Hi Everyone,

My girlfriend and I are planning a short 7-night trip in January 2019 to Tokyo and Kyoto. We are staying with Marriott Points so I would prefer to split our time between 5 and 2 nights in each city to take advantage of the SPG/Marriott 5th free night. We are leaning towards spending 5 nights in Kyoto and only 2 in Tokyo, but some of our friends have suggested we do the opposite. Anyone have any input that would help sway our decision one way or the other? This will be our first of hopefully many trips to Japan so we're looking to see as many things as we can during our short stay.

Also, for Kyoto hotels we are deciding between the RC Kyoto or the Suiran. I don't have any RC status (only Gold Marriott/SPG) so I know I would get to enjoy free breakfast or anything. However the Suiran apparently has some sort of resort fee? Anyhow, just looking for any suggestions between the two; all of the review I have read online for each have been great.

Thanks everyone!