Thursday, November 1, 2007

Time to Travel

I'll be leaving this weekend, followed by Rev. Nakano for this Hongwanji Overseas Meeting and Seminar in Kyoto.

I think I have everything in order. Today is the day to make sure everything at work is ok to leave. Tonight to make sure everything I need to get for church is done.

I checked the weather in Kyoto and Tokyo. The high is around 62 degrees. At first I didn't think it was that bad, but this morning the temperature in Los Angeles was around 62 degrees, and I thought this would be too cold. It has rained in Japan last week too.

The hard part is to travel light. So I've been adding and tossing things in/out of my bag all week. Its hard when you have to pack coat and tie among your clothes. I rechecked the flight times and the other tickets I have, rail pass and ticket to the Ghibli Museum.

The Ghibli Museum is everything about the studio that produced "Totoro" and "Kiki's Delivery Service." The admission is only JPY1,000, but tickets can be purchased in advance overseas through JTB (and they tack on a $5 fee) or in Japan through special offices.