On 2014-09-08 17:28:49 +0000, gtr said:

>    10/17-10/18 - Koya-San
>    10/19-10/23 - Wakimachi, Shikoku (Outside Mima)

Yikes: That's a 7.5 hour run.

>    10/24-10/27 - Shimoda Onsen

Double yikes: From Mima to Shimoda is 10.5 hours!Looks like I'll be 
staying at least one night in Nagoya after all!

I thought the bullet trains went everywhere!  ;-)