[ChisaChi]

That is pretty much what we had planned to do, but yeah, it is a bit of a rush.

We have already booked hotels, so it would be a bit hard to change things at this point =/ I wish we were staying in Osaka another night instead of Kyoto, everything seems to be closer to there. I'm thinking suggesting to everyone that we split up on one of the days, with some of us going to Hiroshima/Miyajima and some going to Koyasan, if we can't agree. Although then we'll have to find another day for Himeji. Ack, so hard!

I think shopping is the main thing for us in Tokyo, and personally I can shop for 5 days without getting bored >_> I'd like to have an extra day skiing though, so if its possible to change things I might try and book a hotel in Karuizawa and stay the night there so we have a bit more time.

Do you happen to know if a hostel would hold our baggage for a night if we spent one in Karuizawa? That way we wouldn't have to drag all of it with us and back.