dates and sleeping locations (30km per day schedule)

 

 

saturday 20 october 2007

[matthew arrives in kyoto]

matthew at Hearton Hotel Nishi-Umeda Y7980 confirmed!

4 am Rugby World Cup final! (NTV)

 

sunday 21 october 2007

erik arrives in kyoto, flight united airlines 0885 to kansai international airport

erik at apa hotel ekimae http://www.apahotel.com/hotel/ah_kyotoekimae/eng.html

matthew at Aranvert Hotel Y9300 confirmed!

Kobo-san market at To-ji temple

 

monday 22 october 2007

erik at apa hotel ekimae http://www.apahotel.com/hotel/ah_kyotoekimae/eng.html

matthew at Aranvert Hotel Y9300 confirmed!

12 - 1.30pm: jidai matsuri

 

tuesday 23 october 2007

[kyoto to kusatsu - 25.7km / 16.0miles]

Hotel Boston Plaza Y8700 (inc. brekky) confirmed!

 

wednesday 24 october 2007 (Matthew's birthday)

[kusatsu to omihachiman (musa) - 21.6km / 13.4miles]

Omihachiman Station Hotel Y7500 (inc. brekky) confirmed!

 

thursday 25 october 2007

[omihachiman (musa) to hikone (toriimoto) - 24.9km / 15.5miles]

Hotel Estacion Hikone Y7149 confirmed! coin laundry

 

friday 26 october 2007

[hikone (toriimoto) to sekigahara - 22.6km / 14.0miles]

Masuya ryokan Y8500 (inc. 2 meals) confirmed! cash

 

saturday 27 october 2007

[sekigahara to kano - 31.4km / 19.5miles]

Comfort Hotel Gifu Y5785 (inc. brekky) confirmed! coin laundry

 

sunday 28 october 2007

rest day

Comfort Hotel Gifu Y5785 (inc. brekky) confirmed! coin laundry

[20 minutes to nagoya]

 

monday 29 october 2007

[kano to ota - 32.6km / 20.3miles]

Hotel Route Inn Minokamo Y6700 confirmed! coin laundry

 

tuesday 30 october 2007

[ota to hosokute - 24.0km / 14.9miles]

Daikokuya Y9800 (inc. 2 meals) confirmed! cash

 

wednesday 31 october 2007

[hosokute to magome - 25.4km / 15.8miles]

Tajimaya Y8400 (inc. 2 meals) confirmed! cash

 

thursday 1 november 2007

[magome to nojiri- 20.6km / 12.8miles]

Koiji Y6500 (inc. 2 meals) confirmed! cash

 

friday 2 november 2007

[suhara to fukushima - 28.1km / 17.4miles]

Sarashinaya Y8500 (inc. 2 meals) confirmed! cash

 

saturday 3 november 2007

[fukushima to narai - 21.7km / 13.5miles]

Iseya (minshuku) Y8400 (inc. 2 meals) (0264) 34-3051 (recommended) confirmed! cash

 

sunday 4 november 2007

[narai to shimo-suwa - 36.2km / 22.5miles]

Kami-suwa Station Hotel (onsen!) Y7665 (inc. breakfast) confirmed! coin laundry onsen

 

monday 5 november 2007

rest day

Kami-suwa Station Hotel (onsen!) Y7665 (inc. breakfast) confirmed!

 

tuesday 6 november 2007

[shimo-suwa to wada - 22.6km / 14.0miles]

Hontei Ryokan Y7350 (inc. 2 meals) confirmed! cash

 

wednesday 7 november 2007 (bunka no hi)

[wada to iwamurada - 30.0km / 18.6miles]

AQA Hotel sakudaira Y6500　confirmed! coin laundry

 

thursday 8 november 2007

[iwamurada to karuizawa - 18.9km / 11.7miles]

APA Hotel Karuizawa Ekimae Y8000 confirmed!

 

friday 9 november 2007

[karuizawa to matsuida -  21.5km / 13.4miles]

Miharashikan Y8400 (inc. 2 meals) or here onsen confirmed! cash

 

saturday 10 november 2007

[matsuida to shinmachi - 32.6km / 20.3miles]

Shinmachi station hotel Y5250 (inc. breakfast) confirmed!

 

sunday 11 november 2007

[shinmachi to kumagaya - 31.7 / 19.7miles]

R&B Hotel Kumagaya Ekimae Y6090 (inc. breakfast) confirmed!

 

monday 12 november 2007

[kumagaya to omiya - 35.9 / 22.3miles]

Super Hotel Saitama Y5980 (inc. brekky) confirmed!

 

tuesday 13 november 2007

[omiya to nihonbashi - 30.1km / 18.9miles]

[erik to sleep at brian/miyuki's]

matthew at Trest Hotel Nihonbashi Y7800 (inc. breakfast) confirmed! coin laundry

Sometime

 

wednesday 14 november 2007

both do something fun with other people

[erik to sleep at brian/miyuki's]

matthew at Trest Hotel Nihonbashi Y7800 (inc. breakfast) confirmed! coin laundry

Someday

 

thursday 15 november 2007

[erik to sleep at brian/miyuki's]

matthew at Trest Hotel Nihonbashi Y7800 (inc. breakfast) confirmed! coin laundry

 

friday 16 november 2007

[erik to sleep at brian/miyuki's]

matthew at Trest Hotel Nihonbashi Y7800 (inc. breakfast) confirmed! coin laundry

 

saturday 17 november 2007

matthew departs to nz

erik departs narita to nyc

 

alternative start

 

wednesday 24 october 2007 (Matthew's birthday)

[kusatsu to echigawa - 32.7km]

Hotel Sun Villa Y6000

 

thursday 25 october 2007

[echigawa to sekigahara - 36.4km]

Sekigahara accommodation

 

 

dates and sleeping locations (40km per day schedule)

 

sunday 21 october 2007

[erik arrives in kyoto, sleeps at john wells']

[matthew arrives in kyoto]

 

monday 22 october 2007

[erik to see john wells, maybe akiko's parents, sleeps at john wells']

jidai matsuri

 

tuesday 23 october 2007

[kyoto to kusatsu - 25.7km]

Hotel Boston Plaza Y8080

 

wednesday 24 october 2007

[kusatsu to takamiya - 40.1km]

Hotel Lakeland Hikone Y6500 - 7500

Hikone Art Hotel Y5900 (inc. breakfast)

Other options

 

thursday 25 october 2007

[takamiya to akasaka - 40.1km]

APA Hotel Ogaki Ekimae Y7000

 

friday 26 october 2007

[akasaka to unuma - 37.7km]

Inuyama Miyako Hotel Y6500

 

saturday 27 october 2007 (Matthew's birthday)

[unuma to hosokute - 33.3km]

Daikokuya Y9800 (inc. 2 meals)

 

sunday 28 october 2007

[hosokute to magome - 39.2km]

Tajimaya Y8000 (inc. 2 meals)

Iroribata Y7500 (inc. 2 meals)

Other options

 

monday 29 october 2007

[magome to suhara - 28.1km]

Suhara Y7000 (2 meals)

Options

 

tuesday 30 october 2007

[suhara to narai - 42.3km]

Rugby World Cup final!

Iseya (minshuku) Y8000 (inc. 2 meals) (0264) 34-3051 (recommended)

Nagai (minshuku)  

Kariya Machida (minshuku) Y9500 (inc. 2 meals)

Aburaya (minshuku) Y10,000 (inc. 2 meals)

 

wednesday 31 october 2007

[narai to shimo-suwa - 36.2km]

Kami-suwa Station Hotel (onsen!) Y7600 (inc. breakfast)

Suwa Lakeside Hotel ??

Okaya Central Hotel Y6090

Tekkosen minshuku Y7500 (inc. breakfast)

Green Sun Hotel Y5100

Minatoya Business Hotel

Sannokoku (onsen!) Y10,000 (inc. 2 meals)

There is a large hot-spring by the lake, and not far from the station is a free public hot-spring bathhouse. It's nothing fancy but you can get a hot bath along with lots of other people, and there is a hot-spring swimming pool outside.

 

thursday 1 november 2007

[rest day in shimo-suwa?]

 

friday 2 november 2007

[shimo-suwa to ashida - 35.6km]

Kanemaru (?) tsuchiya Y7000 (2 meals)

Next station is Mochizuki:

Yamashiro-ya Y8500 (inc. 2 meals)

 

saturday 3 november 2007

[ashida to karuizawa - 36km]

APA Hotel Karuizawa Ekimae Y6500

Sunshine Hotel

 

sunday 4 november 2007 (bunka no hi)

[karuizawa to itahana - 34.5km]

Nothing in Itahana? Next station is Takasaki

Washington Plaza Y7000-8000

Urban Hotel Y7500

Metropolitan Y9250

 

monday 5 november 2007

[itahana to fukaya - 39.5km]

Saitama Grand Hotel Fukaya Y6500

 

tuesday 6 november 2007

[fukaya to ageo -  39.3km]

Tobu Hotel

Ageo Daiichi Hotel Y6600

 

wednesday 7 november 2007

[ageo to nihonbashi - 38.5km]

[both arrive in tokyo [shinkansen back to kyoto?] ]

[erik to sleep at brian/miyuki's]

Trest Hotel Nihonbashi Y6800-7800 (inc. breakfast) coin laundry

 

thursday 8 november 2007

both do something fun with other people

[erik to sleep at brian/miyuki's]

 

friday 9 november 2007

[erik to depart from narita to nyc] 

 

 

 

 

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things to add:

- that day off in karuizawa