Are we going to Harajuku?

No way am I dressing up on a 14 hour flight.  You are out of your damn mind!

yip

As long as it's not some complicated uncomfortable costume, it wouldn't be so bad.

You've never flown around the world before have you?

Is this still the itinerary? Museums are only open until 6pm I noticed, so I guess we could go to hopefully one.  I wanted to go to Harajuku the first day, so museums may have to wait until the 5th or 6th. 

1 Nov (Sun) -(Arrive approx. 2pm) Tokyo Sightseeing. All the designer shops will be open. Hot tourist spots at Akihabara, Harajuku, Shibuya, Asakusa, Shinagawa Aquarium, wherever... People can go where they want because you all have cellphones. Dinner will be at a large Izakaya.

2 Nov (Mon) - Red-eye shinkansen at 7am -> Nara. Temple Hopping, drinks, dinner, onsen, Karaoke party party party... stay in Nara area.

3 Nov (Tues) - Nara -> Hiroshima. Arrive lunchtime. Go to War memorial. Dinner is Okonomiyaki and check out Hiroshima in the evening. I'll look up a cool area, but I've never been so if anyone wants to research please go ahead.

4 Nov (Wed) - Full day in Hiroshima. I haven't researched this but there will be lots to see and do with the peace parks, maybe a cool shrine, shopping etc. Picnic lunch or something. Shinkansen back to Tokyo mid afternoon. Check into hotels and dinner somewhere in Tokyo. If anyone wants to spend a night in Kyoto this is the one as Kyoto is on the way back to Tokyo. I need to know in advance to help book your accomodation for this so let me know.

5 Nov (Thu) - No real plans. Shopping, sightseeing around town somewhere. Does anyone want to go to Yasukuni shrine and upset the Chinese? Sex shops fun. In the evening go to Shibuya to have a beer at my friend Michiko's bar.

6 Nov (Fri) - If people want to go traditional then a day trip to Kamakura to the giant Bhudda (Kyle, Ian and Danni have been however...). If people want to stay in Tokyo and do crazy things then Harajuku/Shibuya/Meiji Shrine. Rent mine and Ian's friend Yusuke's restaurant for an epic last evening. Karaoke and Roppongi.

7 Nov (Sat) - recover, lunch, bye bye...

The only change is that the Hiroshima trip is starting a day later. So the day in Tokyo on Thursday will now happen on Monday instead. Everything else is pretty much the same.

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Kyle has done this before, so I think the bunch arriving at 14:xx can all get cells and jump on the train with him. It's pretty simple: inside Narita airport there is a JR train station. Show your pass at the ticket window and ask for a "Limited Express to Tokyo". Get on train. It's all in English. You'll have cells and I'll make sure you have my number. Ian and I will meet you at Tokyo station and take you to the hotel.

Let me break this down...

Firstly, the place to rent cells is separate from the train station area, so you'll need to get that hooked up first.

1. You will activate your JR Rail Pass at the JR station inside Narita Airport, it's down a few floors from the arrival lounge
2. Ask for a Limited Express ticket to Tokyo station
3. Once you know what time the train will leave and your seat number give me a call and I'll be waiting at the platform.

Cheers,

I love how you planned everything out in advance.  That is very business casual.

FUUUUUUCK. I AM SO EXCITED.

Nope. Longest I've ever been in a plane is 6 hours.

I have Ambien though!

Hmmmm maybe I should do my Craigslist costume after all...

Nah, sorry to disappoint but I am going as "Kyle."

I want to see the museum too!

I don't know if I am more excited about the trip, or the video that my darlin' is making for me to "keep me company" on the trip! Haha I loaned her my video camera on Monday and gave her free creative reign to do something that will, quote, "keep me from going to Japanese whorehouses." haha. She thought that was hilarious.

(obviously I am more excited about the TRIP!!!!!!)

Sweet ass, I stopped by the bank today and picked up the dough. I'm all ready!

Two terminals. I think you folk will be arriving at terminal 1

http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/guide/service/index_t1.html

You idiot.  Museum is code word for japanese whorehouse. 

I'm going as "13chemicals".

You idiot.  Museum is code word for japanese whorehouse. 

I'll try whoring myself out to wealthy Japanese business men, to get some yen that way.

Sorry for undercutting your business, ladies!

I'm going as "eitje". Outfit should be: converse, jeans, and light blue tee shirt.

oh, you are so clever.

what is yo mama?

I'm pretty sure you will have the entire white gay bear market tagged if that is what you choose to do.

I laughed!

i don't wear suspenders!

also, i'm not gay!

It could be my old cell number, long since abandoned

the bank doesn't have anymore yen. i went earlier this week and that's what they told me.

i drank heavily last Saturday and last night. preparing myself for Japan, you could say.

oh, you'd been drinking last night?