Remember, pretty cold after dark (5pm), sometimes snow.

Not so. I've been in a few with plenty of male staff.

Women's hotel? Wait until you go into an onsen all naked and the workers mopping in the men's locker room and handing out towels are WOMEN!

November to March, I wore only T-shirt but under a thick Japanese DOWN jacket, but not recommended for slow walking inactive people. Need something like hood, hat, scarf or muffs to keep wind off ears. Too many heavy layers cause sweating which may re-freeze and very inconvenient to take off and put on again when you go indoors for train or shopping. Will your shoes fall apart when soaked in rain and melted snow?

Lockers: I've always wondered -- can you leave things in there overnight or a few days?

Sorry, back to this topic -- for example, if three days, I assume put three days' worth of coins in before taking the key?

JIC @Listiani future trips or anyone else going to Toyota, there is a direct bus from Central Airport, convenient as long as MAS continues to fly there. The train ride is a zzzzzz. If you are lucky to have someone with a car pick you up, you can get off the scheduled and timely express buses at a highway stop nearby.

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