Japan Here We Come!
Well, it is official: we are going to Japan. Weszt finally got vacation approval so we bought our airline tickets. Kelley has been monitoring ticket prices for some time now, and so far we have been a bit disappointed. We figured it would be cheaper to fly from the west coast (Portland) than the east coast (Orlando). Unfortunately, that has not been the case. We did discover priceline.com had the flights we wanted for $811 per person, while on delta, expedia, et al they fluctuated from $929 to $1280 any given day. The flights are on Delta, and they are nonstop! We are very excited about that. This flight should be much easier than the previous two to Japan.
Anyways, back to the trip. It will be just over two weeks and is basically a modified version of the trip we planned to take in 2008 but had to cancel. That trip was three weeks, so we cut the island of Shikoku and are sticking to Kyushu. Tokyo is a given and Weszt wanted one night in Kyoto since we were there on our honeymoon. Here is the tentative plan:
Day 1: Fly out of PDX
Day 2: Arrive NRT, spend night in Tokyo
Day 3: Take train to Fukuoka
Day 4: Fukuoka
Day 5: Nagasaki
Day 6: Kumamoto
Day 7: Kumamoto (day trip to Mt Aso-a volcano)
Day 8: Kagoshima (our anniversary night!)
Day 9: Yakushima
Day 10: Yakushima
Day 11: Train to Yufuin
Day 12: Yufuin
Day 13: Kyoto
Day 14: Tokyo
Day 15: Tokyo
Day 16: Tokyo
Day 17: Leave Tokyo, arrive PDX same morning
Already have some of the hotels booked, but need to finish soon. We are trying to find a mix between some lower end places and some splurge ones, but hopefully they’ll all be nice! Also need to purchase a two-week Japan Rail Pass before we leave and get Weszt an International Driver’s License (he’ll be driving on Yakushima).
We’ll be posting soon with some updates and also some tips to plan your own trip!
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