Nice region to visit between Kyoto and Tokyo?

Hi everybody,

i have 2 days left on my JP rail pass (from saturday to monday) and i think i have seen every major interesting place this month. Is there any area between Kyoto and Tokyo, which i could use to stay in a nice ryokan, any tips?

Thanks so much!

Have you been to Hakone?

Hida Takayama

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5900.html

Somewhere a bit cooler maybe, like Karuizawa (not between Kyoto and Tokyo). I really like Hikone (nice castle, just near Maibara which is the stop short of Kyoto), and also Hakone as already suggested.

Just to add more ideas:

Kamakura
Izu peninsula

Matsumoto.

Tea farms
Farm stays
Onsens
Ryokana
Steam trains

.Shikuoka.

Thanks so much, it will be a ryokan in takayama for the first night. :)

Does somebody know if it is possible to send luggage from train station to train station? I always read from airport to hotel or from train station to hotel, but never from train st to train st. Thank you!