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todo

• japan rail pass
  • https://japanrailpass.net/en/purchase.html
• organize trip itinerary
  • chiba university
  • tours of real estate
    • reaching out to mayors / local cities in Local Governments
• FOOD
  • Ramen
    • Tsuta ⭐
    • Nakiryu ⭐
    • Soba House Konjiki-Hototogisu ⭐
  • Sushi

general

• one month trip total, approx 1 week in each place

• purpose: visit houses, experience culture, produce early on-site content, revitalize our collective spirit 🙃

• Prework - set up house tours with Matt

• michelle to bring drone from tx for footage

• Dec 1 - Dec 31

  • rent a car to bop around between houses

  • Tokyo

    • Dec 1-8 here:

      ★NEW/Not share room★ Cozy area/near ASAKUSA/MAX6 p - Apartments for Rent in Taito City, Tōkyō-to, Japan

    • ADDress dec 7th

    • might need to take a few days from tokyo itinerary to visit chiba (give talk at a university via joi)

    • Visit hiro in Kujukuri (Chiba) to see his renovation project

    • TeamLab PLANETS tokyo - awesome art place

    • Ping the homie from Split conference for Tokyo recs

    • travel outside of tokyo to nearby regions to visit houses

    • Hayama (seems like a great place)

      • brave new world (hayama)
      • tamaki + shared economy founder — visit open house collective

  • Hakone (Dec 13-Dec 17)

    • booked for 5 people

    2-3 minutes to bus stop, Hakone sightseeing, nature park walk, beautiful hot springs in the neighborhood, complete rental, medium and long term stay available! - Houses for Rent in Hakone, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa, Japan

  • Yugawara

    • Tour Akiyas with Matt
    • Hakone - onsens
    • Mountain biking

  • Nagoya

    • Studio Ghibli theme park!
    • would be cool to stop there otw to Kyoto/Osaka
      • tbh I think we could do Kyoto in ~2 days, it’s just a lesser Osaka 😄

  • Osaka (1/2)

    • Osaka Fish Market
      • Craft the ultimate wagyu burger
    • Ayomeda (michelin soba)
    • Suntory Yamazaki distillery (between Kyoto and Osaka)
      • Whiskey tasting 😋
      • NEED TO BOOK IN ADVANCE
    • Osaka Castle
    • Secret cocktail bar (p sure this was in Osaka)
    • Flaming shots bar
    • Nara Daytrip
    • Kobe Daytrip

  • Kyoto (2/2)

    • Kyoto Gates
    • Tofu Shop (by cherry blossom garden (likely too early in the yr tho))

  • Fukuoka

    • Dazaifu Tenmangu Fire Festival - epic temple NYE celebration
    • Hashima Island - giant abandoned factory island (far but damn it looks so epic, should be daytrip-able)
    • I will admit, Fukuoka is pretty far out of the way lol, but then again the idea is to go all the way west, could do day trips at some of the cities otw as well (Okayama, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu)

Post December

Lots of great options nearby (more Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, SEA, etc)

• michelle meetings
  • tomo, founder of japanese learning app — potential partnership w learning japanese from
  • meeting w keiko, plan to visit horse sanctuary + nagano house (feb)
  • darik, zen tea japanese monk doing tea ceremonies, planning on going to his tea temple to hang in kyoto
  • connect w hiko + understand more about japanese art scene. possibly do an installation together
  • connect w peter (ecovillage / greenhouse + parametric designer), interested in becoming involved w our project
  • catch up and cook w mayumi (madonna’s personal chef)
  • michelle might end up finding a karate guru in okinawa to learn karate at a dojo, or enrolling in a japanese language program for a few weeks

Trip Update Draft Copy

week 1 recap: builder meetings, podcast interview, akiyadao meetup

week 2 recap: staying in renovated houses, casually visiting akiya, art + builder communities away from city