Sarcastic? Moi?

Occasionally, sure! But not on this thread. I'm enjoying the mind reading challenge!

Congratulations! With money being no object, here's a small selection of some of Japan's best lodging options which have proved welcoming and hospitable to foreigners

In Kyoto you might all like to stay at the
Hiiragiya http://www.hiiragiya.co.jp/en/info.html where rates are from $300 per person

or the
Tawaraya http://www.tawaraya.co.jp/index.html which might cost a bit more (you'll need to enquire directly to find out)

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Near Tokyo in the mountainous Hakone region there's the
Gora Kaidan http://www.gorakadan.com/

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Within Tokyo how about
Peninsular http://tokyo.peninsula.com/
Four Seasons Marunouchi http://www.fourseasons.com/marunouchi/
or the
Mandarin Oriental
http://www.mandarinoriental.com/tokyo/

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For discount fares originating somewhere on your vast continent you could try https://www.iace-usa.com/index_us.htm

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Given what I know of you so far, I would recommend that you seriously look into travelling on an organised tour. IACE travel can help you with that, so can the Japan Travel Bureau http://www.jtbgmt.com/sunrisetour/index.aspx

More suggestions for packaged tours can be given if you specifically request this information.
I urge you to consider this option, it could honestly be the best solution for your group.

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japanflyer, If you don't want people to give literal answers to your queries (like I have), or sarcastic ones to match the tone of your questions (as someone else has), do please read abmj-jr's post carefully as he has offered you some excellent advice on how to make the best use of this forum (and Flyertalk as a whole). It is particularly important that you take his comments about Japan in the summer on board.