jake9115 wrote:So balls hot everything sounds bad, but given everyone's suggestions I think my wife and I will try a shorter (4-5 day) road trip first, gauge how things are going, and then decide what to do from there. But I am still really looking forward to the trip (more than ever, actually), as >90% of all of my time spent in Japan was in Tokyo, and the countryside just sounds so much more appealing.
Ya'll have any favorite spots that would make good road-tripping destinations? I really don't know shit about where to go, so I was just going to check out some guide books and let the road decide. I'm looking for things that are off the beaten path and rewarding. Btw, i'm not that much of a young-in, wifey and I are almost 30 and we've been together for 10 years!
If it was me, I'd probably do Nikko---Numata---Ueda---Matsumoto---Takayama or some such relatively slow drive through the mountain back roads.