Day 1 - Tokyo
Day 2 - Tokyo
Day 3 - Tokyo
Day 4 - Tokyo
Day 5 - Hakone (activate JR pass?)
Day 6 - Takayama
Day 7 - Takayama to Shirakawago
Day 8 - Shirakawago to Kanazawa
Day 9 - Kyoto
Day 10 - Koyasan
Day 11 - Kyoto
Day 12 - Osaka
Day 13 - Osaka
Day 14 - USJ
Day 15 - Himeji + Okayama Washuzan Highlands on the way to Hiroshima
Day 16 - Hiroshima + Miyajima
Day 17 - Wisteria lane in Kitakyushu (I scheduled this for the second to the last day April 25 so we can have a higher chance to see the Wisteria lane...) + Rabbit island if it can fit this day? +travel back to osaka
Day 18 - fly out KIX
Will a 14-day pass be worth it?
I am also thinking of doing the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine route.
I guess it would be better to do it after Kanazawa. So on Day 8, we would stay overnight in Toyama instead of Kanazawa. If we can get an early start the next day, do you think we can make it out to Ogizawa and back to Kyoto via Matsumoto in 1 day?
2nd option is do it on Day 12 and sacrifice our 2 days in Osaka. So on Day 12, we would go to Matsumoto from Kyoto then start at Ogizawa moving west. We might stay overnight in Midagahara and go back to Kyoto the next day.