Japan here I come

I have received confirmation from my manager, and I'll be taking my vacation at the end of my PEY session starting August 14th. This means I will have almost a month worth of free time before school starts, so it's a go ahead for my planned trip to Japan.

Well the original plan was to stay two weeks in Japan and do some sight seeing. However circumstances have changed, and I no longer have reliable lodging in Tokyo anymore. I'm never one to change my mind easily, so I'm instead going to go for a backpacking trip in Japan. I'm should able to just meet the start of the Obon festivals by the time I get there. The thought of foreign places, culture, and being the lonesome traveler ignites the wanderlust in me. I will also get a chance to check out daimonji gozan okuribi(大文字五山送り火), which I've been dying to see since I was in high-school.

My purpose of taking this trip was to 1. experience for myself what the fuss with Japan is all about. 2. Get a chance to look closely at the only surviving Han and Tang dynasty architectures and artifacts ( read: swords ) in the world. and 3. put my Japanese to the test in its natural environment. However three weeks of free time is quite a lot. I'm not sure if I will want to spend more than a week and half in Japan, after all it's only the size of California. Originally I've never intended to take a detour, but now with all the time I will have, maybe I'll go to China as well to visit friends and family, and maybe even South Korea to meet up with a friend as well.

All this is still more than a month away, but the thought that my wish to backpack through Japan will come true fills me to the brim with anticipation. It seems that a restless July awaits me.