Originally Posted by
RichardInSF
I hope your visit in May doesn't include the first week of the month which is called "Golden Week." Things can get quite complex to arrange during that period. If it does include that period, better start figuring things out in detail immediately.
No Golden Week for us, we arrive on May 13th. We have been reading up on things over the past few months so we definitely are not going in blind. I will contact the hotel concierge and ask if they have any recommendations for guides we can contact.