travel based in osaka and traveling east during winter

Hi! My fiance and I will be applying for Japan visa and hopefully we will be allowed to travel for our honeymoon.
I made two itineraries. Please make recommendations. We are planning to use JR-14 days-pass on all travels excluding travels in our package tour. We want to see more but we are in a tight budget. Are guesthouses safe?

FIRST ITINERARY
Feb. 1-5 Package tour Tokyo to Kyoto
START OF JR PASS
Feb. 6 – Kyoto to Osaka
Universal Studios
Feb. 7 – Osaka-Hiroshima-Osaka
Day tour at Hiroshima
Feb. 8 – in Osaka hop on train to Kobe, stay for 2-3 hours then back to Osaka
Get things in hotel then head to Tokyo
Feb. 9 – rise early for Disneysea
Feb. 10 and 11- Nikko and Kinugawa onsen
Feb. 12-14 visit Nagano Monkeys and Skiing
Feb. 15-16 Omagari (Akita) Snow Festival
Feb. 17 Akita to Tokyo. depart in Narita

OR SECOND ITINERARY
Feb. 1-5 Package tour Tokyo to Kyoto
START OF JR PASS
Feb. 6 – Kyoto to Osaka
Universal Studios
Feb. 7 – Osaka- Kobe-Osaka- Hiroshima-Osaka
From Osaka hop on train to shin kobe station
Go back to Osaka and Get things from hotel, hop on shinkansen to Hiroshima
Feb. 8 – tour Hiroshima in the afternoon travel to Tokyo
Feb. 9 – rise early for Disneysea
Feb. 10 and 11- Nikko and Kinugawa onsen
Feb. 12-14 visit Nagano Monkeys and Skiing
Feb. 15-16 Omagari (Akita) Snow Festival
Feb. 17 Akita to Tokyo. depart in Narita

Thank you so much!