- ポートランド (Portland) — Tuesday, 9 August 2005
- PDX (13:00 PDT) to SEA[1] (13:52 PDT)
- SEA (14:45 PDT) to NRT[2] (10 August 17:05 JST)
- 東京 (Tôkyô) — 水の晩、木、金、土
- (10~13 August) Sumidagawa YH
- Activities: Visit Akihabara Electric Town, Jakotsu Onsen or Oedo Onsen Monogatari; take suijôbus to Odaiba; spend a day and night in Shibuya; walk across the Rainbow Bridge
- 京都 (Kyôto) — 日
- (14~15 August) Kitayama YH — no food
- Activities: Visit Nijô-jô, Nishi Hongan-ji, Tô-ji, Maruyama Park & Yasaka Jinja, Kôdai-ji, Yasaka Koshindô, Kiyomizu-dera, Gion
- Kissaten: Ryûgetsudo, BonBon, Café Sagan, Café Tsukiji, Prinz, Rakushô
- 奈良 (Nara) — 月 (daytrip)
- Activities: Visit Nara Park, Gangô-ji,
- 京都 (Kyôto) — 月の晩、火、水
- (16 August) Kyo no Yado Shimaya (ryokan)
- (17 August) Higashiyama YH
- 大阪 (Ôsaka) — 木、金
- (18~19 August) Osaka International YH
- Activities: Ôsaka Human Rights Museum, Sumiyoshi Taisha, Open-air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses
- 神戸 (Kôbe) and Akashi — 土、日
- (20 August) Amos' place
- 広島 (Hiroshima) — 日の晩、月
- (21 August) ???
- Activities: Walk around Miyajima; visit the Peace Park and Peace Memorial Museum
- 神戸 (Kôbe) and Akashi — 月の晩
- (22 August) Amos' place
- 名古屋 (Nagoya) — 火 (daytrip)
- 東京 — 火の晩、水
- (23 August) Sumidagawa YH
- (24 August) NRT (15:30 JST) to SEA (8:15 PDT)
- (24 August) SEA (10:30 PDT) to PDX (11:19 PDT)
Still to do:
- get JR shinkansen reservations:
- 東京->京都 (14 Aug) — Get reservation ASAP because of Odon~!
- 大阪->広島, 広島->大阪 (22 Aug) — need I bother with reservations?
- 大阪->名古屋, 名古屋->東京 (23 Aug) — need I bother with reservations?
- set up itinerary of places to visit
- get business cards made up
[1] Seattle/Tacoma Intl
[2] Tokyo Narita