Hi! I am new to this forum but let me tell you the details of my trip, i am open to any criticism, suggestions, or comments. I am 19 years old and have had the dream since i was about 14 to go back packing in japan for a few weeks. Ive been saving my money up since then and i leave in a little over a month now. Ive already booked my flight from Los Angelos to Narita. My uncle is in the air force and works around there and i am going to stay with him for about a week and we plan to climb mt. fuji during this time. After that he will drive me to wherever i need to go to get to sapporo. This is where my main question comes in, i have done some research and the cheapest thing i have found is going from heneda airport to new chitose airport, which will cost me about $250 for a direct flight. After that i would take the skybus from new chitose airport to sapporo. If anybody knows a cheaper way to get to sapporo it would be greatly appreciated since i am kind of pressed for money. i know there are trains that go there but from what ive found they all seem too expensive.
once i am in sapporo i dont really have anything planned.... i just have 2 weeks of doing what i please with hopefully around $500 dollars on me, a tent, stove, maybe 5 days worth of food, and other various essential amounts of back packing equipment. keep in mind i dont know any japanese whatsoever, and ive never really done anything on my own like this before. i really want to enjoy myself, rather than be stressed the entire time about what the hell i am doing. so i realize i need to get some serious planning going in the next month. so, any experienced japan travelers please help me out
what would you do if you were me?