008. bucket list: japan edition

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Things I want to accomplish before leaving Japan:

  1. Visit all 4 islands (& Okinawa):
    •   Hokkaido Feb ’12
     •   Honshu Sept ’11—Feb ’12; Aug ’14—present
    •   Shikoku Jul ’15
    •   Kyushu Mar ’15
    •   Okinawa
  2. Attempt to visit all 47 prefectures of Japan:
    •   Hokkaido
    •   Tohoku: Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
    •   Kanto: Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa
    •   Chubu: Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi
    •   Kansai: Mie, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama
    •   Chugoku: Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
    •   Shikoku: Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi
    •   Kyushu: Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
  3. Eat the following:
    •   Kobe beef Mar ’15
    •   horse meat Jul ’12; Mar ’15
    •   fugu Mar ’15
    •       live octopus
  4. Eat ramen and/or oden at a yatai (food stall). Fukuoka trip Mar ’15
  5. Perform a taiko concert.
  6. Watch a sumo match.
  7. Watch a baseball match. Hanshin Tigers vs Hiroshima Carp @ Kyocera Dome Aug ’16
  8. Spend a day in Kyoto wearing a kimono. Apr ’16
  9. Do a geisha/maiko photoshoot. Feb ’16
  10. Ride the shinkansen. Nov ’15 Tokyo—Osaka
  11. Go to the following cafés:
    •   cat café Dec ’11
    •   bunny café
    •   owl café Aug ’15
    •   reptile café Nov ’16
    •   maid and/or butler café Sep ’16
  12. Go to a host club.
  13. Wear my yukata during a summer festival. Yuasa Festival Aug ’15, Aug ’16
  14. See the following singers/groups/bands live:
    •   Big Bang YG Family concert Jan ’12; Japan Dome Tour ‘X’ Jan ’15; 
    •   F.T Island 5th Anniversary Arena Tour 5…..GO Jun ’15
    •   2NE1 YG Family concert Jan ’12
    •   iKON iKONCERT 2016: SHOWTIME Tour Feb ’16
    •   WINNER
    •   Hey!Say!JUMP
    •   alice nine.
    •   ONE OK ROCK
  15. Attend a fanmeeting meet an idol up close. F.T Island Hi Touch event Jun ’15
  16. Pass JLPT N2. Dec ’15
  17. Pass JLPT N1.
  18. Go cherry blossom viewing (hanami). Apr ’15
  19. Stay the night in a manga café. Nov ’15
  20. Go up Tokyo Sky Tree.
  21. Go to the Sapporo Snow Festival. Feb ’12
  22. Visit the following islands:
    •   Tashirojima (cat island – Miyagi)
    •   Okunoshima (bunny island – Hiroshima) Sep ’16
    •   Zao Kitsune Village (fox island – Miyagi)
  23. Stay in a capsule hotel. Jan ’15; Jun ’15
  24. Climb Mt. Fuji. July ’12 
  25. Visit Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano.
  26. Visit the following Ghibli-related areas:
    •   Ghibli Museum 
    •   Satsuki and Mei’s house (Aichi) May ’16
    •   Sprited Away’s bathhouse inspiration (Dogo Onsen – Matsuyama) Shikoku trip Jul ’15
    •   Sprited Away’s town inspiration (Jiufen – Taiwan) Taiwan trip Sep ’15
    •   Mononoke’s Forest (Kusugawa Trail – Yakushima)
    •   Whisper of the Heart’s setting (Seiseki-Sakuragaoka – Tokyo)
    •   Totoro’s Forest (Sayama Hills – Saitama)
  27. Visit the lavender/flower fields (Furano & Biel) in Hokkaido.
  28. Go to a dessert buffet. Apr ’16
  29. Go to a summer rock festival.
  30. Volunteer over the summer.
  31. Attend Japan’s three biggest festivals:
    •   Gion Festival (Kyoto)
    •   Chichibu Night Festival (Saitama)
    •   Takayama Festival (Gifu)
  32. Finish a Japanese novel.
  33. Go on a Detective Conan Mystery Tour.

last update: 2016-12-17

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