If you had 10 days in Japan---what would you do?

[smoothsake]

Here's a picture of Kumamoto Castle in Kyushu. Also quite an amazing piece of architectural genius.



I've had the pleasure of visiting both Kumamoto and Himeji during my travels.

[vapor]

Originally Posted by Azimuth

If everything goes as planned i will go to Japan from 06 till 16 september 07
to train in the Ashihara honbu .(located i/t Ehime prefecture)

So is your plan to travel next month still on track?

vapor

[Salvador G. Ebreo Jr.]

10 days in Japan?
What shall i do,we'll first of all i'd like to visit original Honbu in Ikeburo,then visit Sosai's grave then the IKO1 Honbu,and then take that opportunity to train together with Kancho Matsui and other kyokushin karateka in honbu..its an opportunity isn't it?so i'll enjoy roaming around japan!

Osu!

[nzproud]

Hey Salvador san, I wodner if you have trouble remembering your forum name(it must be your name tho!). I wouldn't want to type in my alias to log in each time if my alias was that long!

I would definitely enjoy food over there! and nice hot spa in Japanese motels.

[supergroup7]

Wow.. only 10 days? I'd want to go to so many places, and see so many things, but I wouldn't want to rush it so that I can't enjoy the moment.

I'd want to train at the Honbo dojo.. that's for sure. I'd like to see a Sumo Wrestling event. I'd like to buy myself a high quality Gi, and obi.

Can I visit the Island of Okinawa too? I'd love to visit the Shuri Castle there.

I'd HAVE to visit an Anima place and purchase some mangas for my teenagers in Tokyo. I'd never be forgiven if I came home without that!!.

[Spirit]

Trade it for a ticket to Okinawa

[Azimuth]

Originally Posted by vapor

So is your plan to travel next month still on track?

vapor

Yes , everything will goes as planned . ; )

[vapor]

Are you flying into Narita or Osaka??

I will be in Japan that week! (Tokyo)

vapor

[Azimuth]

Inbound flight Brussels -Helsinki- Nagoya- Matsuyama

Outbound Matsuyama-Osaka-Helsinki-Brussels
but only 2 hr stop between flights in Osaka airport

[vapor]

ah....that is an interesting routing!
What are you looking at for total flight times?
vapor

[Azimuth]

Just going through this ticket but i'm not sure about total hours
start at 1140 lcl till 1515 lcl to HEL
than 1715 till 0855 guess that is also local to NGO
finally 1050 till 1215 to MYJ

Got an idea ?

[nzproud]

You guys do know Shinkansen can take you to Tokyo / Osaka in an hour! Whispering.. Is that correct Vapor san?

[vapor]

(more like 3 hours!)

vapor

[vapor]

Originally Posted by Azimuth

Just going through this ticket but i'm not sure about total hours
start at 1140 lcl till 1515 lcl to HEL
than 1715 till 0855 guess that is also local to NGO
finally 1050 till 1215 to MYJ

Got an idea ?

hmmm.....clueless on how to calculate that!

vapor

[kakatootoshi]

Dear Azimuth,
MYJ = Matsuyama Airport (at Ehime)
NGO = Nagoya Airport

For "HEL" I do not think it is in Japan, I guess it means "Helsinki"?

OSU!

[Azimuth]

I know about the airports ( HEL = helsinki indeed) but don't have an idea about total flight time especially the Helsinki Nagoya one
traveling through timezones and all ....

[vapor]

It looks like the Fin Air flights from Hel to Seoul Korea are about 9 hours, so you are probably looking at 10 1/2 to 11hours into Nagoya would be my guess.

vapor

[Azimuth]

That is do-able ; )

[vapor]

My flight at the end of this month from NY to Korea comes in at more than 14 hours....so 11 hours is do-able!!

vapor