Anyone want to go to Japan for a week?

Cost about 1500 for flight and 7 days in a nice hotel downtown. + some more for expenses.

Just throwing it out there.

Shoot for sometime this summer.

~BRiney

I was checking out Travelocity, and found a flight from Kalamazoo to Narita (Tokyo) plus six nights at a Holiday Inn for $3,024 for two people, or $1,512 each.  The more people you add, the cheaper it gets.  Of course, if you don't go to Tokyo, the rooms will probably be a heck of a lot cheaper.

-b0b
(...schemes.)

A close personal friend of mine spent a couple years in Japan, and I've talked to her a few times about living expenses.  Apparently, they are very, very expensive.

From what I remember, a CD costs about $30.00, and a CD single is about $15.00.  Movie tickets are also about $15.00.  I'm not sure how that translates to food and other basic necessities, but I can ask tomorrow to get a clearer picture of what we might expect to pay.

-b0b
(...wants some fresh pocky sticks.)

You buy the Ferrari, I'll cover the steak.

-b0b
(...maybe not.)

You've got impeccable timing.  I was just going to hop on the forum and ask you where we stood with this.

Yeah, I definitely want to go.  I haven't taken a real, actual vacation since 1924.  Actually, I haven't had a real vacation ever.  The way I see it, this might be my last chance to go on a solo `adventure' before life catches up with me.

I've got a couple of "no-go" weeks throughout the year that I'd like to avoid.  I'm planning on taking a short term mission trip to Mexico in late October which will cost me around $1,000, so I'd like to avoid September-November if possible.  $3,000 is too much to cram into less than a few months.

Are you coming home this weekend?  I'd like to sit down with you to see if we can get some ideas down on paper.  We'll have to start planning soon if we want to get "early-bird" ticket prices, and passports can take 60-90 days to arrive.

-b0b
(...is excited.)

I'm going to try not to make any cracks about Sumo wrestling...
Whoops, too late.  Sorry Wes!



(Wouldn't it be cool if they had a Pocky factory like Krispy Kreme where you see the sticks get smothered in a lake of creamy strawberry and chocolate?  Mmm, Pocky!)

(Eat some sushi for me!)

(Stay away from the red light district, unless, of course, you're into that kind of thing!)

(Japan is a great place for American guys to visit...you'll be surrounded by Japanese women wherever you go!)

That's all my friend Brian would talk about when he was planning his trip to Japan.  Just know that you'll get a lot of attention.  My mind's not anywhere really; I'm just quoting him, that's all.

(Hooray for Campus Crusade's women's retreat!)

-cait mccabe is currently refraining from any Godzilla remarks which might seem mean-











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Cait
   (....dies and apologizes, it was going to be said anyways)