Hello
First, thanks a lot for all the valuable information you give on this forum.
We are 2 people travelling to Japan from April 4th to April 22nd and have an ambitious itinerary, but have a hard time identifying the trains and the time needed to achieve this (or delete some cities if we spend too much time in the train). Especially on the Takayama / Kanazawa part from Kyoto or Nagoya??
We were planning to take a 14-day (or 21-day??) National JR pass + or maybe several Kansai pass? But we are not sure it is the right choice…
Could you help us identify the right pass(es) and indicate if this itinerary is possible by train?
Thanks a lot for your advice and help
DAY 1 April 4th : arrival at KIX
KIX => Osaka
DAY 2 April 5th
Osaka => Hiroshima
Hiroshima => Miyajima by boat (JR ferry included in JR pass right?)
DAY 3 April 6th
Miyajima => Hiroshima (by JR boat)
Hiroshima => Okayama
Okayama => Kurashiki
DAY 4 April 7th
Kurashiki => Himeiji
Himeji => Kyoto
DAY 5 - DAY 8 April 8th - April 11th
Kyoto (+ daily round trips to Arashiyama / Fushimi Inari / Nara / Koya san)
DAY 9 April 12th
Kyoto => Ise (Kintetsu train?)
Ise => Nagoya (rapid train Mie?) or Kyoto
DAY 10 to DAY 13 April 13th - 16th
Visit of Takayama / Kanazawa
2 options :
option 1 :
Kyoto => Kanazawa on DAY 10
express bus Kanazawa => Takayama on DAY 11
Takayama => Nagoya on DAY 11
Nagoya => Tokyo (or Hakone) on DAY 12
option 2 :
Nagoya => Takayama on DAY 10
Takayama => Kanazawa on DAY 11
Kanazawa => Tokyo on DAY 12
DAY 12 April 15th
Hakone or Tokyo => Hakone
DAY 13 April 16th
Hakone => Tokyo or Tokyo
DAY 13 – DAY 19 April 17th-April 22nd
Tokyo
+ same day round trip to Nikko
+ same day round trip to Kamakura
+ trip to Haneda airport on April 22nd
