Shirakawago & Tateyama Alpine Route

Hi! We're visiting Nagoya by November and we want to visit Shirakawa-go as well as Tateyama Alpine Route. We have been looking for suggested itineraries but we can't find one where both placed can be toured in a couple of days from Nagoya.

We'll be coming from Nagoya, and after the Shirakawa-go/Tateyama Alpine Route tour we plan to go and sight see at Mt. Fuji then to Tokyo for a few days then back to Nagoya. We'll be staying in Japan for 8 days only, and we'll be arriving and departing at Chubu Centrair Airport. If you have any suggested itineraries for the whole 8 day trip, please enlighten us! Thank you very much!!!

We're visiting Nagoya by November

By November? Maybe earlier?

We'll be staying in Japan for 8 days only

Your itinerary would be packed with things to do.

Is there any member who has difficulty in walking?

- Lake Kawaguchiko (of the Fuji Five Lakes)
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6906.html

- Hakone
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5200.html

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Day 1
: Centrair -- Nagoya.

Day 2
: Nagoya -- Shirakawa-go -- Toyama | Kanazawa (#).
: If time permits, Kanazawa sightseeing.

Case (A) You can go through the Alpine Route as usual.
Day 3
: Kanazawa -- Toyama -- Tateyama.
: Alpine Route: all the way to Ōgizawa.
: Ōgizawa -- Nagano.
Day 4
: If time permits, Matsumoto round trip.
: Nagano -- Tokyo.

Case (B) Tateyama -- Murodō happens to be closed to travelers.
Day 3
: Kanazawa -- Toyama -- Nagano.
: If time permits, Matsumoto round trip.
Day 4
: Nagano -- Ōgizawa.
: Alpine Route: half way to Murodō and back.
: Ōgizawa -- Nagano -- Tokyo.

Day 5
: Tokyo sightseeing.
Day 6
: Tokyo sightseeing.
: If time permits, Kawaguchiko round trip.
Day 7
: Tokyo -- Odawara.
: Hakone round trip.
: Odawara -- Nagoya.
Day 8
: Nagoya -- Centrair.

(#) Buses to Kanazawa depart more frequently.

Details for Days 3 to 5:

Either
Nagoya -- Shirakawa-go (by bus, for about 3 hours);
Shirakawa-go -- Toyama | Kanazawa (#): Overnight;
Or
Nagoya (early departure) -- Takayama,
Takayama -- Shirakawa-go;
Shirakawa-go -- Toyama | Kanazawa (#): Overnight;

(If time permits:
Kanazawa: Sightseeing;)

Case (A) You can go through the Alpine Route as usual.
Kanazawa -- Toyama -- Tateyama,
Tateyama -- Murodō -- Kurobe Dam -- Ōgizawa,
Ōgizawa -- Nagano: Overnight;
(If time permits:
Matsumoto round trip;)
Nagano -- Tokyo: Overnight;

Case (B) Tateyama -- Murodō happens to be closed to travelers.
Kanazawa -- Toyama -- Nagano (by Shinkansen);
(If time permits:
Matsumoto round trip;)
Nagano: Overnight;
Nagano (early departure) -- Ōgizawa,
Ōgizawa -- Kurobe Dam -- Murodō,
Murodō -- Kurobe Dam-- Ōgizawa,
Ōgizawa -- Nagano -- Tokyo (late arrival): Overnight;

NOT: for Days 3 to 5:
BUT: for Days 2 to 4: