Japan on my mind

In addition to the Internet, which seems to have unlimited resources, I am using two guidebooks: Lonely Planet Japan; Kodansha Gateway to Japan ; and three books from classes I’ve taken during the last two years: Gerhart, Eyes of Power; Coaldrake, Architecture and Authority in Japan; and McKelway, Capitalscapes. I want to make decisions now about where I would like to go in Tokyo, Kyoto and various other places and figure out, approximately, how much time I will spend in each place. Since I am sure the best laid plans can go astray, I also want to decide what is most important to me. Some of the places I have already selected are the National Museum of Tokyo; Mingei Museum Tokyo; Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum; Museum of Modern Art, Shiga; and the National Museum of Japanese History, Sakura, near Narita, which I will save for last day. This is just the beginning of a long list. As I make these decisions I will write about what I plan to see in each place and use this blog as a guide.