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RE: First time 3 weeks Japan itinerary June/July

by Tomweir 04 May 2012

Thanks Bamse, I did wonder if Matsumoto would be worth staying over in, do you think its possible to stop there just to see the castle…
RE: Japanese Alps - Takayama area...help please!

by bamse 27 April 2012

Not much of thatched houses in Takayama itself apart from the open air museum. But if you are going to Shirakawago/Gokayama, there is…
RE: Japanese Alps - Takayama area...help please!

by bamse 27 April 2012

Not much of thatched houses in Takayama itself apart from the open air museum. But if you are going to Shirakawago/Gokayama, there is…
Re: Japanese Alps - Takayama area...help please!

by Renga 27 April 2012

I don't understand why at the end of the trip you are going from Matsumoto back to Takayama then on to Tokyo. You can go directly to Tokyo…
Japanese Alps - Takayama area...help please!

by bemo172 27 April 2012

Hello, Me again...so, family of 4, kids aged 5 and 7. Planning on going to Takayama from Kyoto (alas, no Thunderbird for us) around Oct…
RE: 14 days in Japan thoughts?

by estefamontana 27 February 2012

Bamse than you for your reply. I was thinking of spending the night in Kamakura because it is cheaper than Tokyo. I figured 3 nights…
RE: 14 days in Japan thoughts?

by estefamontana 27 February 2012

Bamse than you for your reply. I was thinking of spending the night in Kamakura because it is cheaper than Tokyo. I figured 3 nights…
RE: 14 days in Japan thoughts?

by bamse 27 February 2012

Kamakura is so close to Tokyo, there is no need to spend the night there. Also, after sunset it gets very quiet, while there are still…
14 days in Japan thoughts?

by estefamontana 27 February 2012

Hey guys my boyfriend and I will be spending 14 days in Japan in May. We wish we could stay longer but I have to be in Hong Kong at the…
Re: 17 days in Japan

by rouentahl 15 September 2011

Since you have days 6,7, and possibly part of 8 in the vicinity of Kanazawa, have you considered stopping by [Gokayama |http://paulstravelp…
RE: Japan Alps Getting Around

by rouentahl 26 August 2011

Your order looks right. Not to throw a wrench in your planning, but I assume you're purposely not visiting Shirakawago or Gokayama?…
Itinerary review needed - 11 days

by Saigo 28 April 2011

Hey guys, I'm meeting my partner in Tokyo (who'd be flying in from Beijing), and we decided to meet in Japan and travel there together.…
Re: Need help arranging a 25-day Japan itinerary

by juliallc 02 March 2011

Hi Bamse, Thanks for your helpful suggestions. I'll rethink my priorities and revise my destination list. I'll be taking out Kumano…
RE: streamlining itenerary

by bamse 27 February 2011

+Because I'm almost leaving and advised to book my staying in advance+ Since you travel before cherry blossom season, I don't think booking…
streamlining itenerary

by henkies 27 February 2011

Hi! Unfortunately I need some help with scheduling my itinerary for a 14nights backpack trip in Japan. Because I'm almost leaving and…
RE: Hokkaido or northern Honshu?? Or somewhere else entirely??

by Tokyo_girl 25 September 2010

It should be feasible to go from Tokyo to Matsumoto to Kamikochi to Takayama to Shirakawago to Kanazawa. Shirahone is on a road off the…
Re: 3 wks. City & Country. Rail vs Car?

by bamse 06 September 2010

Agree with what TokyoB said. Cars are only useful in remote areas of Japan with little public transport. During quite some time in Japan,…
RE: From Tokyo: Excursions to Kanazawa and Takayama

by bamse 30 August 2010

Sorry did not see your post earlier as I was travelling. It definitely makes sense to combine Takayama and Kanazawa. Takayama/Shirakawago…
Re: Japan: East o' the Alps, or West o' the Alps?

by MonkeyPuzzle 08 August 2010

Your west option is very nice, I highly recommend those places, but see if you get up to Gokayama which is quieter than Shirakawa-go.…
RE: Sanity check on our Japan one month itinerary...feedback welcome!

by bamse 01 August 2010

As for the new itinerary: I'd still skip Himeji castle which is ugly under scaffolding and anyway you are going to see a castle in Matsumot…
RE: Sanity check on our Japan one month itinerary...feedback welcome!

by bbridge 01 August 2010

Thanks Bamse have incorporated some of your suggestions, we'll skip north of Tokyo and just add a night in Mt Koya. Will be a 5 hour trip…
RE: Sanity check on our Japan one month itinerary...feedback welcome!

by bamse 29 July 2010

Quite a plan for "around Kyoto", four places in six days... Himeji is not exactly close to Kyoto, and better visited on the way from Hirosh…
RE: Japan Trip

by bamse 22 July 2010

Looks ok-ish to me. Some suggestions... You might want to mix day trips to Nikko and Kamakura with days that you stay in Tokyo for variet…
RE: 21 Day Japan Itinerary + Sumo match

by bamse 21 July 2010

Itinerary looks good. As optimistk: three days in Hiroshima/Miyajima is too much. I'd take an evening train on day 14 to Kyoto instead…
RE: travel in japan

by bamse 09 July 2010

Don't worry about the language. The places you are going to visit see enough foreigners, so there will usually be somebody around who…