Re: Bilingual Debian Laptop (in the making)

[YAMAGATA Hiroo <hiyori13@example.com>]

Bi lingual stuff will be handled by someone, but... your schedule in
Japan seems a bit (no, ENORMOUSLY)  too ambitious, especially 9/11.
It'll take more than an hour from Ginza to Hino/Takahata Fudo just for
the train ride; add another 30 minutes to find your way around. You're
only going to have 30 minutes in Ginza, and at 9:00am, Almost everything
in Ginza is closed. Ginza is an afternoon to night time place.

Imperial palace itself is big, I don't know if you'll manage to do it in
1.5 hours (unless you plan to just "look" from outside).

9/12 is also a problem. You'll goto Yokohama, come back to Tokyo for the
interview, and then head back to Kamakura... doable, but very exhausting.

And... 9/13 Nikko day trip... utterly impossible, unless you plan to
join one of those super touch-and-go group tours (maybe not even that!)

9/10 is also pretty... bad. I don't know Koike Sanso whatever, but Ichikawa
is in between Narita Airport and Ueno.  Consider nearly an hour to get
there. So, even if you spend only a minutes at the hotel, you're still
VERY tight. Ichikawa Coffee shop seems to be within Tokyo, which means
you'll be heading back from Chiba again. And then you'll do Akihabara at
1930 in the evening? Don't. Almost everything is closed at that time.
Akihabara is a day time to early evening (preferrably weekend) place, 4
to 7 pm being the best time. And then go to Shinjuku 2030? You'll only
be in Akihabara for 15 minutes!

This is crazy, and undoable unless you have precise knowledge of Tokyo
geography and transportation, and even then, only if you can move on a
split second schedule at an unexhausting pace. Bear in mind that Tokyo
is huge. Arriving at Shinjuku (or Akihabara or whereever) STATION is one
thing, but getting to your destination from the station is quite another!

My suggestion; drop Nikko. On 9/13, if you are an early riser, try the
Tsukiji food market(optional), and then do imperial palace (AM), Ginza
(Noon to afternoon, maybe have lunch), and then Akihabara (late
afternoon), and if you have the energy,  go to Shibuya or Roppongi to
see the nightlife (and dinner).


On 9/11, look around Ueno a bit (it's pretty interesting), then head to
Hino (it'll take time), and do your people visiting for the whole
afternoon. Come back to Ueno, take a look at the Ameya Yokocho there
(pretty interesting shopping district that grew out of the post war black
market).  That's a full day. Maybe sneak off to Ginza to see the
nightlife there... but only if you have the energy.

On 9/10, I suggest you drop that International division, or you move the
coffee shop to some other time. And don't do Akihabara on that day.

9/12 is problematic.  Why don't you skip Yokohama, unless you really
love ports. do the interview in the morning or whereever, and then if
you feel like it, get to Kamakura. But kamakura is a place where you
enjoy the stroll; it's not a touch and go place, so if you don't have
the time, skip it.  If you're into sight seeing stuff, I suggest you do
the boat ride up the river to Asakusa.

Hope this helps....

-- 
Always On My Own
YAMAGATA Hiroo <hiyori13@example.com>