Takayama or Kanazawa

[Gixxerfied]

Not very long..5-15mins?

Definitely more crowd but most would be starting from Nagano instead of Toyama imho..

 

[Beefsteak]

Do you guys think it will be too tiring if I stay 1 night each in Kanazawa and Toyama something like this

Day 1 - 10.25am Arr Kanazawa from Kyoto
- Check in hotel
- Kenrokuen Garden
- Omicho Market
- Higashi Chaya and Kazuemachi Chaya Area

Day 2
- Check out early morning and deposit luggages at Kanazawa Stn.
- Shirakawa-go for half a day
- Return to Kanazawa Stn around noon.
- Kanazawa > Toyama late noon and stay there for the night

Day 3
- Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
- Nagano > Tokyo

 

[Gixxerfied]

Just stay Toyama la..kanazawa is just a short trip away..20-30mins?

Don't have to move luggage around..

 

[thwysg]

Do you guys think it will be too tiring if I stay 1 night each in Kanazawa and Toyama something like this

Day 1 - 10.25am Arr Kanazawa from Kyoto
- Check in hotel
- Kenrokuen Garden
- Omicho Market
- Higashi Chaya and Kazuemachi Chaya Area

Day 2
- Check out early morning and deposit luggages at Kanazawa Stn.
- Shirakawa-go for half a day
- Return to Kanazawa Stn around noon.
- Kanazawa > Toyama late noon and stay there for the night

Day 3
- Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
- Nagano > Tokyo

Looks okay to me. I went to Alpine Route late April, just when the snow wall was up and all zones were open. Quite crowded - lots of Chinese tour groups, had to wait at least 30 min for some of the transportation modes. Watch out for swinging selfie sticks by foreign tourists - I hated this as they didn’t bother to check if other visitors were walking past them. Some of the staff had to suffer verbal abuse from tourists too.

 

[Gixxerfied]

My initial plan was also to stay kanazawa...end up just stay Toyama all the way..

 

[thwysg]

My initial plan was also to stay kanazawa...end up just stay Toyama all the way..

Mine was different due to the sakura season, Takayama > Shirakawago > Kanazawa > Wakura Onsen > Omaki Onsen > Namerikawa > Alpine Route.

 

[Gixxerfied]

Mine was different due to the sakura season, Takayama > Shirakawago > Kanazawa > Wakura Onsen > Omaki Onsen > Namerikawa > Alpine Route.

Mine was stay in Toyama then went kanazawa, shirakawago then Alpine route to Nagano stay 2 nights then go Sora terrace then check out day go karuizawa before Tokyo..

 

[Beefsteak]

Yeah. Its kind of tough choice because there is nothing much in Toyama city itself.

 

[Gixxerfied]

Yeah. Its kind of tough choice because there is nothing much in Toyama city itself.

Good thing I like about nothing is can rest early...can go to that Starbucks..

 

[Xiao_Alien]

Hi, sorry to cut in.
i will be going end feb next year..
but not sure how can i arrange my itineray,
i had bought 5 days JR pass Takayama-Hokuriku Area

currently my plan is:
DAY 1 NAGOYA
DAY 2 NAGOYA
DAY 3 GIFU - JR pass
DAY 4 TAKAYAMA
DAY 5 KANAZAWA
DAY 6 SHIRAGAWA-GO from KANAZAWA
DAY 7 OSAKA
DAY 8 OSAKA -> SG

-Not sure if this itinerary is ok
-IS it recommended to stay in GIFU ? or go straight to takayama and spend another night in OSAKA
-Do you guys go TOYAMA?

thank you!

 

[Delardino]

Hi, sorry to cut in.
i will be going end feb next year..
but not sure how can i arrange my itineray,
i had bought 5 days JR pass Takayama-Hokuriku Area

currently my plan is:
DAY 1 NAGOYA
DAY 2 NAGOYA
DAY 3 GIFU - JR pass
DAY 4 TAKAYAMA
DAY 5 KANAZAWA
DAY 6 SHIRAGAWA-GO from KANAZAWA
DAY 7 OSAKA
DAY 8 OSAKA -> SG

-Not sure if this itinerary is ok
-IS it recommended to stay in GIFU ? or go straight to takayama and spend another night in OSAKA
-Do you guys go TOYAMA?

thank you!

I would go directly to Takayama and spend 1 more night in Osaka. Why dont u go to Kanazawa via Shirakawago, can save at least a few hours.

Toyama is more of a transfer hub, got nth much aside from the very chio design starbucks store at Fugan Canal Kansui Park.

If you like Doraemon, Takaoka city for some related stuff, i went to this Takaoka Otoginomori Park, quite a long 15 mins walk from Shin-Takaoka Station but i think quite worth it cause it is super cute.

 

[Beefsteak]

My initial plan was also to stay kanazawa...end up just stay Toyama all the way..

Option 1
2 days Kanazawa , 1 day Toyama
Day 1 - Explore Kanazawa itself
Day 2 - Day trip to Shirakawa-go
After that proceed to Toyama and stay for 1 night.
Day 3 - Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

Option 2
3 days in Toyama
Day 1 - Day trip to Kanazawa
Day 2 - Day trip to Shirakawa-go
Day 3 - Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

So you think I should go with option 2 instead?

 

[Gixxerfied]

Option 1
2 days Kanazawa , 1 day Toyama
Day 1 - Explore Kanazawa itself
Day 2 - Day trip to Shirakawa-go
After that proceed to Toyama and stay for 1 night.
Day 3 - Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

Option 2
3 days in Toyama
Day 1 - Day trip to Kanazawa
Day 2 - Day trip to Shirakawa-go
Day 3 - Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

So you think I should go with option 2 instead?

I would option 2 cos Kanazawa is near Toyama, also i dont like to move here and there especially when they are both so near each other...

So i move one time to Toyama and stay there and depart on the 3rd day for alpine route..