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Posted on 3/9/24 at 5:55 am to Kevin TheRant
Posted on 3/9/24 at 5:55 am to Kevin TheRant
Based on my wife's and my own interests, we'd take a ten week trip to Japan. We'd try and time it to avoid the deep summer but either hit the crossover from autumn to winter or from winter to spring. It would be hard to hit both the autumn leaf viewing and the snowy season, but we could probably do the snowy season and then plum and cherry blossom viewing seasons if we did the later time frame.
If the former, we'd fly into Osaka and spend two weeks in the Kansai region (Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, and Kobe). Then we'd take the shinkansen from Osaka to Hiroshima and spend two weeks in the Chugoku region, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa, moving around by regional train or overnight ferry. Then we'd either fly or take a cruise to Hokkaido (I think there is a two day cruise from Kyushu to Hokkaido) and spend two weeks in Hokkaido and the Tohoku region (think northern mountains and hot springs). From there, we'd take the train or an overnight ferry to the Chubu region and spend two weeks there (Nagano, Niigata, Nagoya.. lots of ski resorts up in the mountains). We'd finish the trip by taking the shinkansen from Niigata to Tokyo and spend two weeks in the Kanto region.
Since we'd be essentially going everywhere, we'd be staying at big hotels as well as Japanese inns (ryokan) and hot springs resorts (onsen). We'd get to eat all different kinds of foods from the ocean to the mountains. There's so much sight seeing to do, from natural things to shrines, temples, and even just traveling around regional train stations. There are lots of festivals in different regions all over the country, so we'd try and hit some of those up depending on which time of year we were there.
Who's got the magical free trip hookup?
If the former, we'd fly into Osaka and spend two weeks in the Kansai region (Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, and Kobe). Then we'd take the shinkansen from Osaka to Hiroshima and spend two weeks in the Chugoku region, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa, moving around by regional train or overnight ferry. Then we'd either fly or take a cruise to Hokkaido (I think there is a two day cruise from Kyushu to Hokkaido) and spend two weeks in Hokkaido and the Tohoku region (think northern mountains and hot springs). From there, we'd take the train or an overnight ferry to the Chubu region and spend two weeks there (Nagano, Niigata, Nagoya.. lots of ski resorts up in the mountains). We'd finish the trip by taking the shinkansen from Niigata to Tokyo and spend two weeks in the Kanto region.
Since we'd be essentially going everywhere, we'd be staying at big hotels as well as Japanese inns (ryokan) and hot springs resorts (onsen). We'd get to eat all different kinds of foods from the ocean to the mountains. There's so much sight seeing to do, from natural things to shrines, temples, and even just traveling around regional train stations. There are lots of festivals in different regions all over the country, so we'd try and hit some of those up depending on which time of year we were there.
Who's got the magical free trip hookup?
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Posted on 3/9/24 at 11:38 am to CrazyTigerFan
Japan is the answer, things have worked out well and doing 17 days there with the family in May/June.
As Clark Griswold said....that's it, this is the big one.
As Clark Griswold said....that's it, this is the big one.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 1:30 pm to CrazyTigerFan
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Based on my wife's and my own interests, we'd take a ten week trip to Japan. We'd try and time it to avoid the deep summer but either hit the crossover from autumn to winter or from winter to spring. It would be hard to hit both the autumn leaf viewing and the snowy season, but we could probably do the snowy season and then plum and cherry blossom viewing seasons if we did the later time frame.
If the former, we'd fly into Osaka and spend two weeks in the Kansai region (Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, and Kobe). Then we'd take the shinkansen from Osaka to Hiroshima and spend two weeks in the Chugoku region, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa, moving around by regional train or overnight ferry. Then we'd either fly or take a cruise to Hokkaido (I think there is a two day cruise from Kyushu to Hokkaido) and spend two weeks in Hokkaido and the Tohoku region (think northern mountains and hot springs). From there, we'd take the train or an overnight ferry to the Chubu region and spend two weeks there (Nagano, Niigata, Nagoya.. lots of ski resorts up in the mountains). We'd finish the trip by taking the shinkansen from Niigata to Tokyo and spend two weeks in the Kanto region.
Since we'd be essentially going everywhere, we'd be staying at big hotels as well as Japanese inns (ryokan) and hot springs resorts (onsen). We'd get to eat all different kinds of foods from the ocean to the mountains. There's so much sight seeing to do, from natural things to shrines, temples, and even just traveling around regional train stations. There are lots of festivals in different regions all over the country, so we'd try and hit some of those up depending on which time of year we were there.
I'm going to tag along
This post was edited on 3/9/24 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 3/14/24 at 1:05 pm to CrazyTigerFan
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Based on my wife's and my own interests, we'd take a ten week trip to Japan.
A three week trip in Japan during Fall is one of the greatest trips I've ever taken. I would highly, highly recommend Japan as a travel destination.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 9:59 pm to CrazyTigerFan
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plum and cherry blossom viewing seasons if we did the later time frame.
Don't forget the blossom seasons depend on latitude. You could easily hit Korea for their blossoms, and transit your way through Japan for more viewings (I think the schedule moves north to south). However, the cherry blossoms in DC are just fine, I don't know that I'd stress about it. During the winter, the lights and Christmas decorations are pretty impressive in Tokyo. And, in the winter you have the festival in Hokkaido where they build massive dragons and other sculptures out of snow.
I do admire the ambition!
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