Chisoxcollector
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- Mar 4, 2013
Hello everybody!
My wife and I have always wanted to go to Japan. It has been our #1 bucket list dream vacation for as long as we've been married (20 years).
I travel literally every week for work, and as such always have tons of airline, hotel, and rental car points. I am Diamond with Hilton, Titanium with Marriott, Spire Elite with IHG, and measly Discoverist with Hyatt. I am also A+ Elite w/ Companion Pass with Southwest, and Executive Elite with National. Those are all earned with stays/travel, rather than CC points.
Unfortunately, because I use Southwest for work, the points are pretty much useless for international travel. So all of our vacations to this point have been domestic.
This year, we finally decided to bite the bullet and go to Japan. My wife's birthday is our first full day in Japan, so it seemed like a good time to do it.
I started making all of our travel arrangements about 9 months before our trip. We picked February for two reasons. One, our favorite temperature for vacations is around 50⁰ F. I know that seems crazy, but we love it. And two, we also thought it would be less crowded than the warmer months.
We are doing a bit of hotel jumping, as we really know love being able to walk from our hotel everywhere.
I'm going to try to finish this report as quickly as possible. If I don't get it out quickly I won't remember anything, lol. I don't sleep all that much, so I can probably fit in the time.
It won't be as detailed as most of the wonderful reports I've read here, but I will do what I can!
Here are the links to the reports:
Day 1 & 2 - Travel Days
Day 3 - DisneySea (Part 1), DisneySea (Part 2), DisneySea (Part 3)
Day 4 - Disneyland (Part 1), Disneyland (Part 2)
Day 5 - DisneySea
Day 6 - DisneySea (Part 1) & Disneyland (Part 2)
Bonus - Tokyo Disney Resort Attraction Rankings
Day 7 - Off to Shibuya!
Day 8 - Shibuya/Harajuku
Day 9 - Shinjuku/My Dream Hotel/Fine Dining
Day 10 - Asakusa/Akihabara
Day 11 - Goodbye Shinjuku, Hello Osaka!
Day 12 - Universal Studios Japan (Part 1), Universal Studios Japan (Part 2), New Hotel in Dotonbori (Part 3)
Day 13 - Breakfast and Lunch in Dotonbori (Part 1), Osaka Food Tour and an Unexpected Surprise (Part 2)
My wife and I have always wanted to go to Japan. It has been our #1 bucket list dream vacation for as long as we've been married (20 years).
I travel literally every week for work, and as such always have tons of airline, hotel, and rental car points. I am Diamond with Hilton, Titanium with Marriott, Spire Elite with IHG, and measly Discoverist with Hyatt. I am also A+ Elite w/ Companion Pass with Southwest, and Executive Elite with National. Those are all earned with stays/travel, rather than CC points.
Unfortunately, because I use Southwest for work, the points are pretty much useless for international travel. So all of our vacations to this point have been domestic.
This year, we finally decided to bite the bullet and go to Japan. My wife's birthday is our first full day in Japan, so it seemed like a good time to do it.
I started making all of our travel arrangements about 9 months before our trip. We picked February for two reasons. One, our favorite temperature for vacations is around 50⁰ F. I know that seems crazy, but we love it. And two, we also thought it would be less crowded than the warmer months.
We are doing a bit of hotel jumping, as we really know love being able to walk from our hotel everywhere.
I'm going to try to finish this report as quickly as possible. If I don't get it out quickly I won't remember anything, lol. I don't sleep all that much, so I can probably fit in the time.
It won't be as detailed as most of the wonderful reports I've read here, but I will do what I can!
Here are the links to the reports:
Day 1 & 2 - Travel Days
Day 3 - DisneySea (Part 1), DisneySea (Part 2), DisneySea (Part 3)
Day 4 - Disneyland (Part 1), Disneyland (Part 2)
Day 5 - DisneySea
Day 6 - DisneySea (Part 1) & Disneyland (Part 2)
Bonus - Tokyo Disney Resort Attraction Rankings
Day 7 - Off to Shibuya!
Day 8 - Shibuya/Harajuku
Day 9 - Shinjuku/My Dream Hotel/Fine Dining
Day 10 - Asakusa/Akihabara
Day 11 - Goodbye Shinjuku, Hello Osaka!
Day 12 - Universal Studios Japan (Part 1), Universal Studios Japan (Part 2), New Hotel in Dotonbori (Part 3)
Day 13 - Breakfast and Lunch in Dotonbori (Part 1), Osaka Food Tour and an Unexpected Surprise (Part 2)
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