It's done!

So it's done, I bought my ticket last night and I am now officially going to Japan in October! The airfare was higher than I would like, but not as bad as it could have been considering all the new fuel surcharges. I got $70 off the cost of the flight because of my power cord not working on one of my flights to San Francisco. I wish I could have gotten a second voucher because it didn't work coming back but that flight was so full the stewardesses had no time for anyone, even in Business class. >.< Though at least I was flying Business Class so it is hard to complain lol

( cut for boring discussion of flight details though if you're someone I am visiting in Japan you might want to read )

So now I'm trying to think about what I would like to see and do while I am in Japan above and beyond Area 37. Things I would really like to see despite some of them being inconvenient to get to or expensive: Nikko (I've actually only been there once and it was before I had a digital camera and + temple stamps!) Mitsumine jinja, Tokyo Disney or Tokyo Disney Sea (should I do it, am I crazy, I don't think it is a vacation time so it should just be crowded, not gosh awful), Ise, Nagashima SpaLand (if I can work it out), Katsura Rikyu Imperial villa (I so loved it ;;_;; ), Enryakuji (still have not been), Hikone (nice castle and other things to see?), Kanazawa (I want to see the garden and it's only 2 hours from Kyoto...) So we shall see.

I'm hoping to meet up with everyone I know in Japan at least once except maybe poor Steve since Tanabe is sort of out of the way. >>; (unless he is coming to Osaka!) triplepunch at the very least I would love to do dinner post Ise on my way to Kansai, though hmmmmm...debating ideas...

So what do people reading this think, should I try Nikko and Mitsumine jinja or should I spend one of those days at Tokyo Disney?

Thank you so much for the postcard seaster and yanchamonkey!!!!!