days, plus arrival and departure days)
  • Walk up to the summit and look down on the whole island (1 daytime really)
  • Perhaps do one of the other walks to see more ancient cedar trees
  • Hot springs, the local baths and/or the JR hotel (1000 yen). List at http://www.yesyakushima.com/yakushima-activities/yakushima-onsen-hot-springs/ (1 or 2 evenings)

Flight details

• Lmm: Arriving 2017-03-24 12:05 HND, departing 2017-04-10 14:00 NRT
• YYY: Arriving 2017-03-24 10:35 NRT, departing 2017-04-10 12:35 NRT
• Alasdair: arriving 2017-03-24 10:00 NRT, departing 2017-04-10 11:00 NRT (cheap flights through Helsinki)

Itinerary

Date	Time of Day	Primary Objectives	Secondary Objectives
24/03/2017	Morning to Midday	Arrive in Japan and meet up.
25/03/2017
26/03/2017
27/03/2017
28/03/2017
29/03/2017
30/03/2017
31/03/2017
01/04/2017
02/04/2017
03/04/2017
04/04/2017
05/04/2017
06/04/2017
07/04/2017
08/04/2017
09/04/2017
10/04/2017