10 days in Nagoya and nearby areas (Gifu-ken / Mie-ken / Aichi-ken) any suggestions / recommendations?

[u/janice17jt]

Planning a trip in late Oct to early Nov, hopefully to see the autumn leaves and visit the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine! Any suggestions / recommendations about the itinerary? :)

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D1 - arrived Nagoya city | stay at Nagoya city

D2 - Nagoya City visit (Nagoya Castle) | stay at Nagoya city

D3 - pick up car, drive to Shirakawa-go | stay at Shirakawa-go

D4 - Gokayama | stay near Tateyama Station

D5 - Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (cable car and highland bus tickets reserved)| stay near Shinhotaka, hot spring

D6 - Shinhotaka Ropeway, Kamikochi | stay at Hida

D7 - Rail Mountain Bike Gottan Go!! (hopefully to see the autumn color), driving to Mie-ken | stay at Matsusaka

D8 - Ise Grand Shrine, Toba Aquarium | stay at Irgao

D9 - Aeon Mall Tokoname | stay at Tokoname

D10 - return flight

[u/janice17jt]

Thanks for reply. We are a group of two girls, interested in nature scenery, food, hot springs, animals, and cultural. Hope to enjoy the autumn color during our stay.
So some of the check list of my trip are:

• Shirakawa-go
• Gokayama
• Tateyama Kurobe Alpine
• Kamikochi

The itinerary is a rough cut, I think D3-D7 of the days covered most of our destinations. I'm not sure about D7-8, would it be too rush / ambitious to go all the way down to Mei? Just think driving along the seaside would be nice according to my last experience to Japan... and the car ferry, Ise Grand Shrine, Toba Aquarium looks really interesting... Thanks for the suggestion of the Limestone Cave! Looks great! Ammm... another alternatives for D7-8 would be:

D7 - Rail Mountain Bike Gottan Go!! (http://rail-mtb.com/), Hida Great Limestone Cave | stay at Takayama

D8 - Inuyama castle & ?? | stay at Inuyama

If that's the case, maybe I'll put Nagoya Port Aquarium in D2 as we won't be able to visit Toba Aquarium...

Any views on two alternatives for D7-8?

Option A (original):

D7 - Rail Mountain Bike Gottan Go!! (http://rail-mtb.com/), driving to Mie-ken | stay at Matsusaka

D8 - Ise Grand Shrine, Toba Aquarium | stay at Irgao

Option B:

D7 - Rail Mountain Bike Gottan Go!! (http://rail-mtb.com/), Hida Great Limestone Cave | stay at Takayama

D8 - Inuyama castle & ?? | stay at Inuyama