Day 1: Sunday, September 28, 2008 -- Depart Knoxville

11:10 - Depart Knoxville on NW-5873 (flight = 1 hours 41 minutes)
12:51 - Arrive Detroit Metro on NW-5873

14:10 - Depart Detroit Metro on NW-25 (flight = 13 hours 10 minutes)

Day 2: Monday, September 29, 2008 -- Arrive Narita.

16:20 - Arrive Tokyo Narita on NW-25

Exchange voucher for 1st 7-Day Japan Rail Pass

Hotel near Narita Airport

Day 3: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 -- Depart Narita.

Train to north of Tokyo

Day 4: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 -- ???

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Day 5: Thursday, October 2, 2008 -- ???

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Day 6: Friday, October 3, 2008 -- ???

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Day 7: Saturday, October 4, 2008 -- ???

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Day 8: Sunday, October 5, 2008 -- Arrrive Kyoto

Arrive Kyoto (end of 1st Japan Rail Pass)

Register at conference hotel (1st of 5 nights)

Day 9: Monday, October 6, 2008 -- All Day at Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University

6th International Conference of the International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP).

Opening ceremony with keynote speech
SIG sessions
Museum tour
Reception

Hotel in Kyoto (2nd of 5 nights)

Day 10: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 -- All Day at Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University

INMP general assembly
Keynote speech
SIG sessions

Hotel in Kyoto (3rd of 5 nights)

Day 11: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 -- All Day at Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University

Commemorative symposium
INMP general assembly
INMP sessions
SIG sessions
Excursion to ?

Hotel in Kyoto (4th of 5 nights)

Day 12: Thursday, October 9, 2008 -- All Day at Kyoto University of Art & Design

Keynote speech & talk by Hiroshi Senju (President of Kyoto University of Art & Design)
Celebrating Japanese culture: Kyo-gen, classical Japanese drama, & Japanese drum performance at Shunju-za Theater
Panel discussion & exhibition: "Is peace museum possible?"
Panel discussion: "The art & peace - Calls from local knowledge"
Tea ceremony & reception

Hotel in Kyoto (5th of 5 nights)

Day 13: Friday, October 10, 2008 -- Al l Day at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

Train from Kyoto to Hiroshima

Tour of A-bomb dome & Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Special poster exhibition on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Kaynote speech by Tadatoshi Akiba (Mayor of Hiroshima)
Testimonials of hibakusha
Commemorative symposium
Closing assembly
Reception

Hotel in Hiroshima (1st of 1 night)

Day 14: Saturday, October 11, 2008 -- ???

Exchange voucher for 2nd 7-Day Japan Rail Pass

Depart Hiroshima

Transit Osaka. Visit Osaka International Peace Center?

Arrive Shirahama

Hotel in Shirahama (1st of 2 nights)

Day 15: Sunday, October 12, 2008 -- All day in Shirahama

Visit Kii Peninsula, including UNESCO World Heritage Site

Hotel in Shirahama (2nd of 2 nights)

Day 16: Monday, October 13, 2008 -- ???

Depart Shirahama

Transit Osaka

Visit Nara?

Day 17: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 -- ???

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Day 18: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 -- ???

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Day 19: Thursday, October 16, 2008 -- ???

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Day 20: Friday, October 17, 2008 -- ???

Arrive Tokyo (end of 2nd Japan Rail Pass)

Hotel in Tokyo (1st of 3 nights)

Day 21: Saturday, October 18, 2008 -- ???

Hotel in Tokyo (2nd of 3 nights)

Day 22: Sunday, October 19, 2008 -- ???

Hotel in Tokyo (3rd of 3 nights)

Day 23: Monday, October 20, 2008 -- Arrive Knoxville

Shuttle bus to Narita Airport

15:05 - Depart Tokyo Narita on NW-26 (flight = 11 hours 30 minutes)
13:35 - Arrive Detroit Metro on NW-26

15:10 - Depart Detroit Metro on NW-5878 (flight = 1 hour 35 minutes)
16:45 - Arrive Knoxville Metro on NW-5878