The hotel advice is if you're paying normal hotel prices you're going to get a room that's not absurd. It's more that Japan (and many other places) have a prod

The hotel advice is if you're paying normal hotel prices you're going to get a room that's not absurd. It's more that Japan (and many other places) have a product class at a pricing point that Americans do not so Americans think they've gotten a great deal but instead it's a product they're not expecting and not familiar with. Maybe you want that, just know what you're buying.