8 days travel

Hi there,

1.) A JR Pass would have been useful here if you visited the places on your own. However by going everywhere by bus, there is little use left for a JR Pass. Are you going to bigger cities like Hiroshima by train (and are they included in the tour or not?) if would make a big difference.

2.) Yes

3.) Either option is viable. However, a sunset at Miyajima can be very beautiful, so I recommend staying the night.

4.) Luggage can be taken on board for free.

5.) Shin-Osaka station and Osaka station and Odawara station in Hakone.

5.) Japan can be quite a hard place to find dietary foods, most food contains meat, egg or fish. I'm not a vegetarian myself and don't know that much about it in Japan. There are plenty of good blogs online about such a diet in Japan. Just have a look around Google and you should find plenty of options.

Kind regards,
Daniel

Thanks Daniel San - appreciate your response. Had few additional queries and request your support
1. I will go for Shinkansen to reach Hiroshima from Osaka and from Hiroshima station will try to take train or bus for local sight seeing. What is the best option to see places from Hiroshima station? You have mentioned Miyajima sunset is beautiful. If i stay till sunset, do i get trains back to Osaka?

Hi again,

I think the one thing you have to do in Hiroshima is see the A-Dome, peace memorial museum & park. Then eat local Hiroshima Okonomiyaki somewhere in Hiroshima. There's even this small little are called Okonomiyaki-mura (village). With many small stores.

With the JR Pass you can ride the local Hiroshima sightseeing bus for free that stops at most important places.

You should have enough time to make it back to Hiroshima and get on a train to Osaka if you want to see the Sunset.

Hope this helps,
Daniel