10 Things To Do (by March 2010)

1. Hike Mt. Fuji, and photograph the sunrise.
2. Learn to speak Japanese.
3. Spend a day watching the surfers at Wakayama.
4. Visit Japanese Disneyland.
5. Ride the Shinkansen (Japanese Bullet Train) from Hokkaido to Hiroshima.
6. Take a bath at an onsen.
7. Embrace Japanese food (abstain from McDonald's, develop an affinity for green tea, trade my devotion to PBR for Kirin... yea right, who am I kidding here....).
8. Two words: Sumo. Wrestling.
9. One more word: Karaoke.
10. Check out the Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum.