What would you do?

[jay]

I'm faced next week with no specific plans in Japan, other than being in Nara on May 19-23 for the conference. If anyone reading this cared to offer advice, it would be appreciated. What would you do, if you were given an evening, then half-day in Tokyo? Followed by train travel (most direct bullet train, or an alternate routing) down to Nara, which is full of temples, history and tame deer?

Then at the end of the week in Nara, maybe an overnight somewhere in Kyoto before returning to Tokyo for another 24-hour stay there?

Comments

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

For the evening in Tokyo, you should go to Shintoku

Hmm... is that the same place (diff. Romanized spelling) of Shinjuku? It sounds similar... on the east side of the peripheral railway line? In any case, that sounds perfect for the first night (saturday), enough activity to keep me awake until bedtime ;-). I may try Ueno on Sunday morning, there's some kind of biannual festival nearby. And I'll watch out for the deer :-).

[boubabe.livejournal.com]

Oops - you're right. Shinjuku it is. Shintoku is actually a town around my area.