[first trip to japan for 2 weeks, looking for some advice]

thanks for your help sds! that sounds like a pretty full-on itinerary but seems like a great option to see plenty of japan. quite certain we'll be gettin the 2 week pass. based on wat most people have told me it seems the way to go. has anyone got a rough idea of how long it would take from osaka to kagoshima or nagasaki?

[first trip to japan for 2 weeks, looking for some advice]

yeh thats wat others have told me aswell. is hiroshima worth 3days??another day on the slopes sounds good, i mite do that instead

[first trip to japan for 2 weeks, looking for some advice]

thanks creek boy. yeh 1 week does seem quite short. this is my proposed itinerary if i was to buy the 2 week pass:

 

3days osaka

2days hiroshima

3days kyoto

3days tokyo

4days hakuba/nagano

 

hows that sounding in terms of getting my money's worth of travel? would u guys recommend spending more/less time in any of these places, or going to other places?

[first trip to japan for 2 weeks, looking for some advice]

hey guys my brother and i have booked a 16 day trip with return flights to osaka. just after some general advice on how to plan the trip exactly. we plan on snowboarding for about 5 days in Hakuba and travelling n doing touristy things for the rest. i understand that a JR ticket is gonna cost me about AUD$550 for 2 weeks which seems a lot of money (a little less than wat we paid for flights!), particularly if we will be staying in hakuba for 5 days and wont be using the pass that much.

 

my question is: is it worth buying the 2 week pass or should we only buy a 1 week and then pay for the rest of the travel separately. ive tried to do calculations based on the JR site but its a little confusing and im sure some of you would have a better idea about it. im thinking if we DO buy the 2 week pass then i'd wanna be using it a hell of a lot.

 

keeping in mind:

* we dont mind the order of doing things

* we hope to go to tokyo, kyoto, hiroshima at the least

* buying only a 1 week pass will leave 9 days of paying for separate travel

 

alternatively there is the option of extending how long we stay in the snow, but it is our 1st trip to japan and intend to explore the country and experience the culture in the short time we have.

 

any advice would be greatly appreciated, cheers!