Last minute freak-out

Note: Cross-posted to Under A Blackened Sky.

I spent most of yesterday scouring the net looking for hotels. Yes, I am aware that it isn’t that big a deal, that I’ll be able to find a place to stay thanks to the fine folks at the JNTO, but it’s still a worrying thing. My entire professional life is predicated on dealing with problems and being, essentially, a type A++ control freak, so leaving these sorts of things to chance is never a positive thing, nor is it something that’s likely to result in happiness and mental well-being. In the end, I managed to find a place to stay in Himeji and Nagasaki — which leaves Kyoto, Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Fukuoka for when I hit Tokyo tomorrow. Well, Wednesday. Whenever that happens, I mean.

Speaking of Miyajima — that typhoon last month? Yeah, it apparently damaged Itsukushima shrine. Itsukushima and Miyajima have been more or less the highlight of my trip that doesn’t involve drinking booze in class bars. The Miyajima tourist people are saying that repairs are ongoing and that they hope to re-open the shrine to the public by mid-October; cross your fingers and hope that “mid-October” really means “before the 17th.”

Bedtime now. Up at 0600, airport by 0800, YVR by 0930.

Nighty night.