= Subpages = <> = Preparedness checklist = * (./) Think of some stuff to do and/or an event to centre the trip around * Spring and valentine's day, I guess? * (./) Negotiate a suitable set of dates with your comrades * Check prices for airfares and jiggle the dates until optimal * Apply for leave from work * Chase management for receipt of request * Confirm leave approval * Book airfares * Thrash out a rough timeline of where to be on which days * Figure out where you'll be and book accommodation * How much is accommodation going to cost? * How about travel? * JR pass? * Car hire? http://rent.toyota.co.jp/en/index.html * How many yens will you need? Buy some yens = Ideas = What stuff do we want to do? * Enoshima: http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Enoshima * Shimane, out Nagoya/Gifu way, for that [[http://jisho.org/words?jap=%E7%94%B0%E8%88%8E&eng=&dict=edict| inaka]] experience * The K-On school is out near Nagoya, Blitz would be happy to guide * All the fashion places for Kat: * Nagoya * Harajuku * Shibuya * etc. * Sundays == Go out and be seen * Butler cafe * Maid cafe * Dem ruins! http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/ruins-gallery/ * 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 * That [[http://newtype.ms/| New Type]] bar in the same building as Cos-Cha and Little BSD * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_Gyoen * The setting for [[WP:The_Garden_of_Words| Shinkai's newest thing]] * Sakanaya (さかăȘ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