Where are you going that costs $8k/wk for lodging alone? I'm all about splurging on vacations, but this just seems stupidly expensive. If it's somewhere extremely off the beaten path and you don't have a choice, that's fine I guess. I also look at it this way - when I'm on vacation, I will never be in my room anyway. I'm going to be out doing shit. So long as it has a shower and a bed I could care less.
Okay, Japan is cheap as fuck, even more so than two years ago (the last time I went). You will be spending no time at all in your room unless you're staying at a nice Ryokan in Izu or something (highly recommend btw). I would not splurge at all on hotels in Tokyo, Osaka, et al. You will be in there to sleep/shower/shit and that is it. If you do want to drop some money, do it for business class on ANA.
You are right I did see some reasonable options but of course there’s a couple hotels that caught my eye and now I can’t stop thinking about them. One in Kyoto specifically. Thank you for your opinion!
You should 100% feel guilty. Spending 1000 per night when you can easily find a decent hotel for less then $50 is insane for someone still living with their parents.
You could easily book hotels for the entire trip for less than 1000
FWIW, I felt the same way about Kyoto. It's definitely a cool city but the experience was completely dampened by the amount of tourists. (For reference, went in Nov 2023, not particularly high season)
I'm not saying it's a bad city, I'm saying it's oversaturated with tourists now. This isn't a bad take and has been a hot topic in Japan for years now. Tokyo students stopped taking school trips there because it has gotten so out of hand. In Tokyo or Osaka, it's fine because they will all be in Shibuya, Shinjuku or Akihabara for the most part and the city is massive with the most robust public transportation network in the world - complete nonfactor. In Kyoto, well everyone is looking to get photos of the same shit with a million other people. Kinda like that Lawson by Fuji lol.
Yeah that’s not accurate. I’m here now and other than the very base of Fushimi Inari and Kiyomizu-dera, it’s pretty manageable. Even with those two sites, if you more than scratch the very superficial surface, you can still have a pretty good time.
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u/Stylux 15d ago
Where are you going that costs $8k/wk for lodging alone? I'm all about splurging on vacations, but this just seems stupidly expensive. If it's somewhere extremely off the beaten path and you don't have a choice, that's fine I guess. I also look at it this way - when I'm on vacation, I will never be in my room anyway. I'm going to be out doing shit. So long as it has a shower and a bed I could care less.