yoru_no_hikari | Yay, I'll do it again (Reply)

Hello, everybody!

It's been a long time since I wrote something unrelated to fiction. As it is, I guess it's time to start the travelling blog again. :) When I organised my first trip to Japan, I thought it would be the kind of "once in your life-time" thing. I had planned, of course, to travel there again, but I never would have thought that I could afford to get back there again so soon.

Same as last year, I want to visit a show. This time around it's gonna be Endless SHOCK. Thanks to my dear

maharan1 who once again was so sweet to help me with ticket application [ *hugs* ] I will get to see the show in the Hakataza in Fukuoka. And... just in case she is willing to help me with the application too, I've scheduled my flight so I can visit KinKi Kids New Year's concert as well. ^^ Last year was already incredible and absolutely special. I always felt, though, that it should not be just that one time. And so, I am currently planning my new trip to Japan. :D

It seems that I'll be deprived of a travel buddy this time around. B.A. wants to travel to many different places and holidays and money are both rare. Well, I'll be happy with the "World Adventure" in SHOCK. ^^ And since I've been to Japan before, I feel quite okay with tackling this one on my own. I'm still hoping that someone will find the muse/money to come along, but I'm okay going on my own as well.

So, I'm starting to organise my stuff again. It seems more like routine already, though. I'll book my flight tickets soon. I've already found the perfect connection. And I've already made a plan where I want to go.

* 31st of December, departing from Vienna. I'll arrive in Tokyo on the 1st of January, just in time to see KinKi, should I get lucky with tickets. I'd love to visit their concert again. ^^

* 2nd of January, I'll move right on to Kyoto. There are still a lot of things I want to see there and I want to visit Nara again. <3

* 7th of January, moving on to Fukuoka, where I'll stay until the 11th of January. The plan is to visit first SHOCK, of course, and then also Beppu, which is famous for its variously coloured hot springs, and Kumamoto, which hosts a famous castle and since Himeji is under construction right now, this one seemed the best alternative.

* 11th of January, moving back to Tokyo, where I'll spend some more days with basic sight seeing, before flying back home on the 15th of January.

* 16th of January, arriving at Vienna again.

So, this is the plan. I'm not exactly too anxious about hotel reservations, but I plan to do them as soon as I can afford it after buying my flight tickets. I'll definitely rely on agoda again. Everything worked perfectly well with them, even when we had to change reservations it wasn't much of a problem. Our hotels were okay, although I have to admit that I'm tempted to invest a bit more money this time for better facilities. I'll see about that. As it is, my locations for hotels will be Tokyo, Kyoto and Fukuoka. I'll also get myself a Railway Pass again, which is one ofthe best investments when going to Japan.

Something I will definitely take with me this time is a notebook. About every hotel room allows you to connect with the internet and that'll make writing blog entries more comfortable and it will allow me to add my pictures immediately too.

So then... "Ready or not, ready or not, here I come now." :D