Here’s the rough/approx running sheet for the trip:

  • Jan 7 -14 – Buntha sweats bullets waiting for his passport to arrive!
  • Day 1 – Jan 14 – Fly out of Melbourne
  • Day 2 – Jan 15 – Arrive Tokyo (stay in Tokyo)
  • Day 3 – Jan 16 – Day in Tokyo, the train to Kyoto (stay in Kyoto)
  • Day 4 – Jan 17 – Day in Kyoto (Stay in Kyoto)
  • Day 5 – Jan 18 – Day in Kyoto or Nara, the train to Osaka (stay in Osaka)
  • Day 6 – Jan 19 – Osaka then flight to Sapporo (Stay in Otaru)
  • Day 7 – Jan 20 – Otaru
  • Day 8 – Jan 21 – Otaru
  • Day 9 – Jan 22 – Otaru (Stay at UMI)
  • Day 10 – Jan 23 – Otaru (Stay at UMI)
  • Day 11 – Jan 24 – Otaru, then jumping ferry. To Niigata? (overnight)
  • Day 12 – Jan 25 – train ride down Tokyo (Stay TBC)
  • Day 13 – Jan 26 – Arrive in Tokyo
  • Day 14 – Jan 27 – Tokyo
  • Day 15 – Jan 28 – Fly out of Tokyo, stopover in Bali
  • Day 16 – Jan 29 – Arrive back in Melbourne