Our central Japan - northern Alps holiday (June 2024)

 Here's the summary itinery.

Date		Transport	Overnight
Thursday 6 June		Singapore 21:30 Changi Terminal 2 23:40 Brunei 00:35 Brunei overnight	Royal Brunei
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
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
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
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/
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.
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
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
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/
Saturday 15 June	Shibuya crossing Shinjuku Tokyo station Character Street   Missed all attractions and animal cafes (booking required)	Tokyo Metro
Sunday 16 June	11:45 Narita Terminal 1 – 16:5 Brunei 18:30 Brunei – 20:30 Singapore	Narita Express to Airport Terminal 1