Hi all, we have an upcoming japan trip and are looking for advice on things we should see/things we may have missed. Plus a couple of questions. How difficult is it to navigate osaka/Hakone/Kyoto/Nara without knowing too much japanese? Weve been told multiple times that the JR pass is now more expensive then just buying individual train tickets each time we need a train/bullet train, is this still true? As people who like to purchase a lot of merch, are there a lot of extra luggage bag stores?
Our current itinerary is
Shibuya area for 2 full days travel to kyoto 3rd morning
Kyoto for 3 full days then head to osaka on the 3rd night
-Osaka For 1 day with the 2nd day a day trip to Nara.
-From Nara head to Hakone for 2 full days of relaxation
- Last 3 days at East/Centralized Tokyo
The reason we did start and end in tokyo was for flights, and ending the trip with purchasing merchandise so we don't have to carry it all through the entire trip. I was wondering how this itinerary looks and what big spots we should see.
by HyperShadow95