Hello, my friend and I are visiting Japan and here's our proposed itinerary :
Day 1 (19 nov) – Nagoya airport to airbnb apartment in Osaka (nearest station is Osaka), at night we plan to just walk around Umeda and areas nearby where we stay
Day 2 (20 nov) – Hiroshima and Miyajima
Day 3 (21 nov) – Kiyomizu, Nikishi market, gion and ninenzaka
Day 4 (22 nov) – Arashiyama / sagano and Nikishi market
Day 5 (23 nov) – Himeji castle and sightseeing / shopping in Osaka
Day 6 (24 nov) – Golden Pavilion and sightseeing / shopping in Osaka
Day 7 (25 nov) – Nara and Fushimi Inari
Day 8 (26 Nov) – Osaka to Nagoya hotel
Day 9 (27 Nov) – Nagoya
Day 10 (28 Nov) – Nagoya airport
We have read up and thinking of buying the kansai-hiroshima pass (5 days) to be used on Day 2 to 6 of our trip. For Day 7, we will just buy normal tickets. For the trip from Nagoya airport to Osaka on Day 1 and vice versa on Day 8, we are thinking whether should we buy the expensive train option using the Nozomi which will cost more than 7,000 yen per trip. Is this the best option for our trip?
Would appreciate if anyone could review and advise alternative. We are also open to switching itinerary to suit.
Thank you.
