Originally Posted by bakaze

Hi, I'll be visiting mid-March with a group of 6 with half our time in Kyoto/Osaka and the other half in Tokyo. We are considering taking one day to do some light sightseeing with a ryokan stay while we are traveling between Tokyo and Osaka, ideally within a 60-90 min detour of the shinkansen travel between Tokyo and Osaka. There's so much information here and I'm still sifting through it, but I was wondering if anyone had a couple of recommendations to consider based on our plans and amount of people. Thank you!