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01-10-2011, 11:12 AM
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Right now, you are making a stop in Kyoto first, then you travel to hiroshima, and come backto Osaka to continue your trip.... 
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01-10-2011, 04:12 PM
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- The Yamaboko Junko procession on July 17th (learned about this after we booked our flights, but would be a shame to miss it now) - Travelling to Kyoto on arrival day is already a long trip, travelling to Hiroshima would be even longer Anyway, thank you for your advise.
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01-10-2011, 04:46 PM
Woaw! That looks like an amazing trip!!
I went to Hakone and Mt. Fuji and really liked it. I was there for 1 day and had plenty of time. I traveled there in the morning and came back to my hotel in Tokyo the same night. As for things to do in Tokyo, my favorite was a full day guided tour, we went to Tokyo Tower, Gardens, tour of the city, etc, etc. And I got to meet some people from around the world on the same tour. It was TONS of fun. We booked it online, I can't remember the company, but I found it just by browsing google. 
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01-11-2011, 02:31 PM
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01-17-2011, 11:53 AM
After several sleepless nights reading the forum and evaluating all the tips we got from you all (thanks for that), we modified our itinerary. This is what we came up with:
15 jul 11: Brussels - Tokyo 16 jul 11: Tokyo - Kyoto (Arrive Tokyo 9am -- Travel directly to Kyoto) 17 jul 11: Kyoto (Gion Matsuri Parade) 18 jul 11: Kyoto 19 jul 11: Kyoto (Daytrip Nara) 20 jul 11: Kyoto (Daytrip Osaka) 21 jul 11: Kyoto (Visit Hiroshima + Miyajima) 22 jul 11: Kyoto - Nagoya (Visit Toyota Factory + Sumo game) 23 jul 11: Nagoya - Takayama 24 jul 11: Takayama (Visit Kamikochi) 25 jul 11: Takayama - Shirakawa-go 26 jul 11: Shirakawa-go - Kanazawa 27 jul 11: Kanazawa - Toyama (Visit Kamikochi) 28 jul 11: Toyama - Matsumoto (Tateyama-Kurobe Alpen Route) 29 jul 11: Matsumoto - Hakone (Castle + Hakone Roundcourse) 30 jul 11: Hakone - Tokyo 31 jul 11: Tokyo (Fireworks) 01 aug 11: Tokyo (Tokyo Disney Sea??) 02 aug 11: Tokyo (Daytrip Nikko) 03 aug 11: Tokyo (Daytrip Kamakura) 04 aug 11: Tokyo - Brussels The questions I have regarding this itinerary are: - Is the number of days we have in Kyoto (taking into account the daytrips we plan) enough or perhaps too much? We do want to see some shrines and temples, but not all of them. - What do you guys think of our route through the Alps? Is it in a logical order without backtracking too much? - Is it worth staying in Shirakawa-go or do you think we should spend that day/night somewhere else in our route? Perhaps a visit to the Kiso valley (Tsumago)? If so, where do we best plan this in our itinerary? Thanks a lot for the advice.
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01-21-2011, 08:36 AM
To muddy the waters possibly further, this was my itinerary
Fri day 1 05th Narita arrive 4:25pm à Tokyo Sat day 2 06th Tokyo Sun day 3 07th Tokyo Mon day 4 08th Tokyo - Kyoto (activate JR 21) Tue day 5 09th Kyoto Wed day 6 10th Kyoto -- day trip Nara Thu day 7 11th Kyoto - Osaka Fri day 8 12th Osaka -- day trip Kobe Sat day 9 13th Osaka Sun day 10 14th Osaka - Okayama - Hiroshima Mon day 11 15th Hiroshima --day trip Miyajima - Fukuoka Tue day 12 16th Fukuoka Wed day 13 17th Fukuoka Thu day 14 18th Fukuoka àAso Fri day 15 19th Aso - Beppu - Yufuin Sat day 16 20th Beppu - Osaka via ferry Sun day 17 21st Osaka - Hakone - Tokyo Mon day 18 22nd Tokyo Tue day 19 23rd Tokyo Wed day 20 24th Tokyo -- day Nikko night Utsonomiya Thu day 21 25th Tokyo -- night Yokohama Fri day 22 26th Tokyo -- day trip Kamakura Sat day 23 27th Tokyo Sun day 24 28th Leave Japan 7pm flight Pretty close difference was I went south to Kyushu to hit Fukuoka for the Grand Sumo Tournament and I really wanted to see all the hot springs down there...Yufuin was the highlight and I wished I had planned at least another day. One thing I did feel and I do see it in your plans as well...before I headed back to Tokyo for my last week I was super tired of bouncing around from location to location. It was nice to use Tokyo as my base and just head out from there. I felt Nara was nothing special after seeing so many temple's in Kyoto only difference... it has deer. Lots of people get "temple-itis" after Kyoto. Now you may say but my wife loves deer...Miyajima has the deer too. Myself I would allot more time to Tokyo, there is a lot to see and do...each ward has a different feel to it. Yokohama is really cool as well with MM21 and the China town. Osaka is not a huge difference from Tokyo if you are only popping in for a day trip, you will probably just get to see dontonburi, maybe the aquarium, and won't get a feel for the differences between the two cities. **Also why not fly into Osaka its a whole lot closer to Kyoto?
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01-21-2011, 11:55 AM
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China town isn't all that exciting, but then, I am chinese and I practically live in a Chinese dominant area here in Canada, so China Town or not won't make a difference to me.... I find people in Kansai to be even friendlier and more helpful... I got lost when i was in Osaka a LOOONG time ago, my best friend was with me, and i only had a map... we wandered into some housing area, and there is no sign of a major street or transportation, this really old guy passed by with his bike, he got off, and helped us.. instead of giving us the direction, he walked 45 minutes with us to the bus station.. and its completely out of the way of where he was going... And I agree, one can get temple out in kyoto, so Nara may not be necessary... a lot of people will probably disagree, but i guess something must go on a tight trip like this. Just make sure you visit kiyomizudera, and if you are into souvenir, don't take a cab up the walkway to kiyomizu, walk up, you will hit a BUNCH of store selling small special items if you can afford it, then definitely fly to Osaka, it will cost about the same as riding the shinkanzen. I had a debate with someone a while back, about missing all the scene... to be honest, there isn't much to see when you are in the shinkansen, especially when its moving at such a high speed... you may get a glimpse of Fujisan if you are lucky....but thats about it....
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