Originally Posted by
jib71
... You might want to splurge for an upmarket place to experience that - even if only once.
Thanks for the advice; we intend to do a one nighter ...
We looked closely at Boso, but the travel was 4 hours to get there (and not much less back to Tokyo).
There is a similar issue with Izu peninsula.
Spurred on by
Megatoplover's post on the
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/japan...l#post15554602 re Hoshinoya Karuizawa, we are looking to book there.
Yes, it wont be warm; maybe even slushy rather than frosty but such is life.
Since "one night" stays can only be booked one month ahead, we need to wait a little time before booking.
We've followed that with a two night award at the Tokyo Hilton.