Hi Mr Daniel-San,

If you may kindly give me your insightful and useful input (based on my trip plan) according to My up coming central Japan trip in April 2025 itinerary is as follows:-

10/4/ - Fly in Nagoya by SQ arriving 0900am. (Nagoya castle, cherry blossom 🌸 viewing, nearby places of interests) I notice JR rail not usable in Nagoya airport to Nagoya city & also within the city except traveling out of Nagoya central station)

+11/4 - Nagoya (Gifu or nearby Takayama areas) start of +5-day Takayama Hokuriku area tourist JR rail pass usage for bus routes townships & places of interests in Hida areas)

+12/4 - Nagoya to KagaOnsen - visit KagaOnsen nearby Onsen places of interests)

+13/4 - KagaOnsen (Kanazawa - castle ,, gardens & city areas)0Fukui & nearby)

+14/4 - KagaOnsen to Toyama - last day usage of Takayama Hokuriku area JR rail tourists pass) see Toyama castle & city areas

15/4 - Toyama - start of #5-days Alpine Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route & Matsumoto tourists pass (may reserve to visit Tateyama if successful on this opening day of the alpine route)

16/4 - Toyama - may use JR Rail tourists pass to HIDA Furukawa, HIDA Hagiwara (if reservation of alpine route is unsuccessful on 15/4, may swap to visit this day or vise versa)

17/4 - Toyama to Takayama (see Old town of Takayama & nearby areas)

18/4 - Takayama (use JR rail tourists pass to (Kiso valley & Matsumoto via Nagoya)

+19/4 - Takayama (to purchase another 5-days Takayama Hokuriku area pass to use for Gujo Hashiman, Gukayama & Shirakawago areas)

+20/4 - Takayama to Gero Onsen (continue usage of 5-days Takayama Hokuriku area JR rail tourists pass) to visit other nearby areas in Gero

+21/4 - Gero Onsen & nearby or if earlier days not able to cover all of Shiragawago can swap to this day)

+22/4 - Gero Onsen to Nagoya

+23/4 - Nagoya to Singapore

As i wish to catch the Tateyama alpine route openings on 15/4 & also to have chances of considering other days (16/7) - I only have these two days window period up to Tateyama alpine route, this, with the JR rail tourists pass of Takayama Hokuriku area pass split into two parts of 5-days each - total 10 days (first, from 11/4 to 15/4, second from 19/4 to 23/4) with a single 5-days Alpine Takayama Matsumoto area tourists pass in overlapping in between (from 15/4 to 19/4 so as to use the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route inclusion in this pass), I will be most thankful if you can advise me further.

I Aldo notice, some websites for booking n reservations of this JR rail tourists pass (especially the 5-days Alpine Takayama Matsumoto area tourists pass) are still unavailable for bookings (may be not yet release for bookings for foreigners), when & how, what should I do?

Thankful for your first hand heads up info to help me complete my bookings & reservations for all trains & buses tourists passes.