Airasia X has no plan reinstate the flight to Nagoya
If you going Takyama and Shirakwago at Summer also can. But you will feel something is missing (Snow).

Japan summer are very hot and alot alot of rain. Raining can affect traveling plan.

Ok la. Chill at takayama. Eat more hida beef and other stuff and drink their hida milk (can get from convenience store). Really loved it. I enjoyed the food i managed to try at takayama, but night time abit dead though.

Actually you can decide later you want to go to hida folk village (at takayama itself) or shirakawago or go to both. I went to shirakawago, but from pictures, hida folk village macam similar.

Can go to hida-furukawa for a quick walk and some sort of insta-worthy picture, but when i was there, feels like a very quiet town. Lol. When i got off the train, only 6 ppl including 2 of us, who were "tourist"

price est Rm1300 - 2000 Per night for 2 pax with Onsen access. (Full naked)

Ryokan with private onsen need 3k ++

If you got the budget to spend then Tateyama Alpine Route. From Toyama Dentetsu Station >Ogizawa > Matsumoto Station cost 14000 Yen. Even you backtrack back to Toyama also 13000 Yen
I been 4 Season of Alpine Route, Spring is the best (Snow wall) but also most crowded.  Autumn season 2nd, if your timing is right, you can see full of red & yellow colour tree.  3rd will be Winter, Nov before it closed, if you lucky, sometimes Nov also can get full thick snow + less people.  Summer at last, very crowded because alot Tokyo people come here to cold down, full of flower specially Ice wall section become flower field.

Kamikochi hiking avoid summer, same reason as Alpine Route.  Autumn are the best season, cold but not so cold but autumn in Nagano area, weather very unpredictable.

Day 1 stay at Toyama because u need go Tateyama very early.
Day 2 stay Kanazawa
Day 3 go Takayama from Toyama with Train Hida limited Express. Do not take Bus because it will pass Shirakwago and potong stim.
Day 4 can go shirakawa go
Day 5 can go Gokayama, then continue to Kanazawa then Kyoto.

Going to Japan on mid april using 5 days Takayama-Hokuriku Area Tourist Pass. And my iternary as follows
Kyoto for 3 nights
From Kyoto to Kanazawa using pass JR limited Thunderbird and stay for 2nights. Going to shirakawago with hokutetsu bus (using pass) for day trip. On same day Nohi bus (using bus) to Takayama. Stay at Takayama for 2 nights.
Takayama to Nagoya using Pass.

My questions:
Is spending 1 night at takayama sufficient?  As i checked the hotel booking on 14-15 april is limited and plan to shorten it 1 night. Or any recommended budget hotel there?
Would like to try shinkasen train from kanazawa to toyama but cant find any bus from toyama to shirakawago, is the bus suspended? Would like to visit the doraemon musuem and starbuck outlet there (prettiest in the world?)
What to do at nagoya for 2 days? Thanks

Taking Vietnam Airlines from Nagoya Chubu Airport to Malaysia. Saw air asia 1 way from KIX to KL already cost rm 1k without luggage and meal, but VN cost RM 1.18k from Nagoya. Since Nagoya is more convenient for this trip hence probably will take this airlines instead. Transit 1 hr at Hanoi so overall 9 hours so not too bad though

BTW i booked this air asia to KIX during promo at RM 500+, going backpacking with less clothes and gonna shop there esp GU outlets and return to KL with hauls😬
Went Japan few times and clothes GU never disappointing. Although I prefer clothes in Korea range rm15-40 back on year 2014 more quality and still wearable until now, GU clothes more variety with same quality as Uniqlo but cheaper.

Hi Sifu

I am going to Osaka but will take a train to Kyoto first. Any tips on what kind of JR pass I should get?

Because Kamikochi reopen at Mid April & normally reservation open at Kamikochi around Mid - End of March.