Originally Posted by Zorak

Someone did start a thread in preparation anyway though:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ta-s-a350.html

Originally Posted by gooselee

Good call. Might be better suited for the Destinations boards, but for a 2 week trip, could we potentially do a few days in Tokyo and then spend more time elsewhere in Japan? Would prefer that over Europe simply because we've been to Europe a ton lately (yes, yes...first world problems and all). Extended family is from SE Asia, so December in the tropics isn't news. But...is Japan really even the "tropics"? I'm used to Singapore/Malaysia...an 8 hour flight south of there.

The dates are firm. We will staying home with family for Christmas as we're gaining a new nephew right around Thanksgiving, but we've been itching for a vacation for a while so trying to get out right after the holidays. I would be worried if someone told me many things will be closed during the Christmas/New Year's week. We're not going especially for the holiday, so if it's just business as usual, that's actually a plus for us.

As Mrs. Lee is telling me to go ahead and book this, it looks like I will be headed to DL.com shortly. Can always redeposit if we figure out the trip won't be what we want it to be (favorite part of being a PM for me).

Originally Posted by MSPeconomist

No, of course Japan isn't the tropics, although it Tokyo can have daytime temperatures in the fifties in November and December (or not). I interpreted what you posted as saying that you were maybe looking at other parts of Asia and not necessarily just Japan.

Last year Seoul had some snow a couple days after Christmas, but it didn't last long.