JIJ VOL 000: Pre-Japan Notification

So. I'm not sure when I'm going to be able to write again - so this is a pre-journey message for all of those who are reading.

In just a few hours I'll be heading down to San Jose Airport. My flight from San Jose leaves at 7:45AM and will arrive at 8:55AM at Los Angeles Airport. Some may wonder why i'm flying to Los Angeles Airport - but actually I will be saving $100 flying out of LAX. In addition - i have a free one way ticket with southwest - so I don't have to pay any additional fee. Once at LAX, I will be meeting with my friend from New York (we are going to Japan together), we will check in with United International Airlines - my flight will leave at 12:35PM (I also have to get my butt from Terminal 1 to Terminal 7!) and I will arrive at Narita airport at 4:00PM.

I will meet up with my Japanese friend Taka and she will take care of us. She has two weeks planned out for us, and after that I will be solo for 3 weeks. Though I have already planned a general schedule of where I will be going - a cross country trip through Japan and eventually settling down in Fukuoka (where I will be going to school).

My estimated schedule is as follows:
20 Auguest - 23 Auguest Sightseeing in Tokyo
24 Auguest Morning Go to Nagoya Sightseeing Aichi Expo
25 Auguest P/M Go to Kyoto
26 Auguest Sightseeing in Kyoto
Back to Tokyo
27 Auguest Go to Nikko Sightseeing Nikko
28 Auguest Back to Tokyo
29 Auguest Sightseeing in Tokyo
30 Auguest Go to Kamakura Sightseeing in Kamakura
31 August - 4 September - Stay in Tokyo
5 September - Go to Hotadake and Sapporo
6 September - go to Akan kohan
7 September - Hiking at Mekan (close to Akan kohan)
8 September - Return to Sapporo
9 September - Return to Tokyo
10 September - 14 September - Go to Nou, Sightseeing in Niigata perfecture
15 September - 21 September - Go to Kyoto, sightseeing
22 September - 25 September - go to Osaka, more sight seeing
26 September - Go to Kyushu, move into dormitory

While in Nou I will be visiting with my friend Fiona who is currently teaching english there. Also - somewhere between Kyoto and Osaka I will visit my friend Catherine who will also be studying abroad at the same time. I hope to visit as many gardens, take as many photos and be comepletely engrossed in the whole Urban atmosphere. As for now - I bid adieu. I've got to turn this laptop off and pack it away.