What would you do?

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?

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Enroute (using Nancy's computer)... nearly didn't make it out this morning, I forgot to set the alarm and was awakened by the limo driver pounding on our door at 5am. But, I threw my clothes on, and am about to shower here before catching up with hopeforyou in Houston.