Hi Daniel-san,
After discussing with my family members, we came up with a 18D17N itineraries for the end of November.
Hope you can advise us on choices of cards/Pass for transportation. We are worried that we might not understand fully the system as this is our 1st trip to Japan.
Day1 - Kansai International Airport -> Osaka (use Icoca & Haruka card)
Day2 - Osaka -> Mount koya (use Koyasan World Heritage Ticket)
Day3 - Osaka -> Hiroshima & Miyajima (1st day use of 7Days JR Pass)
Day4 - Hiroshima -> Himeji (few hours stop) -> Tokyo
Day5-8 -Tokyo with sidetrips
Day9 - Tokyo -> Ise -> Nagoya ( 7th day use of JR Pass)
Day10 - Nagoya -> Takayama (morning) (Takayama-Hokuriku Area Tourist Pass (5Days) )
Day11 - Takayama -> Kanazawa (afternoon)
Day12 - Kanazawa
Day13 - Kanazawa -> Kyoto
Day14 - Kyoto with side trip (5th day use of Takayama-Hokuriku Area Tourist Pass)
Day15-17 - Kyoto with side trip (Kansai Area 4 Days pass)
Day18 - Kyoto -> Kansai International Airport.
Q1 - Apart from Icoca & Haruka card & 7D JR Pass that you recommended earlier on, are the other Passes suitable for the trip?
Q2 - Is it a better choice to visit Himeji on the way to Hiroshima (Day3) or on the way back to Tokyo (Day4)?
Q3 - Is it too rush to travel from Kyoto to Kansai Airport as our flight is at 11,00 am in the morning? If it is more convenient to travel from Osaka to Kansai airport, we will stay in Osaka the night before.