[kojtl1000]

Hello,

This is our first trip to Japan from Belgium and it is seriously overwhelming.

We already booked our flights from Brussels to Tokyo and back from Tokyo to Brussels. We are now trying to put together our itinerary and try to reserve our hotels in these places asap. We will be traveling using public transport, so we will not have a car during our trip.

We were thinking of following route:

15 jul 11: Brussels - Tokyo
16 jul 11: Tokyo - Kyoto (Arrive Tokyo 9am - Travel directly to Kyoto)
17 jul 11: Kyoto
18 jul 11: Kyoto (Daytrip Nara)
19 jul 11: Kyoto
20 jul 11: Kyoto - Hiroshima
21 jul 11: Hiroshima - Miyajima
22 jul 11: Miyajima - Osaka
23 jul 11: Osaka - Nagoya (Visit Toyota Factory + Sumo game)
24 jul 11: Nagoya - Takayama
25 jul 11: Takayama - Toyama
26 jul 11: Toyama - Matsumoto (Tateyama-Kurobe Alpen Route)
27 jul 11: Matsumoto - Kamikochi
28 jul 11: Kamikochi - Hakone
29 jul 11: Hakone - Tokyo (Tokyo Disney Sea??)
30 jul 11: Tokyo
31 jul 11: Tokyo
01 aug 11: Tokyo (Daytrip Nikko)
02 aug 11: Tokyo (Daytrip Kamakura)
03 aug 11: Tokyo
04 aug 11: Tokyo - Brussels

We really need help with the 'Japanese Alps' part. Is this the best way (most logical way) through the Alps (taking into account we do not have a car)? Or is it better to skip some places and stay a night longer in another place?

Ofcourse any other suggestions are more than welcome. Other than our flights, nothing is fixed at this moment and can still be changed.

Thanks a lot.