High-end hotels to open in Tokyo in response to rise in visitors
Tokyo
LUXURY hotels are set to open in Tokyo with the aim of attracting an increasing number of tourists visiting Japan and affluent people such as corporate managers who visit the metropolis on business.
On Wednesday, Nagano Prefecture-based Hoshino Resorts opened Hoshinoya Tokyo in the Otemachi business district, where many companies including financial institutions are headquartered. Many of the hotels in the nearby areas feature a Western ambience, but the new 18-storey, 84-guestroom tower was entirely designed as a Japanese-style inn. Guests take off their shoes at the entrance, and walk through a tatami-mat corridor to the check-in counter. There are open-air hot spring b…
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