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> As for business travel, the price of business hotels in Japan overall has not dramatically increased You obviously live in a different Japan than I do (or, d
by valenterry 1y ago
> As for business travel, the price of business hotels in Japan overall has not dramatically increased
You obviously live in a different Japan than I do (or, despite your name, don't actually live there).
- dudeinjapan 1y agoI do live in Japan. Looking at APA Hotel in Ginza I see prices in the 10-20,000 JPY range ($66-$133) per night it just doesn’t feel insanely high. And thats smack in the middle of a major business/tourist area.
- valenterry 1y agoWell yeah, that doesn't look high in dollars for US people earning a lot, sure. But I never said that it looks high, I said that it increased. You could easily find APAs for about 5000 JPY not long ago. And don't forget that we currently have summer, so much less tourists.
- dudeinjapan 1y agoIts not clear how much of the increase is due to tourist demand vs. global price inflation in general. 5000 yen is now $33. Thats an unthinkably low price in the US unless you are going for bedbugs and a piss-stained mattress… Prices in Japan seem to be de-coupling from the rest of the world… e.g. the “Japanese only” language-locked Nintendo Switch 2
- valenterry 1y agoIt is very clear if you compare hotel prices to renting an apartment, which have almost been stagnant over the last 1-2 years (before they were rising quite a bit of course). At least very from 100%+ increases that I can see for hotels everywhere in Tokyo, including most of greater Tokyo area.