Please help me to decide whether to get the JR rail pass and when to activate. Also wondering if we are spending too much time in the Hakone-Fuji area and if we should head to Nikko for a day or two at the beginning of the trip. Thank you!
Day 1: arrive Narita, go to Tokyo
Day 2: Tokyo
Day 3: Tokyo to Hakone area
Days 4-6: Hakone and Fuji area
Day 7: travel to Kyoto
Day 8-10: Kyoto with possible day trips
Day 11: travel to Tanabe
Day 12-13: Kumano Kodo trek
Day 14: travel to Koyasan
Day 16: return to Tokyo
Day 19: go to Narita, fly home.