Originally Posted by
italdesign
is the week between Xmas and NYE a good time to visit this area? I would ask if it's going to be overcrowded, but almost anywhere will be... and we do enjoy some festivity.
I was there over that period last year. The hotel itself didn't seem terribly crowded, and we actually got upgraded from a base room to a suite on an award reservation.
But I think it's literally impossible to reserve this hotel on New Years Eve from the website. I have not once seen availability for NYE.
Hakone has some illumination displays, but most of them end on Christmas day.