In the planning stages of a 21 day trip to Japan in August and pretty much overwhelmed. I thought I had a rough itinerary that looked something like this:
Arrive in Fukuoka via Ferry from Korea (1 night)->
Hiroshima (4 nights one of which in Miyajimaguchi) ->
Kyoto (4 nights) ->
Kanazawa (1 night) ->
Takayama (1 night) ->
Sapporo (3 nights) ->
Mount Fuji (1 night) ->
Tokyo (5 nights)
The thing that is frustrating is I can't figure out if trains are an option on these routes (ie does this route make sense or is there something better). I can't cost compare to see if individual tickets would be better. I'm also worried that availability will be limited. I'd like to have some hotels booked but worried that seats won't be available resulting in missed hotel reservations.
What are peoples thoughts on this? I know people will say cut out the visit up north but the wife really wants to keep it. Anyone have a better 21 day itinerary that gets good variety?