Since you seem not to mind a short train trip, the newly opened Marriott Lake Biwa prop is an easy trip from Kyoto (and even though a resort is offering full P benefits)
LNFs in Japan are never gonna be easy and the Lake Biwa std rates are very reasonable, even during cherry blossom festival time (I’m staying here 3 nights in April but also bit the bullet on another 3-nights in Kyoto along with 3 in Osaka)
Originally Posted by
kcaluwae
Will be visiting Japan with Cherry Blossom season. Would prefer Marriott hotels due to Platinum status, preferably FS hotels, but unfortunately prices are insane.
I tried looking for LNF rates but couldn't find any. Maybe somebody here knows some good price comparison sites for Japanese hotels.
Starwood properties are off course welcome as well but I will do a separate post for these in the SPG forum.
Kyto/Osaka 2-6 April 2018
Moxy(Osaka) 129$
CY(Osaka) 214$
RC(Osaka) 528$
Marriott (Osaka) 392$
Kyto/Osaka 7-9 April 2018
Moxy(Osaka) 125$
CY(Osaka) 227$
RC(Osaka) 783$
RC (Kyoto) 1365$
Marriott (Osaka) 422$
PS Kyoto - Osaka is just 30 minutes by train so that's why I look in both cities on both dates. Preferably the idea was to stay in Kyoto 4 days, Osaka 2 but in case we find a good price we can adapt our plans :-)