Trip itinerary · Aug 28 – Sep 12, 2026

Japan & Korea, 2026

Travelers — Jonathan, Jane & Sol 16 days — a wedding, then Japan & Korea Route — Seattle → Tokyo → Hamada → Seoul

Pacific Northwest

3 nights · Aug 28–31 · Nate & Jenny's wedding, then the long haul to Tokyo

FRI AUG 28Denver → Campfield

6:00a

Ride to Denver Airport (DEN)

Neighbor Bob driving, in the family's own car.

8:22a–10:24a

Flight · Denver (DEN) → Seattle (SEA)

Alaska AS 317, 3 hr 2 min. Booked

11:00a

Rental car pickup — Avis, Sea-Tac Airport

Under Jonathan's name, includes a car seat. Booked — confirmation email not found in Gmail yet, forward it when you can.

~12:00p

Lunch — Tacoma?

Tentative. Also picking up the pack-and-play for Sol.

1p–4p

Drive to Snow Peak Campfield

~3 hr. Long Beach, WA.

5:30p

Nate & Jenny's welcome drinks

SAT AUG 29Campfield — wedding day

4:30p

Babysitter for Sol — Talia (Care.com)

Booked

5:30p

Dinner + wedding party

SUN AUG 30Campfield → Seattle

TBD

Drive to SeaTac Marriott

Booked under Jane's name. Confirmation # not on file

6:00p

Return Avis rental car

Avis, Sea-Tac Airport. Booked

MON AUG 31Seattle → Tokyo

11:55a–2:20p
+1 day

Flight · Seattle (SEA) → Tokyo Haneda (HND)

Delta DL 167. Booked

Japan

2 + 4 nights · Sep 1–7 · Tokyo, then the coast at Hamada

TUE SEP 1Tokyo

2:20p

Land at Haneda (HND)

3:20p

Airport pickup — People Carrier to the hotel

Booking.com Rides, provided by Carzen+. Driver waits 45 min. Free cancellation until 3:20pm Aug 31. Booked

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Check in — Hotel Vintage Tokyo, Meguro Fudomae

hotel site. No LINE contact found — reservations run through booking sites. Booked

Hardest day on the trip

Landing with Sol after an overnight flight, on zero sleep. The airport pickup already takes the biggest variable off the table — worth keeping the rest of the day just as unplanned.

WED SEP 2Tokyo

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Yamato luggage forwarding, from the hotel

Destination not settled — forwarding ahead to Hamada, or possibly all the way to Seoul to skip carrying it through the Hamada leg. Arranged in person at the hotel front desk that day, not pre-booked. Decide destination, then plan for the day

THU SEP 3Tokyo → Hiroshima → Hamada

10:37a–2:27p

Shinkansen · Shinagawa → Hiroshima

Nozomi 25, N700 series. Car 4, seats 4-A/4-B/4-C. Booked via Smart EX. Booked

2:00p

Rental car pickup — TOYOTA Rent a Car, Hiroshima Shinkansen Ext. Shop

Under Jonathan. Corolla Touring Hybrid (C3 class), AT, non-smoking, 1 infant seat. Bring driver's license + passport. Booked — Shinkansen lands 2:27p, just after the 2:00p reservation time; fine as long as the shop's near the platform.

~90 min

Drive to Hamada

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Check in — the Inn, Hamada

Name not on file yet. Needs info

FRI–SUN SEP 4–6Hamada

3 nights

Hang in Hamada

Loose plans, no fixed days yet: party at Takuya's · local temple visit to exchange Sol's omamori · soak at an onsen or sento · the beach.

MON SEP 7Hamada → Hiroshima → Seoul

Drive to Hiroshima Airport

11:30a

Return rental car — TOYOTA Rent a Car, Hiroshima Airport Shop

One-way drop from the Shinkansen shop — confirmed intentional on the reservation (¥2,750 one-way surcharge). Booked

2:20p–4:20p

Flight · Hiroshima (HIJ) → Seoul Incheon (ICN)

Jeju Air 7C 1616 (from Flighty), Sol as a lap infant. Confirmed for Mon Sep 7. Flighty still shows this as Sep 8, 2:40–4:20p — worth a final check

5:30p

Airport pickup, Incheon

Booked

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Check in — the Airbnb, Seoul

Listing name not on file yet. Needs info

Date confirmed, one gap remains

Mon Sep 7 is confirmed correct by both the family doc and the Asia 2026 planning doc (2:20–4:20p). A newer Flighty export gives a flight number — Jeju Air 1616 — but still tracks it against Sep 8 at 2:40–4:20p, the same wrong date flagged before. The flight number is probably right even if Flighty's date/time isn't; worth confirming both against the actual e-ticket before departure.

Korea

5 nights · Sep 7–12 · Seoul with family, then home

TUE SEP 8Seoul

TBD

Itaewon or Seongsu

TBD

Shinsegae or Hyundai department store

Most people-time on the trip

Grandma twice, the Park family, a market day — stacked on top of the logistics that are still open: no crib, no local SIM, no taxi or map app set up. Worth closing those out before landing rather than juggling them jet-lagged with family plans already in motion.

WED SEP 9Visit Grandma, Paju

9:00a

Drive with Uncle Raymond — Seoul → Paju

11:00a

Lunch with Grandma

TBD

Jane & Jonathan date night?

THU SEP 10Park family

TBD

Lunch with family

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Namdaemun Market with Emo

TBD

Dinner with family, or on our own

FRI SEP 11Visit Grandma, Paju

9:00a

Drive with Uncle Raymond — Seoul → Paju

11:00a

Lunch with Grandma

TBD

Dinner

SAT SEP 12Seoul → Salt Lake City → Denver

9:00a

Drive with Uncle Raymond — Seoul → Paju

One last visit before the flight.

11:00a

Lunch with Grandma

7:20p ICN →
3:55p SLC

Flight · Seoul Incheon (ICN) → Salt Lake City (SLC)

Delta DL 172. Arrives same calendar day — crosses the date line. Booked

6:05p–7:40p

Flight · Salt Lake City (SLC) → Denver (DEN)

Delta DL 1586. Booked

Tight connection at SLC

2h10m between landing and the Denver flight — but SLC is the first U.S. port of entry, so that window has to cover immigration, customs, and rechecking bags, not just a domestic transfer. Doable, but worth budgeting for a jet-lagged infant and no slack if the international leg lands late.

SUN SEP 13Home

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Pick up Daisy

Open items

Pulled from the family trip doc, cross-checked against the calendar and your Flighty flight list.

Jane

Rent Korea cribbabonbo.com
Research Korea taxi apps & redownload map apps

Both

Sign up for local eSIMs — Japan and Korea

Worth confirming

Hiroshima→Seoul flight details — date is confirmed as Mon Sep 7, 2:20–4:20p (an earlier Flighty pull of Sep 8 was wrong, and a newer Flighty export still shows Sep 8). Flight number from Flighty is Jeju Air 1616 — likely correct, but worth checking against the e-ticket alongside the date.
Yamato luggage forwarding destination — Hamada, or straight through to Seoul? Changes what Sep 2 in Tokyo actually involves.

Not on file anywhere — send when you have it

Avis confirmation email — not showing up in Gmail search, forward it when you get a chance
Seattle Airport Marriott — confirmation number (booked under Jane)
Hamada Inn — name and confirmation for the 3-night stay
Seoul Airbnb — listing name and confirmation for the 5-night stay

Worth a second look

Your calendar has a “Club Quarters Hotel Trafalgar Square, London” stay for Aug 28–30 — the same window as the Campfield leg. It doesn't appear anywhere in the trip planning doc, so it reads as a stale entry from something unrelated. Flagging in case it's worth deleting so it doesn't cause confusion closer to departure.