Hello Flyertalkers,

Hoping somebody with a bit more experience in Japan than me can help. Heading over in December to celebrate the other half's birthday, and put this together as a rough plan:

13-17th December - Tokyo, landing at Narita around 2pm
17-20th - Sapporo, flying earlyish probably from Haneda. Day trip to Otaru
20-21st - Noboribetsu Onsen. This is the birthday so looking at some nice Ryokans in the area
21 - 22 - Activate JR Pass / Train to Hakodate
23 -
24 - Train to Sendai
26 - Kanazawa?
27 -
28-30h - Kyoto
30-2nd Jan - Osaka
3-4th - Kobe
5-7th - Shikoku Island
8 - Hiroshima
9
10 -
11 - Back towards Tokyo
12 - Flight home

There are a few blanks in the schedule to allow for shifting dates, but is there anything that looks glaringly weird, or that we may be missing? We're pretty easy travellers, big foodies. I appreciate it's winter time which may reduce our options, but December - January is pretty much the only time we can get this sort of vacation.

Thanks in advance for any input!