Getting Closer
I received my Certificate of Eligibility on Thursday of last week, filled out my Visa application (with included awful picture) and sent all the necessary documents to the Embassy of Japan in New York on Friday. It takes 7-10 days to process, so by the 12th or so, I hope to have my documents back and ready to go.
I've also set my departure date, which is very soon - January 21st, Sunday Morning. Bought my tickets and everything. I plan on arriving at Narita on the 22nd, spending the 23rd and 24th with my host family, then taking the train down to Shiga Prefecture on the 25th. I've plotted out the train course and everything, using a nifty tool I found:
http://www.japanrail.com/JR_hyperdia.html
My spacebags aren't here yet... I contacted their customer service, to no avail... If worse comes to worse, I'll just pack the old-fashioned way, just my winter stuff, and have Julian ship me the rest before he heads over himself. As for the computer, there's no way it's fitting without the spacebags, so that will be shipped too, I guess. Sigh... It's better that I'm going ahead of Julian, in the event that I forget anything.
I realized that flickr posted the pics in a format that's a little big - I changed the output already, so when I post more pictures, they won't be so wide.
That's about it for now.
I received my Certificate of Eligibility on Thursday of last week, filled out my Visa application (with included awful picture) and sent all the necessary documents to the Embassy of Japan in New York on Friday. It takes 7-10 days to process, so by the 12th or so, I hope to have my documents back and ready to go.
I've also set my departure date, which is very soon - January 21st, Sunday Morning. Bought my tickets and everything. I plan on arriving at Narita on the 22nd, spending the 23rd and 24th with my host family, then taking the train down to Shiga Prefecture on the 25th. I've plotted out the train course and everything, using a nifty tool I found:
http://www.japanrail.com/JR_hyperdia.html
My spacebags aren't here yet... I contacted their customer service, to no avail... If worse comes to worse, I'll just pack the old-fashioned way, just my winter stuff, and have Julian ship me the rest before he heads over himself. As for the computer, there's no way it's fitting without the spacebags, so that will be shipped too, I guess. Sigh... It's better that I'm going ahead of Julian, in the event that I forget anything.
I realized that flickr posted the pics in a format that's a little big - I changed the output already, so when I post more pictures, they won't be so wide.
That's about it for now.
Labels: Packing, Preparation, Travel
posted by Margaret at 14:44
4 Comments:
Yay Japan!
<3 You should come visit next time you are in Japan for Sony business. I'll make an effort to get up to Tokyo to hang out - as long as it's a Sunday, I can probably do it!
ps Shaft have you been to the High Technology Hall for Sony in Makuhari? When I went to school there, we went there for a field trip. It was very... interesting.
If I went to Japan I would go knocking on everyone's door asking if they noticed a black car on the day my father was murdered, like in Shenmue.
Maybe I'll get a job driving a forklift down by the docks like in Shenmue ^_^ Sad to say but that was my favorite part of the game. I lost interest after that, because I thought his love interest was annoying and I was sick of the cut-scenes featuring her.
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