Hello, I'm planning my first trip to Japan. It will be during august 2013. Since I hear that it's the main vacation season for japanese I would like to ask some general question before going over my interary:
Will I have a difficulty finding lodging/reserve train tickets during the period I'm staying (due to vacationi season)?
Are the annual festivals held at the same date every year or do they change? I would not go to Tokushima if the Awa Odori was not held then. How long before in time do they announce the next date?
So here's my plan for the trip. I'm mostly concerned about is the time I set for the destinations enough time? I usually am horrible at judging these kind of things.
1 - 2. Tokyo
3. Himeji and Arrive in Hiroshima in the night
4. Hiroshima and Miyajima
5. Tokushima (Mainly because I saw that it'd be when Awa Odori would take place)
6-7. Mt. Koyasan (Temple Lodging) (what would be the best way to get to Mt. Koyasan?)
8. Nara
9-12. Kyoto
13-14. Tokyo
I read some other people itinerary's and I'd like to add Hakone and Kinosaki to the places to visit, but I'm very insecure in how to fit them into my itinerary.
Any helpful tips and advice would be welcomed.
Thank you.