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sanji
Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:35 pm

Re: need help with itinerary (2 weeks)
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hello :)

i was thinking maybe taking the JR train to some small town in Hokkaido (preferably not too far from JR station) and after spending some time there (2 days) i will then go to Takayama for couple nights, then hiroshima, then end in Kagoshima which hopefully will get me there on the last day of my JR pass.
from there i plan to take a ferry to Yakushima where id like to camp for a couple of days before heading back and taking a night bus to Hakata from where I can catch the 'beetle' ferry to Korea.

is the above idea possible?




Everything is possible... but in this case it is not really recommendable! 

Crossing half of Japan to stay 2 nights in Hokkaido, and then crossing again the country for the rest of your trip is not really interesting : transportation on Hokkaido are slow, and you would spend most of your time in trains for - in my opinion - little to see.

If you want to spend some time in remote part of Japan, there are nice options around Takayama in Gifu-ken. I would like in that direction. The area of Hida-Takayama has some of the best onsen of Japan and is pretty remote; although still attracting for Japanese tourists. But if you search a little, you will find something suitable for you in that prefecture.