Scratch space

• Shinkansen northwards in the evening after day 3 of comiket
• Aomori or Fukushima first?
• Let's say Aomori first

• Akiba -> Ueno -> Miku train to Shin-Aomori -> short jump to Aomori -> Toyoko Inn ftw

• The Miku train is considered a hard requirement, and there's only 3 every day. Looks like:
  • 09:36 - arriving at 13:00
  • 11:56 - arriving at 15:45
  • 18:36 - arriving at 22:10
• Sounds like I have to ditch an entire day, or arrive very late. Very late is okay, so long as Toyoko allows check-in at any time (it looks like they do, as they have special rates for guests checking in after 23:00)
• Current scheduling says I'll have a spare day to burn, if I have roughly a full day at each of Aomori/Mutsu and Fukushima

• Mutsu is a local hub for the area

• Yagen Valley sounds very pleasant, and if the climate is at all like Aomori city, I can expect it to be about 19-27 degrees, being mid-summer.

• Other ideas here: http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Shimokita_Peninsula

• Enoshima is a feasible day-trip or overnight: http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Enoshima

• 7-day JR pass is 28,000yen, that more than covers the 18,000yen trip up to Aomori, and the 12,000yen trip back down to Sendai
• Rad links:

  • http://www.stuckincustoms.com/category/travel/ukraine/chernobyl/

  • http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter33.html

  • Alone in the Zone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llM9MIM_9U4

  • Photographing the Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi3OA1tNFfo

Towada

• http://wikitravel.org/en/Lake_Towada

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_towada

Shimokitazawa

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Osore

• http://wikitravel.org/en/Mount_Osore

• http://earthlastblog.blogspot.jp/2012/06/mount-osore.html

Fukushima

• http://www.safeandgreencampaign.org/action-center/past-actions-and-events/voices-of-fukushima/towns-in-fukushima-exclusion-zone

• Redline limit is 3.8 uSv (per hour?)

• That's a geiger counter, model not discerned: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minamisoma_Radiation_2011-11.jpg

• Hirono: should be accessible
• Kawauchi: should be accessible, expected to be mostly abandoned
• Iitate: not enough details, may be accessible, considered to be a risk area
• Naraha: abandoned, unclear whether checkpoint still in place
• Minami-Soma: a frontier city on the exclusion perimeter, parts will be accessible. This should be ideal
• Tomioka: abandoned, expected to be off-limits an inaccessible without government authorisation?
  • "On March 25, 2013, the nuclear evacuation zone in Tomioka was revised. Japanese authorities decided to set three different zones according to different levels of radiation." Not sure if true, that's not cited and sounds like Minami-Soma.

8th August

07:05

Flight to Gold Coast

10:55

Flight to Narita

19:00

Arrive at Narita

20:00

Arrive in Akiba

Reservation made:

• Hotel Name: Toyoko Inn Tokyo Kanda Akihabara - about 7100yen
• Reservation number: 5137368
• Hotel Telephone Number: 03-3669-1045
• FAX： 03-3669-1046

• http://toyoko-inn.com/e_hotel/00206/index.html

9th August

Free day

Reservation made through Airbnb:

• Takahiro: 806-736-0250
• Confirmation Code: XKQWT8
• Check in: flexible
• Check out: flexible
• Address: 4B Maison Shoto, 1-26-19 Shoto Shibuya, Tokyo
• $331 AUD, already paid

10th August

10:00

Comiket Day 1

11th August

10:00

Comiket Day 2

12th August

09:00

Depart for Aomori

13:00

Arrive in Aomori, pick up car and head to Mutsu, Osore-zan. Drive Route 4 to Noheji via the coastal road, then Route 279 to Mutsu, then Route 4 to Osorezan.

Car rental booked for a P3-class vehicle, a Corolla Fielder (wagon) either in 10th gen or 11th gen.

The pulse bath at the onsen is super chuu2.

20:00

Stay in Mutsu at B&B Muu (advised by Wikitravel)

The stay cost 4500 yen (3900 + 600 for breakfast).

13th August

08:00

See Yagen valley

16:00

Tour Aomori a bit

20:00

Stay at Toyoko Inn Aomori-eki

Booked for 20:00 check-in

Hotel Name: Aomori-eki Shomen-guchi
Reservation number: 5627781
Hotel Telephone Number: 017-735-1045
FAX： 017-735-1046

7106yen, car space is first come first served.

14th August

Tour Lake Towada.

15:00

Return the rental car

Travel to Sendai in the afternoon and stay there for the night.

Booked for 19:00 check-in

Hotel Name: Sendai Higashi-guchi No.1
Reservation number: 5614454
Hotel Telephone Number: 022-256-1045
FAX： 022-293-2045

11,362yen, should have spare car spaces.

15th August

Full day in Fukushima region.

09:00

Pick up the rental car from Sendai-eki Higashiguchi branch.

Car rental booked for an HV1-class vehicle, a Prius c.

Stay in Sendai again.

16th August

Still in Sendai, drive around some more

15:00

Return the rental car at Sendai-eki Higashiguchi branch.

There are Miku trains from Sendai to Tokyo at:

• 16:32 -> 18:08

• 18:12 -> 19:48

There's a Vocaniconight event on in Tokyo this evening.

Booked Via Inn Akihabara again, should cost 17,600 yen

17th August

Unallocated.

16:00

Pick up rental car from Shinagawa station

Staying at Via Inn Akihabara.

18th August

Buy all the things.

20:25

Flight to Gold Coast

19th August

08:55

Flight to Sydney

10:25

Arrive in Sydney