[Morgawr]

> Pretty much every hotel in Japan has a laundry machine, although I don't know of any suites that include one, unless you're going for a managed apartment.

Which is insanely expensive compared to just going down the street to a normal coin laundromat. They are pretty much anywhere (at least in most big cities) and very quick and cheap. You can pay 500 yen at a laundromat, or 5000 yen at your hotel laundry room.

[tanjtanjtanj]

You may be thinking of a hotel's laundry service at those prices. The most I've ever paid to do my own laundry is 600¥ and I've had as low as 200¥, all at 3-4 star hotels.

[rjh29]

The coin laundry in APA and similar is 600yen...

The main issue is those small dryers take an hour to do what a proper coin laundry dryer can do in 20 minutes.