Hi any help with my JR pass purchase and itinerary would be very much appreciated!!!
I don't think the 14 day pass is financially advantageous but the JR East pass with some extra trains and buses may be? Or no pass at all?
Here is a rough itinerary:
Oct 9-Tokyo
Oct 10-Tokyo
Oct 11- Tokyo
Oct 12 - Tokyo
Oct 13 - Tokyo to Nagano
Oct 14 - Nagano
Oct 15 - Nagano with Day trip to Matsumoto (unless overnight is recommended?)
Oct 16- Nagano to Yudanaka for Shibu onsen (not included in JR pass)
Oct 17 - Yudanaka - Can I do the tateyama kurobe alpine route on this day somehow ie where from? or is there not enough time? I could maybe swap Nagano/Shibu onsen order? and travel tateyama kurobe alpine route from nagano? or is the matsumoto overnight useful as a base? and could I end up in Takayama for the night? This is the most confusing part of the trip....
Oct 18- takayama night 2
Oct 19 - takayama - kanazawa
Oct 20- Kanazawa
Oct 21 - Kanazawa - kyoto (but could potentially leave Kyoto off and focus on Izu peninsula instead of Hakone?)
Oct 22- kyoto (or two nights with more time in either Hakone or Izu peninsula?)
Oct 23 - kyoto - hakone (hoping to get some Mt. Fuji viewing in.... originally thought Izu peninsula but is it too tricky)
Oct 24 - hakone - tokyo
Oct 25 - tokyo - narita and back to melbourne
Sorry if there are too many questions, I will be grateful for any suggestions/tips :)