Apologies in advance, I know that both of these questions have been talked about at length (I've lost count of the posts I've read on them!)
So, family trip from UK next Easter and trying to plan ahead. (2 Kids will be 7 and 11)
We'd like to do approx 12 days. For the second half of the holiday we would like to do approx 6 days in Osaka and/or Kyoto, and also visit Hiroshima and Fukuoka. Would Osaka or kyoto be the preferred base for trips to the other 3?
Also re: JR pass, Ive tried pricing up and weirdly I think even the 14 day pass might actually work for us? First half of the trip in Tokyo, visit hakone and poss Zama and Shizuoka, then the travel to Osaka/Kyoto and the trips to Hiroshima, Fukuoka? I don't know if that's more travel than normal, or I'm just not looking at decent rail prices! I'd rather pay more to keep to 1-3 hour journeys
(The eldest and I do model making, and we all love gundam hence Shizuoka and Fukuoka, plus Zama for nissan heritage)
Again sorry if this is deemed repetitive.
by mowgs1946