Hi there,
I am going to be in Tokyo in Jan 2016 and wanted to try and take a trip to visit a few places.
I was thinking:
Tokyo - Yamanouchi (for Jigokudani Monkey Park) - visit for day and stay overnight
Yamanouchi - Takayama - travel to Takayama in morning, stay the night
Takayama - Kanazawa - travel morning to Kanazawa and just stay for the day
Kanazawa - Tokyo - leave in evening, bullet train to Tokyo
Travel and time wise is this the best order to visit these places in?
Also, I have been looking at buses vs trains - am I best to stick to trains and get a JR pass? Especially if I take the bullet train back to Tokyo. I was interested in going the more 'scenic' route back through the alps but I know this would take longer - also I couldn't find any information on this, how long it would take etc.
Any advice greatly appreciated!