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 ====== Flight Considerations ====== ====== Flight Considerations ======
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 +JAL flies direct from BOS to NRT, via the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
 +
 +  * Non-Stop
 +    * JAL:
 +    * get window seat, A or K, for better shoulder room
 +      * avoid aisle / center sheets, as you can't drop the armrests
 +    * target row 1 or 8 (bulkhead rows)     
 +
 +  * With Layover
 +    * ANA (JFK, ORD -> NRT)
 +      * plane: Boeing 777-300ER (avoid 787, much narrower!)
 +      * roomiest seats available
 +    * United (EWR, SFO, ORD -> NRT)
 +      * plane: Boeing 777-300ER, 787
 +    * Sinapore Airlines (JFK -> NRT)
 +      * plane: Boeing 777-300ER, Airbus 350
 +      * downside: wide seats but not sleep diagnonal to lay flat
 +
  
 ====== Themes ====== ====== Themes ======
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 ====== Trip Overview ====== ====== Trip Overview ======
  
-  * Visit Sendai +===Visit Sendai=== 
-    * Day 1 + 
-      * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/hUTSJg2AJbDjyGBg7 | Aoba Joshi (青葉城址), Aoba castle (Date's) ruins]] +  * Day 1 
-      * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/SG5JpmpEbxjDacaA8 | Sendai City Museum (仙台市博物館), Date Masamune’s armour]] +    * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/hUTSJg2AJbDjyGBg7 | Aoba Joshi (青葉城址), Aoba castle (Date's) ruins]] 
-      * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/qurZxort1rpHDWZ88 | Zuihōden (瑞鳳殿)]]: grave of Date Masamune +    * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/SG5JpmpEbxjDacaA8 | Sendai City Museum (仙台市博物館), Date Masamune’s armour]] 
-    * Visit Matsushima (松島) +    * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/qurZxort1rpHDWZ88 | Zuihōden (瑞鳳殿)]]: grave of Date Masamune 
-      * Zuiganji Temple: first built 828 CE, rebuilt by Date Masamune in 1609 as his family temple +  * Day 2 
-      * Entsuin Temple: built to honor Masamune's grandson, Mitsumune +    * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/GNKihqYdHXM8q4eF7 | Sendai Umi-no-mori Aquarium]] 
-      * Godaido +    * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZNEsgj3B2U6uHU8e6 | Kirin Beer factory tour]]: [[https://www.kirin.co.jp/experience/factory/en/sendai/ | KIRIN ICHIBAN Shinbori Experience]] 
-    * Visit Hiraizumi + 
-      * Chusonji Temple + 
-      * Motsuji Temple +=== Visit Matsushima (松島)=== 
-      * Takadachi Giko-do: place where Minamoto no Yoshitsune (first samurai of Kamakura shogunate) committed seppuku; Date Masamune built a memorial to honor it in 1683 and Matsuo Basho visited in 1689 + 
-    * Visit Yamagata +  * En route from Sendai, visit [[https://www.urakasumi.com/ | Urakasumi Sake Brewery]] 
-      * Yamadera (Rissyakuji): Basho composed famous haiku here +    * tours at 11:00 and 14:00 on weedays only (reservations: info_en@urakasumi.com) 
-      * [[https://kanko-mogami.jp/en/agarashare/funakudari/ | Mogami River Boat ride]]: Basho took a boat tour and wrote haiku about the power of the river +  * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZqnpCzVn2qMq7EBy7 | Zuiganji (瑞巌寺)]]: first built 828 CE, rebuilt by Date Masamune in 1609 as his family temple 
-      * Kajo Park: original seat of power of Mogami Clan. +  * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/kfGABCYfMErwqjHg9 | Entsuin Temple (円通院)]]: abutts Zuiganji. built to honor Masamune's grandson, Mitsumune 
-      * Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum: Mogami Yoshiaki's actual battle armor—complete with a bullet dent from a matchlock gun +  * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/oThX8LgAGxSkJAoC9 | Godaido]] 
-      * Senshoji Temple: temple holds the family graves of the Mogami Clan, including the final resting place of Mogami Yoshiaki+ 
 +=== Visit Hiraizumi=== 
 + 
 +  * Chusonji Temple 
 +  * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/rYYoSX2T8DBQCYLr5 | Grave of Saito Musashibo-Benkei (西塔 武蔵坊 弁慶)]] 
 +    * warrior of the fame 「弁慶の泣き所』 
 +  * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/FJMrG5aCyay9Dy3J9 | Motsuji Temple]] 
 +    * Basho wept here, composing his immortal haiku: "Ah, summer grasses! / All that remains / Of the warriors' dreams." 
 +  * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/W5BAbPvSjbjtYhz58 | Takadachi Gikeido (高館義経堂)]] 
 +    * place where Minamoto no Yoshitsune (first samurai of Kamakura shogunate) committed seppuku while his warrior Benkei stood on the narrow bridge and was famously killed while standing upright (弁慶の立往生); Date Masamune built a memorial to honor it in 1683 and Matsuo Basho visited in 1689 
 + 
 +=== Visit Yamagata === 
 + 
 +Yamagata produces 95% of all shogi pieces 
 + 
 +  * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/mvcLshnCJ3B2b59FA | Yamadera / Rissyakuji (立石寺)]]: Basho composed famous haiku here 
 +  * [[https://kanko-mogami.jp/en/agarashare/funakudari/ | Mogami River Boat ride]]: Basho took a boat tour and wrote haiku about the power of the river 
 +  * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/3zEt6QXzaAeUia8K8 | Kajo Park]]: original seat of power of Mogami Clan. 
 +  * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/S6o3vzBWQ7WdGAB77 | Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum]]: Mogami Yoshiaki's actual battle armor—complete with a bullet dent from a matchlock gun 
 +  * [[https://maps.app.goo.gl/fQ1xAwRC1S6GXahe9 | Senshoji Temple]]: temple holds the family graves of the Mogami Clan, including the final resting place of Mogami Yoshiaki 
 + 
 +=== Visit Zao Fox Village === 
 + 
 +  * Hotel: [[https://www.ichijoh.co.jp/ | Yunushi Ichijou (湯主一條)]], ~$250 
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