Trip to Amanohashidate

In summary

• Single room ⇒ 14,000 Yen/Person (2 persons)
• Double room ⇒ 10,000 Yen/Person (6 persons)

Detail

• Hotel: 10,000 Yen/Person for single room (actual total: 19,556 Yen) & 6,000 Yen/Person for double room (actual total: 34,668 Yen) ⇒ +1,776 Yen from the actual total cost. See english_check-in_voucher_for_visa_application_.pdf & english_check-in_voucher_for_visa_application_-1.pdf
• Transportation: 4,000 Yen/Person (total: 33,269 Yen including Rent-a-car 32,339 (including high-way toll 6,050 + gasoline 5,679) + parking 930 (Amanohashidate 600 + Dinner 330)) ⇒ -1,269 Yen from the actual total cost. See .
• Driving assistance: 507 Yen (= 1,776 - 1,269)

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• Date: 6:15pm July 16th to night of 17th, 2024
• Destination: Amanohashidate (天橋立), one of the three wonders of Japan
• Weather (Amanohashidate): 22-30 degree, rainy → cloudy, see the detail
• Estimated fee for hotel (breakfast included) + transportation: 11,000 Yen/Person for double room, 15,000 Yen/Person for single room
• Estimated fee for lunch x 1 + dinner x 1 + Viewland: 6,000 Yen/Person
• Meeting point: Toyota Rent-a-car Hyakumanben Shop (about 50m north of the Hyakumanben crossing)

• メルキュール京都宮津リゾート＆スパ (or see Jalan's introduction in Japanese)
• Double rooms (6,000 Yen/Person) 1: Zhenyu & Likun; 2: Haiyan & Chih-Wei; 3: Xiwen & Yuxin
• Single rooms (10,000 Yen/Person) 1: Cuicui; 2: me
• The fee cannot be refunded. Please bring your Japan residence card or passport with you.

• 6pm: Finish your dinner before 6pm
• 6:10pm: Meet at the above meeting point
• 6:15pm: Departure
• 9:15pm: Arrive at the hotel (about 3 hours drive) → Hot spring (end: 11pm)
• 10:30pm: Meet at the lounge to discuss the plan for 17th
• 11:30pm: Go to sleep

• 7:30am: Breakfast (included) → Enjoy the stay at the hotel (Walking, Pool, Table tennis, etc.)
• 10:30am: Check out → Drive to Amanohashidate (about 20 minutes)
• 11:00am: Amanohashidate Viewland, 850 Yen/Person
• 1pm: Lunch (somewhere)
• 2pm-5pm: Playing at the beach or Swimming (see the beach and Google search results) or Walking around (see the map)
• 5:30pm: Start to return back to Kyoto
• 8pm: Dinner at somewhere in Kyoto (← To-be-decided. Near Road #1)
• 9:30pm Chiw-Wei (Kiyomizu-Gojyo), 9:45pm Yuxin, Zhenyu, Likun (Hyakumanben), 10:00pm Haiyan, Cuicui (Syugakuin), 10:15pm Xiwen (Nishijin?)

• Residence card (or passport if you don't have a residence card)
• Bags: For each person, one handbag and one bag of small size (roughly 55cm x 40cm x 25cm and 10kg max)
• Swimwear (if you want to play at the beach or swim): Long sleeve wear recommended (to reduce the damage due to UV light).
• Flip-flops or water shoes to walk on the beach (or your bare feet)
• Mobile phone to be connected with others
• Towel
• Water to drink
• Umbrella (it may rain)
• Money
• Cloth to change
• Plastic bags: a few
• Floating ring: I will bring 3 floating rings.
• Tent: I will bring a tent