Traveling from Tokyo to Fukuoka through Kyoto, Osaka, and Hiroshima

Hello,

I'm traveling to Japan next month and am trying to figure out the best route/itinerary to get from Tokyo to Fukuoka. My final destination is Itoshima where I will spend about three weeks working on my artist project. I was informed that I will need to get from Fukuoka Airport to Ikisan station in order to get to Itoshima but this will be a regional train route.

I fly in to Tokyo Haneda on Dec 13 and I would like to make my way down to Fukuoka while visiting a few other cities on the way. I want to use JRP for the Shinkansen on this route from Tokyo to Fukuoka. I would like to stay in Tokyo two-three days then go to Kyoto >>>Osaka (both cities one-two days)>>>Hiroshima (one day)>>>Fukuoka ( how can I get to Ikisan station?)

I'm not sure if this route makes sense since whenever I put it into Hyperdia search ( or some type of modifications of this route) I don't get any search results. I would like to use JRP for this trip. I hope it's worth it.

I'm coming back in the second week of January to Tokyo and fly out on Jan 9th from Tokyo Narita. At that time I thought I would get back straight from Fukuoka to Tokyo without stopping on the way (then it's probably better to buy a different ticket than JRP – not worth it?). However, I could use the JRP pass and decide to do the initial travel backwards on my way back (Fukuoka>>>Hiroshima>>>Osaka>>>Kyoto>>>Tokyo.) Not sure what's best. Please help!

Please let me know what are the best ways to plan the itinerary and include these cities on this route. If you have better ideas for this trip or come up with the modification please share!

Thank you so much! Looking forward to hearing from you!

• Kalina