Only two weeks now. I’ve written out my itinerary with problem days indicated.
• October 15: arrive, Ginza Capital Hotel Main
• October 16: Tsukuji Fish Market, Hama rikyu garden, trip up the Sumida River if I wake up early enough; Suntory Museum, Riccar Museum (both museums are important to me)
• [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Tentative Itinerary
Posted in Planning on September 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Plan for my first week
Posted in Planning on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I use the Google calendar to keep track of my life. I decided to use the calendar in Japan as I would here. I have entered many of the places I want to visit in Tokyo during my first four days. I don’t consider any of this written in stone, except the hotel reservation, [...]
Hotels and other preparations
Posted in Planning on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The hotel in Kyoto was recommended to me. I found a website for them and have had no trouble communicating directly with them. I made a reservation for my first four nights in Tokyo through an agency. They have a lot of rules and I’m not entirely comfortable with them. I still need one more [...]
Sometimes luck is with me
Posted in Planning on September 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
That expensive hotel I booked cannot accommodate me, so I’m off the hook. I didn’t mind the $15 cancellation fee; it was the 10 to 14 day wait for my credit card refund that bothered me. So that’s one less thing to think about.
I made another change in my plans. I started to think about [...]
Panic set in
Posted in Planning on September 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Kyoto is my most important destination. I will be there when many of the temples and shrines put significant treasures on display. I also found a symposium, about Kano Eitoku, at the Kyoto National Museum, on November 4. Several of the participants are American. If their talks are given in English, or if there will [...]
Hotel Reservations
Posted in Planning on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Kyoto is a booming place at the end of October, beginning of November. I am having trouble getting a hotel room for the amount of time I would like to be there. I now have 11 nights reserved; I would like 4 or 5 more, which I may have arranged for a lot more money [...]
A slight digression
Posted in Planning on September 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Browsing through a book on Mingei in the Frick Art Library, I found a picture of a crouching cat just like the one above. It is evidently a classic folk art piece, not the outsider art I wanted it to be. I was happy to find it, but just a little disappointed to have [...]
The trip has begun to have a shape
Posted in Planning on September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As of today I will begin with four days in Tokyo (no hotel reservation, yet), then four days in Kyoto (with reservations). I will go on to two days in Matsue and Izumo, then two days in Hiroshima and Miyajima. Returning to Kyoto I have five or six days booked in the previous hotel. Also [...]
