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How about a honeymoon?

Mr. Sew and I plan on leaving the day after our wedding, on a Sunday. I’ve heard a few questions of why I wouldn’t want to wait around in Hawaii for a little while to hang out with everyone, but honestly I don’t want to. Part of me thinks it’s utterly romantic to be whisked away right after the wedding. But most of me doesn’t want to be embarrassed around friends and family members after my first night as a married lady.

It was never a question of where we would go, of course. The nation of all things cute and amazing. Robot-Capital-of-the-World. Otaku-mecca. Anime-Heaven. Call it what you will, we’re going to Japan.

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And with three weeks of precious saved-up vacation time, we’ll be going all over Japan.

Mr. Sew and his Dad (mostly his Dad) have been figuring out the logistics, which makes sense since Mr. Sew has lived there in the past, and his dad lives there currently. The main stops we’ll be making are via the solid line, and the still-not-decided-trip-to-Hokkaido is shown with the dotted line:

(courtesy a Google map)

Now to keep me sane, I’m not going to try and think about the trip too much, because I’ll fall into the trap of excessive planning. Instead, I gave Mr. Sew a list of things we MUST do/see/etc. while we’re there.

1) We must go to Akihabara. Also known as the electronic and anime-capital, where I anticipate most of my souvenir money will be spent.

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Wall of godzillas?

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2) We must get some gratuitous anime scene replica shots. Tokyo tower, the outside of a high school, a temple or two, etc. Again, very otaku-ish behavior, but that’s what I am, and I’ll wear it proudly.

(source) Tokyo Tower as seen from Card Captor Sakura

(source) Shinji’s green international pay phone!

(source) Mount Fuji with robots from Code Geass!

3) We must visit one (or more) of the below, anonymously purchased, by-the-hour hotel rooms. It IS a honeymoon, after all…

(source) on Love Hotels… not safe for work, but a very interesting/strange read…

4) We must try the regional specialty food from whatever region we happen to be in.

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Okonomiyaki, Osaka style!

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Kobe Beef (Wagyu)!

5) We must visit a castle or two, simply because castles are cool, and history is cooler.

(source) Himeji Castle

(source) (Kiyomizu-dera as seen from Lucky Star)

Bonus) I must see Gackt, Japanese rock star and the hottest man on earth (other than Mr. Sew!).

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Just kidding. (But it would be super-amazing if we did.)

I think my demands are reasonable. Did I leave anything out?

And while Mr. Sew plans our awesome trip, I’ll brush up on my very-limited Japanese.

“Where is the bathroom?”

(Luckily, Mr. Sew can understand and speak (in broken-Japanese), so I’m not too worried by my lack of skills.)

In addition to being a place I’ve always wanted to visit, I think this fits our personalities perfectly. We are not sit-back-and-relax kind of people - we like busy things such as sightseeing and museums and exploring. What better place to visit than Japan?

Are you taking a honeymoon/minimoon/etc.? If so, what do you plan on doing? Something exciting? Something relaxing?