Originally Posted by
Wenckebach
I was wondering if Osaka may not be worth it. If we were to go direct to Kyoto and skip Osaka, would it make sense to pick up another day in Nikko on the Tokyo end?
I would just stack 3 or 4 nights in Tokyo at the end, and then see how it goes. You could leave open the option for a day trip to Nikko, but see how it goes in Tokyo. There's just so much going on in Tokyo, you may very well end up wishing you had more time in the city. If you do decide to still opt for the Nikko day trip, I don't think you'll have a difficult time grabbing reserved seats on Tobu's Spacia express train to Nikko on a fairly short notice.