Welcome to our place ...

... where we will plan our trip from Denver to Japan in 2011!

Introduction

These webpages are for everyone involved in our adventure to connect: find out about each other, follow the progress as we put together the itinerary, let your needs be known.

 

In the box at left are links for you to find out about who else is interested in taking this trip, some information about each of the cities we plan to visit, people who are helping this happen (travel agents, contacts in our destination cities and so on), and events going on that you might be interested in because they provide opportunities to prepare and learn for this journey. Also, we will provide details on our itinerary and prices as they become available.

 

We are planning to visit five or more World Heritage Sites in Japan on this trip.

 

Our trip is affiliated with Denver Sister Cities International (DSCI) and the Denver Takayama Sister City Committee (DTSCC). This means: to participate in the trip you must join DSCI. You can do that online at the DSCI website (scroll down to the bottom where it says "Click here to submit a secure online membership form"). Or, if you prefer, we can email you an electronic form, or snail mail you a hardcopy form, or provide you with a form at one of our regular meetings.

 

Discussions

We think it's important to have a place where the group can hold discussions and post questions and answers. The primary tools for this today are Wikis and blogs. But these usually require you to establish a userid and password, which seems unneccessary to me.

As an alternative, I decided to simply go with web pages to hold discussions. If you follow the link in the box on the left to Discussions, you will get a simple explanation of how this can be used to answer questions you have and to share your own insights and experience with the group. Please feel free to contribute to any ongoing discussion or to start your own.

What's new on this website?

I am regularly adding and updating pages on the website. To help you keep up with changes, below is a list of the changes in reverse chronological order (most recent at the top).

• 5 October - Added new page with more details about our first day in Tokyo.
• 3 October - Updated itinerary page to reflect ballgame and buddhist temple visit.
• 22 September - Added Japanese page with date expressions.
• 20 September - Updated packing page.
• 15 September - Updated laundry page.
• 13 September - Added Evan Shulgold's info on the Support page.
• 6 September - Published final price and updated itinerary for Takayama.
• 26 August - Added page for planning laundry and packing.
• 09 August - Add "Numbers, Days, and Dates" Japanese page.
• 08 August - Updated Centigrade to Fahrenheit page.
• 03 August - Updated restaurant Japanese page and events page.
• 22 July - Updated Tasks To Do list and Barry Mahoney's personal page.
• 20 July - Added details for Kyoto on the itinerary page.
• 11 July - Added Jackson Turnacliff and Marcia Lamb.
• 15 June - Began adding an option to create a printer friendly version of some pages; first: itinerary page. Also added some more details on the itinerary.
• 9 June - New, lower prices.
• 4 June - Updated the Japanese language pages.
• 30 May - Added task list page.
• 24 May - We are offically a Sister Cities trip.
• 20-21 May - Major update. Added "How To Use This Web Site", a Check list, information on the PASMO card, information on people and contacts supporting the trip, and I updated information on prices and events.
• 13 May - updated prices, adding deadlines and cancellation policies.
• 19 April - Updated page with radiation discussion (see below) to include a pointer to a site where the readings are updated every day.
• 17 April - Updated pages due to changes in plans: Events, Itinerary, Prices, etc..
• 11 April - Updated pages that have email addresses to make them clickable links.
• 8 April - Added a page to the Japanese language set, and updated some others. Start here.
• 4 April - Added discussion about radiation concerns
• 17 March - Added web resources page
• 11 March - Updated price and itinerary pages
• 2 March - Enlarged discussion about trip insurance
• 27 February - Added page on everyday Japanese expressions
• 24 February - Added page on phones and calling to, from, and within Japan
• 20 February - Added more information on the Currency exchange discussion
• 18 February - Since we will / may be visiting five or more world heritage sites, I added a page for Japan World Heritage Sites
• 16 February - Began discussion page on Currency exchange
• 14 February - added page on Japanese cuisine
• 09 February - added sound control on this page; may not work in all browsers
• 08 February - added page for events related to our trip or to Japan in general, added a page with information about weather in Japan during the time of year we'll be traveling
• 08 February - added page for what to wear and one on how to pack (these are just initial thoughts)
• 31 January - added a table of times of day between Japan and Denver
• 30 January - added a description of the Money Pool for the trip
• 30 January - added a page of links to useful topics
• 28 January - added currency conversion page
• 28 January - Rework of style of site started
• 22 January - added the What's new list!
• 20 January - added a link on each city-page to a new page with hotel and sightseeing information