Actually, my search started because I couldn't decide if spring was worth the extra cost. Cherry blossom season looks amazing, but hotel prices around Kyoto jump quickly. I checked a few travel pages and most of them skipped practical details. This one didn't. The breakdown helped me compare without opening ten different tabs every five minutes. Somewhere along the way I noted Japan Holiday Packages because the pacing looked more realistic than the rushed schedules I had already seen. Saved it. The hotel choices around the older parts of the city were the detail that stayed with me.