Here are links to roughly translated instructions for the Interallied (Seals Models) 1/700 plastic kit of the Hashidate and Itsukushima 2nd-class cruisers. These are scans of the instructions with the English version in place of the Japanese text. Might still need some work.

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B_R0AHUCVd7BYWZhM2E0Y2ItZTRlZi00OGI4LWIyOTQtMmMyZTVjNDUxOWIz&hl=en_US
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B_R0AHUCVd7BYzJjZDE3MDctM2RmZC00NjRhLWJiODYtZWEzN2RkODFjOGJm&hl=en_US

There is something about a "flight plan". I will have to see if I did not type that in right, but I believe what they mean is to refer to the plan view on the back of the box.