[kojtl1000]

Hello,

At last, our itinerary is as good as final. Now we need to decide what type of Rail pass we need and when we need to activate it.
Our itinerary looks like this:

Friday 15 jul 11: Brussels - Tokyo
Saturday 16 jul 11: Tokyo - Kyoto (Arrive Tokyo 9am -- Travel directly to Kyoto)
Sunday 17 jul 11: Kyoto (Gion Matsuri Parade)
Monday 18 jul 11: Kyoto
Tuesday 19 jul 11: Kyoto (Daytrip Nara)
Wednesday 20 jul 11: Kyoto (Daytrip Osaka)
Thursday 21 jul 11: Kyoto (Visit Hiroshima + Miyajima)
Friday 22 jul 11: Kyoto - Nagoya (Visit Toyota Factory + Sumo game)
Saturday 23 jul 11: Nagoya - Takayama
Sunday 24 jul 11: Takayama (Visit Kamikochi)
Monday 25 jul 11: Takayama - Kanazawa (Visit Shirakawa-go)
Tuesday 26 jul 11: Kanazawa - Toyama (Kurobe Gorge?)
Wednesday 27 jul 11: Toyama - Matsumoto (Tateyama-Kurobe Alpen Route)
Thursday 28 jul 11: Matsumoto - Tokyo (Castle)
Friday 29 jul 11: Tokyo
Saturday 30 jul 11: Tokyo (Tokyo Disney Sea???)
Sunday 31 jul 11: Tokyo (Fireworks)
Monday 01 aug 11: Tokyo (Daytrip Nikko)
Tuesday 02 aug 11: Tokyo (Daytrip Hakone)
Wednesday 03 aug 11: Tokyo
Thursday 04 aug 11: Tokyo - Brussels

Can you guys tell us if we best buy a week/two weeks/three weeks JR pass and when do we activate it best? Do we buy a single ticket to go from Tokyo to Kyoto and only get the pass for 1 week traveling from Kyoto through the Alps?
PS: the daytrips on our itinerary are not fixed to a specific day. They are just the trips that we want to do. If they need to be moved in function of the JR Pass, this is possible.

Thanks a lot for your advice.