Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!taurus!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!fr.ip.ndsoftware.net!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "John W." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: 1st trip to Japan Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:08:22 -0600 Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4217F116.6050502@yahoo.com> References: <111frbsfp23be5e@corp.supernews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net OxO+yi+LGyg1NIyrKHRlvA908dFH1vOvTSq5GfAn0XqrtVb2Ax User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: ja,en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:25455 Walter Canady wrote: > Arriving at new Chubu airport April 3-9th. Pretty much open to > anything. Currently have unconfirmed reservations at Gifu Renaissance > Hotel. Any Suggestions regarding a slightly laid back itinerary? > How's your Japanese? I suggest you get a rail pass, wake up in the morning, pick a direction, and read the guide book on the train about what you have to do in that direction. Seriously. From Nagoya you're a couple of hours from most major tourist spots in Kansai, Tokyo's a short hop away, and if you want the Japan Sea isn't so far away either. John W.