We are getting ready...

Our trip to Japan will begin at the end of June. To get ready we have done these things:

We have studied Japanese for about two years.
We applied for and received our passports.
We bought several guidebooks for Japan.
We each bought a suitcase.

We are working with our Japanese friend Hiromi to plan and make arrangements for our trip. We plan to spend a week in Tokyo, a week in Hokkaido, a week in Kyoto. I don't think our last week is planned yet.

While we are in Hokkaido, we plan to go to Shikotsuko, Sapporo, Furano, and other places. These are some of the hotels where we will be staying:

http://www.hotel-shiretoko.com/
http://www.hotelsonia.co.jp/f-index.htm
http://www.toya-kohantei.com/

It is all in Japanese but the pictures are nice!