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Japan on the brain
Apr. 29th, 2024 12:55 pm For the last two nights, I've dreamt that I was traveling in Japan.
I know why.
The dollar is really strong against the Japanese yen right now and so prices to fly to Japan are the cheapest I've seen in a long time. My friend Naomi and I have had several conversations about fantasy trips to Japan, and so she and I are currently playing a kind of game, via email, in which I pretend to narrate a two-week trip to Japan in September of 2024, day by day. We are currently on day 8. Because we thought we might try to see fall colors, I have actually had us travel from Tokyo to Sapporo in Hokkaido.
I've been planning this trip in the kind of detail where I not only chose some things to do and see (and EAT!), I actually make up an itinerary, complete with prices.
Another friend of mine has a spouse who is planning a REAL trip to Japan in the next year or so, and so I've been also talking to them about things like JR passes and actual practical details about travel in Japan. I just spend a good chunk of my morning watching people travel to places I will never go in my lifetime. But, I really enjoy armchair travel, so it's fun.
I do need to focus on some other things, however!
I know why.
The dollar is really strong against the Japanese yen right now and so prices to fly to Japan are the cheapest I've seen in a long time. My friend Naomi and I have had several conversations about fantasy trips to Japan, and so she and I are currently playing a kind of game, via email, in which I pretend to narrate a two-week trip to Japan in September of 2024, day by day. We are currently on day 8. Because we thought we might try to see fall colors, I have actually had us travel from Tokyo to Sapporo in Hokkaido.
I've been planning this trip in the kind of detail where I not only chose some things to do and see (and EAT!), I actually make up an itinerary, complete with prices.
Another friend of mine has a spouse who is planning a REAL trip to Japan in the next year or so, and so I've been also talking to them about things like JR passes and actual practical details about travel in Japan. I just spend a good chunk of my morning watching people travel to places I will never go in my lifetime. But, I really enjoy armchair travel, so it's fun.
I do need to focus on some other things, however!
