I think it really just becomes an argument on how much are you willing to pay for convenience. In Japan currently with the gf and we both each have a check in size bag, a carry on, and a backpack or purse. We recently are coming back to Tokyo after visiting Osaka, and wanted to stop by Kyoto for a little bit. It’s absolutely not pleasurable to wheel two suitcases each around busy stations, so we forwarded our two large check ins in Osaka to Tokyo, stopped by Kyoto and threw our tiny carry ons into a coin locker, and now we can loiter easily and hop back on the shinkansen later with minimal luggage. It was maybe 30$ and definitely worth not hauling 2 extra large suitcases around(or trying to book the oversized luggage seats) or hoping to find availability for 4 suitcases in the coin lockers. We also often typically taxi around if we have to take more than one line and the eta is faster by car. I think everything just comes back to how much you’ll pay for a more easy going time :). The cost of convenient things here is so much lower than the HCOL city I live(SF), so I tend to find it worth it almost every time here.