Hello, everyone. Hope you are doing great.
We are going to be in Japan for about a month.
Our itinerary will be.
day 1-6 Tokyo with a day trip to Kamakura
Day 7 Nikko (overnight there)
Day 8 at the afternoon from Nikko to Hakone
Day 9 From Hakone to Kawaguchiko
Day 10 Kawaguchiko
Day 11 From lake Kawaguchiko we want to travel to Matsumoto and late in the afternoon to Nagano (sleep there)
Day 12 From Nagano to Yamanouchi (monkey park) and later to Kanazawa
Day 13 Kanazawa
Day 14 Kanazawa - Shirakawago - Takayama
Day 15 Takayama
Day 16 Takayama to Magome
Day 17 From Magome to Nagoya and from there to Himeji (sleep there)
Day 18 From Himeji to Hiroshima (sleep there)
Day 19 Hiroshima to Miyajima (sleep there)
Day 20 Hiroshima to Fukuoka
Day 21 Day trip to Nagasaki
Day 22 Fukuoka to Kurokawa onsen and overnight there
Day 23 From Fukuoka to Osaka and (sleep there)
Day 24-30 Kyoto with a daytrip to Nara and an overnight to Mount Koya
Day 31 Maybe Kumano and overnight there
Day 32 Ise
Day 33 Back to Tokyo
Day 34 Departure.
We have booked most accommodations but most of them have flexible cancellation policy so we can make small changes. What's your opinion?
Is there a big "foul" to our itinerary?
Also, is it worth it to get a 14 days pass from Day 11 to Day 24?
We will be in Japan from 26 October to 28 November.
Thank you very much
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For the first part of your trip, you could use some good regional passes.
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2358_002.html
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2358_003.html
http://www.odakyu.jp/english/deels/freepass/fujihakone/
Needless to say, there is no rail access to Shirakawago - you'll need to pay for the bus. Same thing for Kurokawa.
Fukuoka has some good sights as well and is more than just a jumping off point, as some mistakenly say. The Nanzoin Temple is one of the best in the country and well worth a visit. This site makes a good area guide:
http://www.thejapanfaq.com/fukpic.html
For Mt Koya, get a Koyasan World Heritage Ticket.
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2358_012.html
http://eng.shukubo.net/temple-lodging.html
For Ise, you might consider the Ise-Kumano-Wakayama Area Tourist Pass
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2361_ise_kumano.html
or Kintetsu Rail Pass.
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2357_006.html
You might consider flying from Kansai Int'l back to Tokyo.
http://www.jetstar.com/jp/en/home
http://www.flypeach.com/pc/en
http://www.ana.co.jp/wws/us/e/wws_common/promotions/share/experience_jp/index.html
And for getting around Kansai and to KIX, there is the Icoca & Haruka discount ticket.
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2359_icoca_haruka.html
The itinerary to me looks good except maybe Takayama to Magome. It might be better to move that up as a side trip from Matsumoto.
I think also you could add another day trip from Tokyo, such as to Takao, Yokohama, Nokogiriyama, or the Hitachi Seaside Park.
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3940.html
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2156.html
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6433.html
http://en.hitachikaihin.jp/
You can check regular fares, routes and schedules on Hyperdia.
http://www.hyperdia.com
Under "More Options", be sure to uncheck the Nozomi box since you can't ride that train using the pass.
You can see previews of some of the best places to see in Japan on:
https://www.youtube.com/user/thejapanfaq/videos
Hope that helps.
About the last part of our trip (after Kyoto), is it doable to go to Kumano for a stay then to Ise for a stay and then from Ise to Tokyo? Is it worth it? Except for the flight option do you have any alternative in mind to get from Ise back to Tokyo?
I think that there is an overnight highway bus with Willer express that it can save us time and money.
Thank you very much once more!!
I think you can do one or the other, but not both. It takes too long to get from one to the other, and neither pass I mentioned serves both areas for you.
There is Willer Bus, and it's cheap, but you could fly for about the same amount of money on a low cost carrier.
Thank you very much for everything ))))
Wish you all the best.