Originally Posted by
VirginSkies99
The ANA is an option but it doesn't have an indoor pool and we were hoping for a quiet relaxing day at hotel before our flight. I realise NY is a big deal but I thought by the 3rd people would be back at work? I'll maybe hold off a few months and see what comes up. I think I'm just being a misery guts as I begrudge paying so much for a hotel for one night.
If you are just going to hang out at the hotel then you can stay around Narita (if you are flying from there) for the last night. There you have the chain hotels around the airport (Hilton, ANA, etc. and I would guess that they will have pools) or my preferred choice of a hotel in Narita city.
As mjm points out, Jan 1-3 all days inclusive is one of the two big holiday periods in Japan; the other being Golden week in early May. If you look at parking signs in places like Shibuya the only days of the year that parking meters are not active are Jan 1-3. If that puts it in perspective for you.