Hi,
We will be travelling to Japan in October 2016 as a family with a 2-year old toddler. Our main interest is to go to Hokkaido and Central Honshu. In Hokkaido, we are planning to go to Sapporo, Otaru, Furano and maybe Hakodate. From Hokkaido, we are planning to travel to Tokyo and onwards to Takayama (stay the night here), Matsumoto, Karuizawa (stay the night here), Ikaho (stay a night or two here) and Shirakawago. We are also hoping to go to Nikko and Yokohama as day trips and Hakone (day trip or stay a night). We will be flying out from Tokyo at the end of the trip.
Please help us with below so that we can understand the flow of the travel and plan the pace because we are travelling with a toddler:
1) In Hokkaido, is Hakodate a recommended place to visit? We put this as one of our possible travel place is because it is nearer to Tokyo than Sapporo.
2) How can we link and travel from Tokyo to the places mentioned above? We aren't sure if we should travel from Tokyo to Takayama or Ikaho as our first stop and from the first stop how to travel to the other destinations.
3) Is a travel pass recommended for this travel?
Thank you very much for taking time to assist with above questions.
Regards,
Misty