Here's the summary itinery.
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Date |
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Transport |
Overnight |
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Thursday 6
June |
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Singapore 21:30 Changi Terminal 2
23:40 Brunei 00:35 Brunei overnight |
Royal Brunei |
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Friday 7 June |
Zenkoji Temple (Main Hall, Main
Gate, Scripture House and Museum): ¥1,000 Opening Hours: ~5AM – 4PM. Museum
opens at 9AM. Nakamise Street Must eat: soba |
07:30 Narita Terminal 1 Narita Express Narita to Tokyo
Station Y3,020 pp 1h Shinkansen Tokyo Station to Nagano
Station Y8,740 1h 25min Bus 16 to Kohakuan |
Nagano Kohakuan■ Address:Kitsuneike-1290 Nagano, 380-0866, Japan https://www.booking.com/hotel/jp/zhao-he-retorogaxi-dukuhu-bai-an.en-gb.html?aid=304142
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Saturday 8
June |
Jikogudani monkey park and Shinshu
apple ice cream at Enzo café beside the car park https://www.jigokudani-yaenkoen.co.jp/livecam2/video_en.php Togakushi Five Shrines Walk Too late to enter: Mini ninja village with three attractions — a folklore museum, ninja school museum, and a ninja trick mansion. Too late: Togakushi Soba Yamaguchiya Opening Hours:
10:30AM – 5PM 3423 Togakushi, Nagano, 381-4101, Japan |
Pickup car
rental at Toyota rent-a-car Nagano |
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Sunday 9 June |
Matsumoto castle - was stuck inside for 1 hour trying to go up the tower. Not worth, strolling outside the unpaid gardens would have been enough. Nakamachi and Nawate-dori
shopping street Too late for Norikura snow wall or Kamikochi hike |
Drive Nagano
to Matsumoto to Norikura Kogen |
Norikura
Kogen Kyukamura
Norikura Kogen Matsumoto, Azumi 430, Japan https://www.booking.com/hotel/jp/kyukamura-norikura-kogen.en-gb.html?aid=304142
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Monday 10
June |
Hike around
Norikura Kogen Takayama Sanmachi (Sannomachi) Street UNESCO World Heritage Suganuma village Must eat:
Hida beef Did not
stopover at Shirakawa-go |
Drive
Norikura Kogen to Takayama to Gokayama |
Gokayama
Gassho no Sato, Suganuma, Nanto-shi, Toyama-ken 939-1973 Phone
0763-67-3300 https://www.gokayama.jp/ |
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Tuesday 11
June |
UNESCO World Heritage Ainokura Village Kanazawa Omicho Market, also known as “Kanazawa’s Kitchen” Kenrokuen (兼六園) one of Japan’s “three most beautiful landscape gardens” alongside Mito’s Kairakuen and Okayama’s Korakuen. Just walking distance from Kenrokuen is Kanazawa Castle. Forgot
to go: Nagamachi Samurai District and Higashi Chaya District |
Drive
Gokayama to Kanazawa to Oyabe |
Oyabe Wabisabi Kashiwaya 285 Ushirotani, Oyabeshi, Toyama, 932-0831,
Japan https://wabisabi-kashiwaya.jp/ Booked
through Jalan.net for best deal. |
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Wednesday 12
June |
Takaoka Great Buddha Himi Banya-gai Harbour Market and
foot bath Amaharashi
Coast (Noto Peninsula Quasi-National Park) Mitsui Oyabe Premium Outlet |
Drive |
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Thursday 13
June |
Kurobe Alpine Route - Midagahara boardwalk, Snow Wall, Mudoro pond walk Baggage forwarding Dentetsu Toyama
Station drop-off Reception hours 5:00-10:00 ① 5:00-9:00 ② 9:00-10:00. |
Return rental
car at Toyama Ekimae Kurobe Alpine
Route to Murodo |
Tenguidara
Mountain lodge https://www.booking.com/hotel/jp/tengudairasansou-tian-gou-ping-shan-zhuang.en-gb.html?aid=304142 |
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Friday 14
June |
Kurobe Alpine
Route - Daikanbo, Kurobeidaira hike, Kurobe dam If you stay in Ogizawa hotel, baggage can be forwarded to the hotel. Pickup baggage JR Shinano Omachi
Station (7:40 - 10:30, 14:00 - 17:45) Tokyo Station |
Kurobe Alpine
Route to Shinano-Omachi Express bus
to Nagano Shikansen
Nagano Station to Tokyo Station |
Center Hotel
Tokyo 15-13
Nihonbashikabutocho, Chuo City, Tokyo 103-0026, Japan https://www.centerhotel.co.jp/tokyo/ |
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Saturday 15
June |
Shibuya
crossing Shinjuku Tokyo station Character Street Missed all
attractions and animal cafes (booking required) |
Tokyo Metro |
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Sunday 16
June |
11:45 Narita
Terminal 1 – 16:5 Brunei 18:30 Brunei – 20:30 Singapore |
Narita
Express to Airport Terminal 1 |
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