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30 day trip to japan - help!

Posted by misocutlet

... an Australian family enjoy beautiful sceneries of the village. As for Japanese castles, if you choose an alternative for Himeji Castle, Matsumoto Castle may be a good choice. It has an original castle keep, which is much larger than that of Hikone Castle ...

Japan Starter Kit

Posted by xerius

... and winter sports are perhaps the most obvious activities here, but the historic streets of Takayama and the castle town of Matsumoto are also notable draws. A small stretch of the old mountain route from Kyoto to Edo (modern Tokyo) remains around the ...

Advice on Japan

Posted by xerius

... . The one major advantage of the city for tourists is its usefulness as a base - places like the Kiso Valley, Takayama, Ise, Inuyama and Matsumoto are really easy to hop over to from here. But with your tight schedule, that's not much of an option. ...

Hokkaido overland to Tokyo in Sept.

Posted by katom

... in three previous visits...we're 60 ish so no loong hikes ok? We're thinking Sapporo-Hirosaki-Morioka-Sendai-Aizu-Matsumoto-Kiso Valley-Tokyo and it looks like a JREast 3 day pass would take care of the longer distances while we would like to ...

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