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Asia - Spring 2010

Himeji Castle

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Potential Timeline

Fri. March 19 - Fly to Tokyo
Sat. March 20 - Arrive in Tokyo
Sun. March 21 - Tokyo
Mon. March 22 - Tokyo
Tue. March 23 - Tokyo
Wed. March 24 - Tokyo
Thu. March 25 - Tokyo to Osaka, Nagoya Castle?
Fri. March 26 - Osaka, Sumo Tournament
Sat. March 27 - Day trip to Kyoto
Sun. March 28 - Day trip to Nara
Mon. March 29 - Himeji Castle, Osaka to Hiroshima
Tue. March 30 - Hiroshima
Wed. March 31 - Kyushu? Kanazawa? Free Day
Thu. April 1 - Kyushu? Kanazawa? Free Day
Fri. April 2 - Train to Tokyo
Sat. April 3 - Tokyo
Sun. April 4 - Jeff flies home
Mon. April 5 - Northern Japan/Sendai
Tue. April 6 - Northern Japan/Sendai
Wed. April 7 - Hokkaido/Sapporo
Thu. April 8 - Hokkaido/Sapporo
Fri. April 9 - Fly to Shanghai
- JR Rail pass expires
Sat. April 10 - Shanghai, China
Sun. April 11 - Shanghai, China
Mon. April 12 - Overnight train from Shanghai to Beijing
Tue. April 13 - Beijing, China
Wed. April 14 - Beijing, China
Thu. April 15 - Beijing, China
Fri. April 16 - Beijing, China
Sat. April 17 - Fly to Tokyo
Sun. April 18 - Fly Home

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Hotels

Beijing - Hotel Kapok Wangfujing
Shanghai - Radisson Hotel Shanghai New World
Tokyo - Hotel New Otani Tokyo (Chiyoda)
Osaka - Hotel New Otani Osaka

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Things to do

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Japan

Tokyo

Chiyoda
- Akihabara
Roppongi
Shinjuku
- Kabukicho
Shibuya
- Meiji Shrine
Harajuku
- Yoyogi Park
Old Tokyo (Shitamachi)
Chuo
- Ginza
Mount Fuji - Hakone region
Kamakura
- Medieval Festival April 11-18
Foosball

Western Honshu

Nagoya
- Nagoya Castle
- Inuyama Castle
Kyoto
- Nijoo Castle
- Temples Galore
Osaka
- Himeji Castle
Ōmihachiman
- Sagicho Matsuri (mid-March weekends)
Nara
- Yoshino (ancient temples, cherry blossoms)
Kanazawa
Hiroshima
- Miyajima
Takayama
- Spring Festival April 14-15
Matsumoto
- Matsumoto Castle

Kyushu

Kumamoto
- Kumamoto Castle
- Mount Aso (calderas)
- Fire Festival sometime in March
Nagasaki

Northern Honshu

Sendai
Hirosaki
- Hirosaki Castle
- Temples

Hokkaido

Sapporo

Other/Anywhere

Food to Try
- Okonomiyaki
Baseball
Sumo Wrestling

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China

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Flights

Departing: Friday, March 19 at 10:52 AM EDT from Columbus, OH (CMH)
Arriving: Friday, March 19 at 11:12 AM CDT in Chicago, IL (ORD)
Flight: United 169

Departing: Friday, March 19 at 12:48 PM CDT from Chicago, IL (ORD)
Arriving: Saturday, March 20 at 4:00 PM JST in Tokyo (Narita), Japan (NRT)
Flight: United 881

Departing: Friday, April 9 at 7:05 PM JST from Tokyo (Narita), Japan (NRT)
Arriving: Friday, April 9 at 9:40 PM CST in Shanghai (Pudong), China (PVG)
Flight: Delta 283

Departing: Saturday, April 17 at 9:00 AM CST from Beijing, China (PEK)
Arriving: Saturday, April 17 at 1:40 PM JST in Tokyo (Narita), Japan (NRT)
Flight: Delta 634

Departing: Sunday, April 18 at 4:55 PM JST from Tokyo (Narita), Japan (NRT)
Arriving: Sunday, April 18 at 2:21 PM CDT in Chicago, IL (ORD)
Flight: United 882

Departing: Sunday, April 18 at 4:00 PM CDT from Chicago, (ORD)
Arriving: Sunday, April 18 at 6:08 PM EDT in Columbus, OH (CMH)
Flight: United 7639

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Costs

Airfare: $780 roundtrip from CMH - everyone PAID
Japan Rail Pass (21 day): $614 - everyone PAID
Airfare: China to Tokyo: $530 - no one paid yet, March Credit Card
Hotels: 10 nights @ $200/night / 2 people = $1000
- Beijing: 5 nights @ $64/night / 2 people = $160 - everyone PAID
- Shanghai: 2 nights @ $172/night / 2 people = $172 - no one paid yet, March Credit Card
- Tokyo: 5 nights @ $321/night / 3 people = $535 - no one paid yet, March Credit Card
- Osaka: 4 nights @ $224/night / 3 people = $298 - no one paid yet, March Credit Card
Miscellaneous $100/day = $2900
Chinese Visa = $193 - everyone PAID
Total $7,010 ($3,110 paid)