We're taking off
* Depart DIA on flight SW 847 at 12:05 a.m.
* Arrive Los Angeles at 1:40 p.m.
* Transfer to international terminal (Terminal B)
* Depart Los Angeles on flight SQ 11 at 3:45 p.m.

We arrive in Japan
* Arrive Narita International Airport, Terminal 1, at 7:15 p.m.
* Quarantine, Immigration (passport)
* Pick up bags, Customs
* Exchange currency
* Set JR passes to activate on Tuesday, April 14
* Shuttle bus to Hotel Nikko Narita
* Bus schedule (PDF document)
* Check in, explore neighborhood
* Dinner in local restaurant (or just crash!)

To Takayama
* Breakfast in hotel
* 7:05 Hotel shuttle bus to Narita Airport Terminal 1
* 7:44 Narita Express 4 to Shinagawa, arrive 9:15 (JR Pass)
* 9:40 Shinkansen Hikari 507 to Nagoya, arrive 11:17
* 11:43 Hida Express 9 to Takayama, arrive 2:08 p.m. (JR Pass)
   (lunch: bento on train, own expense)
* Everyone is taken to Open Heart Pension
* Dinner at Pension, included
* All driven into town for evening parade
* Shuttled back to pension

Takayama
* Breakfast in pension
* Visit Hida Furukawa
* Lunch at Hida Hotel plaza (own expense)
* Visit Takayama Festival site
* Dinner at pension, included

Takayama:
* Breakfast in pension
* Visit Shirakawa-go
* Lunch at Yohei (on own)
* Kimono experience
* Dinner / reception by Takayama Denver Friendship Association
* Change hotel

To Kyoto:
* Breakfast in hotel, included
* Transportation to train station
* 8:00 Hida Express 4 to Nagoya, arrive 10:33 on track 4
* 10:49 Depart track 17, Shinkansen Kodama 637 to Kyoto
* 11:44 Arrive Kyoto, taxi to the Kyoto Itoya Hotel
* Check in to hotel
* Visit Kiyomizu-dera
* Dinner near hotel, included

Kyoto:
* Breakfast on your own
* Morning: day trip to Nara
* Afternoon: wander Gion area, especially Pontocho
* Dinner near hotel, included

To Hakone:
* Breakfast in hotel
* Visit Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavillion)
* 2:33 Depart Kyoto, track 12 on Shinkansen Hikari 524
* 4:36 Arrive Odawara
* 4:53 Depart Odawara on Odakyu Ltd. Exp. Hakone 37
* 5:11 Arrive Hakone-Yumoto station
* Shuttle to Hakone Hotel Kowaki-en
* Dinner at hotel (included)

Tour Hakone then on to Tokyo:
* Breakfast in hotel
* 8:30 Depart hotel to Gora by Mountain Railroad
* Gora to Owakudani By Cable Car
* Owakudani to Togendai by Rope Way
* Sightseeing Lake Ashi by a pirate ship (30 minutes course) to Hakone Machi; Lunch
* Sightseeing Hakone Machi
* Return to hotel
* Off to Tokyo (local train to shinkansen)
* Walk to the Shinagawa Prince Hotel
**** Note: it's only a block, but I seem to recall it's uphill; taking a short cab ride is OK here
* Recieve PASMO cards
* Dinner TBA; pool money

Tokyo:
* Train / subway to Tsukiji market (PASMO card)
* Hour at Tsukiji, walk to Hama Rikyu Garden (PASMO card)
* Hour or two at Hama Rikyu Garden, board boat for trip up Sumida river (included)
* Get off boat at Asakusa (an old town area)
* Hour or two at Asakusa, subway to the Ginza (PASMO card)
* Hour or two at Ginza, train / subway back to hotel (PASMO card)
* Rest of day is free time
* Dinner on your own

Tokyo:
* Breakfast in hotel
* Shinagawa to Yokohama on Keikyu Main Line (many choices; less than 30 minutes) (PASMO card)
* Free time along the Yokohama Yamashita waterfront park
* Visit and lunch at Ramen [noodle] museum
* Train from Yokohama to Naka-Meguro station (on Tokyu Toyoko/Minatomirai Line), then
* Train from Naka-Meguro station to Naka-Okichimachi (on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)
   for discount shopping at Takeya
* Last night in Japan, dinner together (TBA); pool money
* Late night option: karaoke box

Homeward bound (JR Pass and airline ticket):
* Breakfast in hotel
* Airport shuttle bus from hotel to Narita, 3:00 (Charlene leaves at 1:00)
* Depart at 19:15 (7:15 p.m.) on flight SQ 12 to Los Angeles, terminal B
* Arrive at 1:30 p.m.; transfer to domestic terminal
* Depart at 4:10 p.m. on flight SW 980 to Denver
* Arrive Denver at 7:30 p.m.