Where In the East are you going?

After musing over my choice of China, where I am actually going is perhaps surpisingly the next logical question. China, yes I know i've said so already, but where in China? For how long and do I happen to be planning on coming back via say Japan?

I'm going to Xian the old capital and home of the Terracotta Warriors. Lisa Simpson's heard of them even if you haven't (saldy no prizes for remembering the reference). From there, ill head over to Beijing and then down south providing I haven't frozen solid. Wuxi and Shanghai are on the way, arriving in Hong Kong for Chinese New Year at the start of february.*

After that, depending on how much money I have left, I will pay a quick visit to the Philippines and a good friend of mine there (if you like cool clothes of the decorative variety or want to see some pewter work of mine http://sillymeclothing.multiply.com/ is well worth a look).

Then konichiwa to Japan; Kyoto for a month and Tokyo for a week before catching an already booked flight home. Yes its risky booking it this far in advance, but it saves me £650 or 151 214.178 Japanese yen (thanks google) or 2080 pieces of Tekka Maki Sushi so I am willing to risk it.

(*thanks for the map google, if its a problem please tell me and it will go faster than road runner on rollerskates)