日本plan # 7 - Himeji Castle's in my itinerary

Haven't been updating my JP research progress lately!
But GOOD NEWS !
my annual leave's approved and i can't wait till that day arrives!
44 more days to go.....

anyway, metup with dear Amy over the last weekend for a couple of hours.
She gave me 7 rolls of film *thankU* for my japan vacation and i bought her dinner!
We exchanged some tokyo notes and we should be meeting up in tokyo for 3 days.
I changed some YEN too. (half of my total intended amount first,the other half prior to my trip)

Did some minor alterations to my planned itinerary.
We will take some time to visit Himeji Castle on Day 1.
The castle will be partially closed until 2014 for major restoration.
I read that the exteriors will be covered by scaffolding, starting from April 12, 2010.
so i thought i better visit this sight or else i have to wait till after 2014!!

Not sure if i've shared it yet, but here goes:
14d 13n Kansai & Tokyo PLAN ! *Revised*

26/3 (Fri)

• Depart SIN via SQ (2345hrs)
• Overnight on plane

27/3 (Sat)

• Arrival at Narita Termina 1 (0730hrs)
• Exchange for JR Pass Tickets
• Narita Express to Tokyo
• Shinkansen from Tokyo > Himeji
• Tour Himeji Castle
• Shinkansen from Himeji > Kyoto
• Check-in TOUR CLUB

28/3 (Sun)

• JR Special Rapid from Kyoto > Kobe
• KOBE

29/3 (Mon)

• JR Special Rapid from Kyoto > Osaka
• Osaka > Ikeda via Hankyu trains
• Ikeda: Satsukiyama Park
• Ikeda: The Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum
• Kema Sakuranomiya Park*
• Osaka Castle
• Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
• Minami (Namba)

30/3 (Tue)

• JR Special Rapid from Kyoto > Osaka
• Universals Studio JP
• Kita (Umeda)
  Floating Garden Observatory (Umeda Sky Building); HEP FIVE Ferris Wheel

31/3 (Wed)

• KYOTO
• Arashiyama/Sagano Bamboo Forest

1/4 (Thu)

• KYOTO (*i have removed Nara from our itinerary. Plan to spend more time exploring the grounds of Kyoto. i'll keep the nara deers for next time!)

2/4 (Fri)

• Early AM : KYOTO Fushimi Inari
• Chk-Out from TOUR CLUB
• Shinkansen from Kyoto > Tokyo
• Tokyo > Toukaisou Ryokan chk-in
• Ueno/Asakusa/Sumida areas
• River Cruise > Odaiba area

3/4 (Sat)

• Shinjuku
• Roppongi/Tokyo Tower/Aoyama Cemetery Park
• Naka-meguro River*

4/4 (Sun)

• Meiji-Shrine
• Harajuku
• Omote-Sando
• Yoyogi Koen
• Hachiko Statue
• Shibuya areas

5/4 (Mon)

• Disneyland
• Naka-Meguro River*/Asakusa area

6/4 (Tue)

• DisneySEA
• Naka-Meguro River*/Asakusa area

7/4 (Wed)

• Bus from Shinjuku > Kawaguchiko
• KAWAGUCHIKO
• Shinjuku Government bldg observatory

8/4 (Thu)

• Tsukiji Tuna Auctions (i gotta wakeup early to witness this!)
• Imperial Palace Gardens Area
• Ueno/Asakusa/Sumida
• Keisei Skyliner > Narita
• Flight back to SIN

*next blog entry : the detailed attractions' list*