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14 day itinerary and skiing

CoachGG
CoachGG
almost 5 years ago
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Hello there,

I am travelling with my wife to Japan on 15.2 to 2.3 as our honeymoon.

Read quite lot about itineraries for 14 days and there seem a lot of different opinions: Some like to make it every day different city while others take the opposite approach.

It will be our first time and thinking about buying the 2 week JR pass because we would like to have a couple of ski days in this 2 weeks while in Japan as powder experience is probably one of the best in the world (On this trip i will also celebrate my 40th birthday and powder skiing is on my checklist - so thats a must for this trip).

I was thinking about spending couple of days in Tokyo first than Kyoto and probably Nagano or Hokkaido for the skiing part (spending there and other 2 cities around 3 nights in each).

I am probably leaning a little bit more towards Nagano as it is closer to Tokyo/Kyoto and has direct JR line but am not ruling out the Hokkaido/Sapporo as it is in the North so maybe interesting to be able to see that part of Japan also.

Any suggestions, will be Tokyo/Kyoto/Nagano ok for the first time or should we make it a little bit more North (Hokkaido) and little bit more south as we will get the 14 days JR pass and can travel around - but would certainly like to relax and not worry/think about transport daily.

Thank you for your insight,

GG

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Daniel-san
18919 posts
almost 5 years ago
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Hi there,

I would also agree with going to Nagano,as it is a lot easier to access from both Tokyo and Kyoto/Osaka. Hokkaido is certainly worth a visit too but you should at least reserve a week for it, given the extra travel time involved. Also Nagano is has some very good places for snow fun, such as Hakuba.

As for the best itinerary, it really depends on what kind of traveller you are. Some want to squeeze in as much as possible while others may want to take their time to take it all in. I do think Tokyo, Kyoto and Nagano will be a good frame to start with, perhaps add a day trips to Hiroshima and Osaka and maybe 1 day trip from Tokyo as well, to Nikko, Kamakura or Yokohama.

Kind regards,
Daniel


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