100 YEARS AGO
Wednesday, March 8 1916
Outlook bleak for hotel keepers this spring
The spring months are usually the busiest of the whole year for hotel keepers in the country, the number of foreigners visiting Japan in April and May for the cherry blossom season being considerable. The war, however, is affecting this as it is almost every other branch of business. Since war broke out, says a member of the Imperial Hotel staff, there has been practically no foreigners visiting this country purely for pleasure, and few inquiries have been received regarding hotel accommodation as was the case before the war. There are some 40 guests at the Imperial, but they have come over for business purposes only. Nor are prospects of improvement very bright, our informant being of the opinion that this state of affairs will unfortunately continue for the duration of the war.