* [[http://wikitravel.org/en/Aomori_%28prefecture%29| Aomori]]
  * Hiking in [[WP:Hakkoda_Mountains| Hakkouda]]
  * The deep blue [[WP:Lake_Towada| Towada Lake]]
  * Fed by the [[WP:Oirase_River| Oirase River]]
  * [[http://wikitravel.org/en/Mount_Osore| Mount Osore]] is a temple and miniature wasteland with interesting volcanic features
   * And it's quite out of the way: https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Osorezan

 * [[WP:Enoshima]]
  * Setting for Tsuritama and Taritari

 * And and all of these ruins: http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/ruins-gallery/

 * A long bridge to the end of the world (search danbooru for that piece of K-On art)
  * http://zeark969.blog38.fc2.com/blog-entry-1988.html
  * [[WP:Tsunoshima]] apparently
  * Way out on the south-western tip of Honshu, you'd do it on the way to Tanegashima

 * Fukushima
  * http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26585/Fukushima+Exclusion+Zone+Photos.html
  * Dosimeters may be a good idea
   * http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nuclear-Radiation-Detector-Digital-LCD-Geiger-Dosimeter-Survey-Dose-Gamma-Count-/170879663101?pt=BI_Security_Fire_Protection&hash=item27c938bbfd
   * http://www.anythingradioactive.com/geiger.htm

 * Haikyo - http://www.kirainet.com/english/vault-of-an-investment-bank-that-went-bankrupt-in-1997/

 * This guy does a lot of them too: http://abandonedkansai.wordpress.com/special-nara-dreamland/#

 * Visit [[WP:Shimane_Prefecture| Shimane]], the setting for the film [[WP:Railways_(film)| Railways]]

 * Gyoza if we visit Sendai: http://tabelog.com/miyagi/A0401/A040101/4002355/dtlrvwlst/3607143/

 * http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/101-things-to-do-in-tokyo

 * [[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-84YUgEoUY0s/UI6n0Tk341I/AAAAAAAAA8k/Qckr8n28p2I/s576/beer2012w_ph2.jpg| Akihabara Beer Fair]] at A-Button, 11/23 to 12/2
  * Dammit, that's too early! :(

 * Go visit Dear Stage sometime, probably with Blitz in tow as well

 * That [[http://newtype.ms/| New Type]] bar in the same building as Cos-Cha and Little BSD

 * An 18 hour ferry trip between Sapporo and Tokyo comes [[http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/sleep/your-ferry-godfather-tells-you-how-go-sapporo-tokyo-18-hour-boat-556814| not recommended]]



= Accepted =

== Destinations ==

 * Robotics;Notes OP shows a space launch from Tanegashima Space Centre - might be something worth visiting?
  * http://roboticsnotes.jp/flash/
  * Robotics;Notes [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhgunRon9qE| OP on youtube]]
  * An [[WP:H-IIA| HII-A Launch vehicle]] is shown, F17 (flight 17) specifically
   * F17 was a "202" configuration - 2 stages, 0 Liquid Rocket Boosters, 2 Solid Rocket Boosters
  * [[WP:Tanegashima_Space_Center| Tanegashima Space Center]] on wikipedia
  * Rough [[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kukinaga,+Minamitane,+Kagoshima+Prefecture,+Japan&hl=en&ll=30.388832,130.94274&spn=0.005275,0.010504&sll=30.41996,130.950165&sspn=0.168754,0.336113&oq=kukinaga&hnear=Kukinaga,+Minamitane,+Kumage+District,+Kagoshima+Prefecture,+Japan&t=h&z=17| location on google maps]] of the space museum
  * EN homepage: http://www.jaxa.jp/visit/tanegashima/index_e.html
   * Unclear whether launches are viewable or not
  * Tanegashima is a small island near Kagoshima, off the far south-west end of the main island of Japan
  * Not crazy-far like Okinawa, more like 50km from the mainland
  * http://tanekan.jp/highlights.html
  * [[http://www.jaxa.jp/about/centers/tnsc/traffic_e.html| How to get around]]

 * [[http://wikitravel.org/en/Yakushima| Yakushima]] is worth linking up with Tanegashima

 * Aokigahara - the "suicide forest" near Mt Fuji

== Other ==

 * [[http://www.yanakaginza.com/home.html| Yanaka Ginza]], a proper shoutengai

 * Go see Eva: http://ticket.evangelion.co.jp/cinemalist.html

 * Tokyo-eki light show, 21st to 28th: http://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1209/24/news103.html

== Bars ==

 * Sakanaya (さかなや), a sake place in Ikebukuro.  Billboard has the name on in hiragana
  * Nishi-Ikebukuro 1-35-8, http://goo.gl/maps/1oDz
  * Alex: "it is my absolute favourite place but their english is about as good as that of a kitten. The boss man knows my name so if you say Mr. Sayle (or Mr. Alex  for that matter) sent you, you may get away with murder."
  * This book has a [[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fnwVnGviFk8C&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=Sakanaya+ikebukuro&source=bl&ots=xoykbmtuA0&sig=cIKDwDt-Bvc3AWr1AG2RjXY6HcE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=J-2YUPnBBamXiAfX5YGoDQ&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Sakanaya%20ikebukuro&f=false| glowing review]]

 * HUB in Shinjuku, a chain, the Japanese version of an Irish pub
  * http://goo.gl/maps/PKcn
  * Alex: "the ones in Shinjyuku tend to speak english. They'll seat you like a japanese place and have bar maids which are friendly"
  * Here's one, nominally the JR Shinjuku Minamiguchi branch: http://www.pub-hub.com/shop/minamiguchi/

 * [[http://www.heavensdoortokyo.com/| Heaven's Door Bar]] in Shimokitazawa, run by a British expat, location [[http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/venue/399/Heavens-Door| here]], closes at 26:00 every day

 * [[http://craftheads.jp/craftheads/Welcome.html| Craftheads]] in Shibuya, looks like a beer and bourbon bar, closed on Mondays