Originally Posted by
jib71
Any way you cut it, this is going to be a long trip... And then .......
Frankly, if I were doing this, I'd take the shinkansen from either Nagoya or Osaka, leaving out the domestic air connection.
NGO - Nagoya via Meitetsu Deluxe
Nagoya - Okayama - Matsuyama via JR - less than 5 hours with one change at Okayama = 15,500 yen.
JR